Example sentences of "[noun] on [pers pn] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British . |
2 | Telling her she 's naughty probably wo n't have much effect on her at this stage , as she wo n't really understand what that means . |
3 | And since it is a counter motion , I will take it at the very end with any other counter motions , and therefore I am not asking the convenor to reply to it because if we had a vote on it at this stage , we 'd either be we , we would therefore be sealing completely this deliverance number four as it stands . |
4 | I suppose that in a few countries like Nazi Germany in nineteen-thirty-six the erm the nation 's amateur champions were given a special backing because of the force of nationalism erm national focus of attention on them at that date , but it , it still was , they were amateurs still meeting on equal ground . |
5 | So if we can be quite clear in our minds from now , you might get questions on it tomorrow , you might get questions on it at some point in the future during the week , but they inevitably come at some point . |
6 | However , as the table has to be moved out of the way whenever the patient gets up , it should not be too heavy , or have too many items on it at one time . |
7 | In the present case , the defendant was well aware that the council had acquired the plot in order to construct a road on it at some time in the future and meantime had no present use for the land . |
8 | But Wilkinson said : ‘ I am not interested in Manchester United and gaining or losing points on them at this stage . |
9 | There was also the crazy lifestyle , in particular , with Bettye Fulford , the woman he became disengaged to when he learned she was 39 not 29 and who served a parternity order on him at this year 's US Masters . |