Example sentences of "[noun] on [pron] he would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 2 | If anyone was to blame , it was the anti-drugs policy of successive governments , and especially president Richard Nixon 's , but that 's another talking point on which he would hold forth at the drop of a hat . |
| 3 | Opposing traits in his make-up were already evident during his last year at school , when he was voted both class optimist and class pessimist , though , at that time , he had yet to appreciate certain complexities of character on which he would draw for his screen creations . |
| 4 | When Peter made his profession of faith at Caesarea Philippi , Jesus declared that this was the rock foundation on which he would build his Church , which realisation provided the keys of the Kingdom ( Matt. |
| 5 | Scrutton L.J. , at p. 67 , said that the payment was demanded by the Shipping Controller colore officii , as one of the only terms on which he would grant a licence for the transfer , and he quoted Abbott C.J. and Littledale J. in Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 . |
| 6 | Thus , the purpose of a rent review clause is not to revalue the original bargain between the parties , but to give the landlord the income which he would have got , on the terms on which he would have let , if he had had the property in hand on the rent review date . |
| 7 | Notably absent from his remarks were any clear or explicit indications of the terms on which he would agree to return or any clear or explicit criticism of the insurrection in Algiers . |
| 8 | He expected it to be the only example of its species on which he would set eyes . |
| 9 | However , 90% of funding to be distributed to authors was not fanciful , and indeed the new Registrar , Dr James Parker , was keen to establish a figure of 11% on which he would work for administrative expenses . |