Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I better walk on tip-toes to right well , you know now let's just give , you know , I mean you ca n't see Zane 's bum . |
| 2 | Right , so , if I just start on isomers across the board . |
| 3 | Ooh they sometimes used to get books or er they used to get some nice prizes you know , and books and er and that and er and when I was little I once went on stage for a in a skipping competition . |
| 4 | and er , I think that er , er I I I 'm quite interested an and really quite amused , if I once gone on proceedings of this council , because every time a a new initiative has been proposed , you have said , oh yes , we were going to do that . |
| 5 | I also speak on behalf of the group New Consensus , of which I am chairman and which is both all-party and none . |
| 6 | May I also say on behalf of my party that the personal code of conduct of the Secretary of State is an example to us all ? |
| 7 | ‘ I then went on holiday by myself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Am I there to speak on behalf of the council ? |
| 9 | Am I there to speak on behalf of me ? |
| 10 | But Merry crawled and got into the pigsty ; and I almost fell on top of him and slammed the door . |
| 11 | Sometimes I almost feel on fire with the immensity of this : each of us is a person , alive , growing and relating . |
| 12 | After overhearing comments surrounding Toni 's gender and nationality — by fellow Americans , I was relieved when she finally appeared on stage at 9.15pm . |
| 13 | His relations with her were formal and wary , and she clearly looked on painters as a necessary evil for her husband 's livelihood . |
| 14 | But as she was writing a personal biography , she inevitably concentrated on Mary at a very personal level , so that her book is rather familiar ground well trod by its author than a foray into new territory . |
| 15 | She regularly puts on exhibitions of works in the shop window and on the walls which question the borderline between music and visual arts . |
| 16 | She then embarked on study for a Diploma of Education , but converted to a Bachelor 's degree which she gained with distinction in psychology and education . |
| 17 | She sometimes appeared on earth as a hippopotamus , too , and her epithet was The Golden . |
| 18 | She never dwelt on thoughts of Guido . |
| 19 | Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed . |
| 20 | The video takes up the story of two of the characters from A Weekend Away whom we now meet on holiday on the south coast of England . |
| 21 | The Lord Chamberlain was a very important man , close to the Queen , and we often put on plays for the Queen 's court , and in the houses of the great lords of England . |
| 22 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |
| 23 | We are given some financial support from the government but this doe snot cover all our costs and we therefore depend on gifts from trusts , companies and individuals . |
| 24 | During the campaign for elections to the European Parliament ( EP ) in June 1989 [ see pp. 36737 ; 36874-75 ] they successfully capitalized on opposition to controversial proposals that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections throughout European Community ( EC ) member states . |
| 25 | They finally settled on Dillons in Trafalgar Square … |
| 26 | ‘ Yes … they always cheat on materials for the camp . |
| 27 | In Romania , in addition to the blood relatives of both Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu , they both relied on people from a similar background and frequently from the same part of the country . |
| 28 | When the group travelled further afield , they often slept on floors at the homes of fans or friends . |
| 29 | Oh yes , boy , they really dine on off-spin over here . ’ |
| 30 | they simply go on file for horror films — |