Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God is a person too ; and what is more , the person on whom personhood itself depends . |
| 2 | This benefit is not a free gift to women , as its enemies claim , but the equivalent of a tax allowance for having children ( recognised in other European countries ) , and it is targeted upon the very person on whom responsibility falls — the mother . |
| 3 | The thought of facing his old friend , and the man on whom Virgin 's fortunes had been largely built , across a courtroom was too upsetting . |
| 4 | This protected what Lord Bridge called the safeguards built into the judicial review procedure which protected from ‘ harassment ’ public authorities on whom Parliament imposed a duty . |
| 5 | Women cast down , on whom life had left its mark , were to him sisters under the skin regardless of station . |
| 6 | Hon. Members have expressed deep concern about the plight of the sheep farmer , especially the hill farmer , on whom milk quotas have a direct effect . |
| 7 | The survivors are the ones on whom suspicion falls . |
| 8 | Peyton may have decided to have Godfrey killed both because of his ‘ betrayal ’ and to stir up hatred against the Catholics , on whom suspicion would inevitably fall . |
| 9 | 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) ) . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | When I was little I had it on me bed . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I went all that way on me day off , and hoped I 'd do some good between them . |
| 15 | Dead easy to make your debut , son , so ‘ on me 'ead ’ ! 85% |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | ‘ I got things on me mind just now , ducks , ’ she said . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ' ) |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm under no illusions about the two of us , on me mother 's life … ’ |
| 23 | On me mother 's life . |
| 24 | On me chair , the one I watch telly from . |
| 25 | Went there on me honeymoon , with the wife . |
| 26 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 27 | You can not rely on them deputy speaker if the government is doing er in these orders er on auditors to be er the effective and certainly not the only er police force of financial institutions . |
| 28 | I reckon them wo working on them laser , the solder iron . |
| 29 | That 's an interesting point that , any square root , any square root you always get two answers for square roots yeah , it 's always plus thing and minus thing , in complex numbers , when you get complex numbers there are always what we call complex conjugators , if you drew them on them , on them diagram , right , if you drew them on the diagram , what 'll you get , plus five minus three I , plus five , minus three I , and then and then we get minus five , plus three I , You get plus and minus there . |
| 30 | You ca n't write your name on them darling |