Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must finish on the tenth |
| 2 | Re Reg er er , er say we had er say , twenty ton o twenty ton of oats come in and we soon used them up before the next lot , I 'll start on the next lot he , the sample man 'd come in , you know , sample in come them oats he 'd come up perhaps , when they come in , check the first two or three sacks with me , you see , and then I 'd have to get a rubber get a bowl full of oats , bowl full of whole oats put into the rubber , see and get a bowl full of whole and put them through the crusher and crush the main , like , you know , like we used to have , just squeeze them , you know crack them |
| 3 | ‘ I can tell you what I 'd do on the last day of my life , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I used to come home , I used to go down there about , I used to start out away from the shop about er ten o'clock , half past ten , you see , in the morning and go down the Fen , call at then comes well I used to call on the first houses on the right the way down the Fen there I used to go down farm they used to call it , come back to and then on to you see . |
| 5 | Jump onto the lift to your right , then on the second lift , and finally onto a platform ( watch out for the bare wires ) , climb down the site of this second building if you wish to collect a couple of records , but it 's quicker and safer to climb up the purple wall above you and climb the four ladders , grab the crate and jump onto the platform on your left , kill the mugger , climb the ladder and grab another crate , climb another ladder , then another kill the workman in the process , run across to the right , jump before you touch the wire and you should land on the next platform . |
| 6 | I am anxious that you should start work on this project as soon as possible , so that there are no last-minute delays , I should therefore be grateful if you could start on the first batch of frames , of which I give details below : |
| 7 | A rubber stamp of these headings , which you can impress on the last sheet of your notes on title and each of which you then tick or mark appropriately , saves undue strain on your memory . |
| 8 | John Nef , in his Wiles Lectures of 1956 , concluded that , if we seek the origins of our modern quantitative-mindedness , we must concentrate on the last decades of the sixteenth century . |
| 9 | That set of questions has to be distinguished from those we can pose on the second level of culture . |
| 10 | Now we can begin on the first phrase — the most important of the whole theme , for the success of everything else depends upon it . |
| 11 | Moreover the West has developed cheap alternatives for most things they used to depend on the Third World for . |
| 12 | But they will leave on the fourteenth ? |
| 13 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 14 | Any such notice must state whether the current ( or preceding , when allowed ) reference period is to be shortened , so that it will end on the first occurrence of the accounting reference date , or lengthened , so that it will end on its second occurrence , but unless an administration order is in force the period can not be extended so as to exceed 18 months . |
| 15 | Anything could happen on the last hole at Royal St. George 's , with its six bunkers , the out-of-bounds line twelve yards beyond the green and the ever-present Duncan 's Hollow . |