Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |
| 32 | Order 6 , r 5 provides that in mortgagee possession actions — that is where the plaintiff claims payment of money secured or possession of the property mortgaged — the particulars of claim must state : ( 1 ) the date of the mortgage ; ( 2 ) the state of the account , giving particulars of the amount of the advance , the periodic payments required , the amount of any interest in arrear , the amount of the unpaid instalments , the amount of any costs or fines or insurance unpaid ; the daily rate of interest and the amount remaining due under [ and required to redeem ] the mortgage ; ( 3 ) what proceedings ( if any ) the plaintiff has taken against the defendant in respect of the money secured by the mortgage or the mortgaged property and , where payment of such money only is claimed , whether the plaintiff has obtained possession of the property ; ( 4 ) where the plaintiff claims possession of the property , whether or not the property consists of or includes a dwelling house within the meaning of s 21 of the County Courts Act 1974 ; ( 5 ) where a plaintiff claims as mortgagee possession of land which consists of or includes a dwelling house , he shall state , in his particulars of claim , whether there is any person on whom notice of the action is required to be served in accordance with s 8(3) of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 and , if so , he shall state the name and address of that person and shall file a copy of the particulars of claim for service on that person ( Ord 6 , r 5(1A) ) . |
| 33 | The book registers a new-found fascination with Ezra Pound , too , on whom Davie was soon to write two books , as opposed to T. S. Eliot — espousing a failed Modernist against the acknowledged leader of London literary opinion — and its tactic of saying-the-other-thing was soon to become the mark of a critic eager to clear a space for himself and for others of like mind . |
| 34 | It consists of making categorical and systematic certain distinctions made , and preferences expressed , by Eliot in his essays ; and then dismissing Pound merely because he writes with a measure of respect of certain writers ( Swinburne is one example ) on whom Eliot , the arbiter of taste , is supposed to have conclusively turned down his thumbs . |
| 35 | The new Council of Ministers included some of Franco 's closest wartime collaborators , such as Generals Yagüe , Varela and Muñoz Grandes , and his brother-in-law , Ramón Serrano Suñer , on whom Franco had come to rely very heavily for his political knowledge and skill . |
| 36 | Matthau played Horace Vandergelder , the wealthy ‘ hay and feed ’ merchant from Yonkers on whom Dolly sets her sights as a second husband . |
| 37 | Fylde Flyer , on whom Piggott was deputising for Jack Berry 's injured stable-jockey John Carroll , was still lifted home with the old familiar magical rhythm and skill . |
| 38 | Great hope Rodrigo De Triano , on whom Walter Swinburn deputised for Piggott , finished last , beaten over 35 lengths , in the world 's richest race , the $3 million Classic . |
| 39 | ‘ There 's divil a bit of mud on me boots , ’ he muttered and went out into the back yard . |
| 40 | I thought of bringin' it back 'ome with me , but it could n't have stood t' trip , four weeks on me shoulder back to 'Ampton Roads , an' me not able to dress nor undress neither . ’ |
| 41 | When I was little I had it on me bed . |
| 42 | Anyway , I thought I 'll have this away and I slid it off the shelf and it dropped like a ton of bricks on me leg and broke me ankle . |
| 43 | I 'm on me holidays , same as you . |
| 44 | Betjeman 's poem ‘ Original Sin on me Sussex Coast ’ makes a point unwillingly learnt from his old tutor when it depicts the sheer wickedness of children bullying one another , unseen by the sentimental eyes of the mother whose mind has been washed by modern advertising techniques and the vacuous optimism of the age : |
| 45 | Put on me overalls . |
| 46 | I walk around the street like this ( spreads arms into Messianic pose ) with ‘ I 'M FROM THE FALL ’ on me forehead , but they ignore me . |
| 47 | ‘ I went all that way on me day off , and hoped I 'd do some good between them . |
| 48 | Dead easy to make your debut , son , so ‘ on me 'ead ’ ! 85% |
| 49 | I just went shoppin' , that 's all ; I took an 'ansom cab at the Elephant and Castle to save wear and tear on me ankle , and went up West in it . |
| 50 | Mind you , when our Daniel come in now and then to visit they thowt I was on me way out too , wi't dog-collar , and that , dog-collars in them places meaning Death … |
| 51 | ‘ Fuck it , Frank , I 've got luna maria callouses on me feet . |
| 52 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 53 | And not on me clothes either , not if I know anything about it . |
| 54 | ‘ I got things on me mind just now , ducks , ’ she said . |
| 55 | I got to admit I did n't pop over just to offer yer some neighbourly 'elp , it was on me mind while I was there to touch you for the loan of a bob . |
| 56 | The moonlight shone off the frost settling on me fields and a wave of mist like sea surf was beginning to rise on either side of the road . |
| 57 | Sometimes it is manifested in an exaggeration of previous dependency when problems arise ; sometimes , with strangers , excessive expectations of and need for support arise from these earlier relationships ( 'My husband waited on me hand and foot . ' ) |
| 58 | ‘ Means I had to get down on me hands and knees with the bill-hook , round the back like . |
| 59 | ‘ It 's getting on me nerves , whimpering like that . |
| 60 | Gets on me nerves . ’ |