Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb -s] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.

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1 Laurie , known to the boxing boys as Lol , believes boxing can give ‘ lads with fire in their belly ’ an ambition which keeps them on the straight and narrow .
2 In his key he differentiates them on the number of arm spines and suggested that A. grandis could be separated from A. otteri by its ridged proximal ventral arm plates and by a lower number of arm spines .
3 Solid and secret behind a high stone wall it remains a world apart from the crawling traffic which skirts it on the routes out of town .
4 When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’
5 The rational consumer will choose point W on the budget line which places him on the highest attainable indifference curve , I 1 , .
6 The light then passes through a small transparent section of the protective outer coating ( the cornea ) , and continues via a lens which focuses it on the back of the retina .
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