Example sentences of "[adv] on [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This research by Soothill and Jack masked the amount of sex crime being reported in newspapers , for by concentrating entirely on cases which would appear as rape in the Criminal Statistics for the relevant year , this provided a narrow definition of sex crime . |
| 2 | Well , perhaps on Tuesday she would find out more about Robert 's wish for friendship . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps on Saturday I 'll make sure a camera records such a routine gesture , ’ he said . |
| 4 | And in fact , if we are able to negotiate a loan , to buy the new premises , we should be able to do so on terms which would enable our repayment of the loan to be comparable with what we are currently paying , an and would expect to pay in rent . |
| 5 | So on Wednesday we 'll learn something else about the Tour . |
| 6 | So on Saturday I 'll ask her if she can get them Wednesday for me definitely cos then you can I can get the money off Dad Tuesday you can give it her Wednesday morning , and then I can pick them up Wednesday afternoon when I go over . |
| 7 | I wo n't be in on Monday so people will have to come in on Monday somebody will have to come in on Monday , go to the room specified which I have n't agreed yet and then put it on and then bring it back again to so people who ca n't make it today , that that 's the alternative arrangement but I 'll tell you more when I come back at eleven o'clock , okay ? |
| 8 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 9 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 10 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 11 | It 's alright you 're off on Wednesday you can do it then . |
| 12 | If a book is out on loan you will miss It completely . |
| 13 | Of course the Korg A2 is the heart of the system and the real subject of this review , so getting back on track I 'll get into what Korg have managed to put together . |
| 14 | Immediately on arrival she would put on her white coat , and at once she felt different , no longer young and uncertain , but a professional woman , almost like a scientist , a recognised member of the Lab staff . |
| 15 | When the fish are well on feed I will put one rod away and change to a butt-indicator which allows me to fish more quickly and efficiently . |
| 16 | ‘ See , Jez , there 's not so many people even here on Mars who can do it right . |
| 17 | Johnson ( 1971 , p. 283 ) points out that , historically , the emphasis ‘ in Britain has been almost exclusively on procedures which would enable Parliament to exercise a post facto check on the manner in which monies had been spent for the purposes approved by ( but not proposed by ) Parliament ’ . |
| 18 | Sometimes on Sundays he would take her to the fields where he had been helping with the harvest , to see the rabbits , or a nest of mice . |
| 19 | Then on Friday they would stream back to Cork from all over the province of Munster to clean themselves up , don their best clothes , and go to synagogue to greet the Sabbath . |
| 20 | And then on Thursday Bill 's coming to play with you and you 're going to nursery and then on Friday you 'll see Lucy in the day time |
| 21 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 22 | In general , women are healthier and live longer than ever before , indeed on average they can expect to live 5 years longer than men . |
| 23 | how on earth they can afford it I just do n't know it 's ridiculous |
| 24 | I came home with a heavy heart and wondered how on earth I could foster vocations . |
| 25 | Dimples mischievously collide with each other at odd places around his face as he glances at me and wonders how on earth I could ask a question that is so dumb and yet so fundamental . |
| 26 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 27 | Where on earth we 'll go , I do n't know . |
| 28 | ‘ I wonder where on earth I could have got the idea that you are a dishonest , lying , cheating young woman ? |
| 29 | Why on earth they should subject the whole world to an experimental period for some of the laws is beyond me . |
| 30 | ‘ But what I really do n't understand is why on earth you should think anyone of a sound mind would actually want to gain entry into your very confusing family ! ’ |