Example sentences of "on [noun] 's " in BNC.

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31 The first attitude involves a conscious repression of her own identity on Mira 's part , whereas the second attitude , though supposedly more contentious , often leads Willy forcibly to repress her ‘ disagreeable ’ qualities : ‘ All my objections , which I 'll put as genuine unacceptabilities of my cassandring person , which no man 'll take , will be swept under his magic carpet with the ho-ho joke if no man will and I will , what am I ? ’ ( 136 ) .
32 An interim report on RADAR 's two-year project is to be published in June .
33 In the mêlée that is a 1600 metres relay change-over area , Akabussi trod on Whittle 's heel , dislodging his spike .
34 Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party .
35 Now he was so close he though he might call on Gary 's horse before he went home .
36 One of them , Mario Pizarro , joined Field in London in September for a two-day work-shop on XFI 's total risk management programme .
37 Right er er that Secretary anything er else on Secretary 's report ?
38 LAURA IS HOLDING NICK , DAVID IS ON BERNARD 'S LAP WITH JANE AND A FRIEND BETWEEN THEM .
39 It was also weighing on Bernard 's mind that they were opening more and more shops in Europe and yet the European commercial scene was not as stable as that in the UK .
40 Sometimes she eased the weight that lay on Scarlet 's heart for an hour or two , but the relief never lasted .
41 Their circle of acquaintances included the cheesemonger and horn-player Ignaz Leutgeb ( for whom Mozart wrote four concertos between 1183 and 1791 , spattered with jocular comments on Leutgeb 's technical shortcomings — ‘ Bravo ! ’ and ‘ Oh , you donkey ! ’ ) ;
42 The words fell on Lisa 's ears , part statement , part invitation .
43 Tell me , did the great galactic public ever find out what was going on on Checkley 's World ? ’
44 The restrictions on Sununu 's travel arrangements were tightened still further on June 21 .
45 But with half an hour gone the poor quality of United 's final ball had left Cantona stranded and still looking for a chance to put some flesh on Ferguson 's bold predictions .
46 MANIC STREET PREACHERS celebrate the Top Ten success off their ‘ Suicide Is Painless ’ cover featured on NME 's ‘ Ruby Trax ’ LP , with four UK dates this week .
47 To understand Henry 's response , the reader must see that Henry has focused on Caleb 's mention of ‘ fires ’ , must see that Henry infers at once that the train is due , and must grasp the importance of the speaking verb .
48 This makes it much more plausible to condemn the malevolent shepherd , on Kant 's behalf , for he is employing means which are themselves inhumane , albeit for a humane end .
49 Blood bloomed on Gorelli 's head , a dark rose appearing from nowhere , a magician 's trick .
50 Wright 's smart reflexes rescued a point for the Gunners eight minutes from time , which was tough on Middlesbrough 's Derek Whyte , his shadow all afternoon .
51 The Dad 's Music programme has been running on Middlesbrough 's local radio station ever since it started broadcasting in 1970 .
52 He said the blue lions on Middlesbrough 's coat of arms were directly attributable to the influence of the De Brus family .
53 A 46-minute audio cassette tape on Middlesbrough 's promotion-winning season will be launched in Cleveland Centre on Saturday .
54 Beat bobby Dave Peacock , 35 , and parents on Middlesbrough 's Thorntree estate have formed the CrossTree Youth Group to keep local youngsters off the streets and out of trouble .
55 Mr Anderson 's Darlingtonbased firm Keepsafe Storage hoped to transfer its Teesside operation to a site on Middlesbrough 's riverside after being ordered off land at Stockton following a three-year planning wrangle .
56 Immediately after his death several hundred workers at Redpath Offshore 's Linthorpe Dinsdale operation , on Middlesbrough 's Riverside Park , where he worked , went on a three-day protest strike .
57 Four days after ‘ The Gunners ’ narrowly beat Sheffield Wednesday on Highbury 's main pitch , Islington romped home to a 2-O defeat of Cardiff 's Thornhill team on the astroturf at Highbury 's indoor pitch .
58 SAG bases its dialect on ANSI 's RDA ( remote data access ) specification , which defines the formats and protocols which enable different databases and related tools to interoperate .
59 The SQL Access Group bases its dialect on ANSI 's RDA Remote Data Access specification , which defines the formats and protocols which enable different databases and related tools to interoperate .
60 There is no evidence that sceattas circulated widely in the Mercian hinterland and some reason to suggest in the light of a multiplicity of distinctive sceatta coinages in eastern and southern England that Aethelbald , who may have minted in Canterbury , failed to impose his authority over the issue of coins by others , ‘ a critical commentary ’ , perhaps ‘ on what Bede asserts , and on Aethelbald 's own claims ’ .
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