Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Nor is the death of a patient through incompetent nursing , as on that occasion I pointed out . |
2 | In the early part of 1991 , before all this occurred , I went through a period of time when my find rate dropped drastically and on many occasions I went out and came back home with nothing at all . |
3 | ‘ On one occasion I woke up from an operation in hospital and asked her if she had brought my Echo . ’ |
4 | On one occasion I lay down for a rest , dozed off for 15 minutes , and awoke to find half a dozen sitting on branches within a few metres of my recumbent form . |
5 | I remember on one occasion I dashed out of the television studios to the bookshop in Norwich without a trace of make-up on and these kids fell off their bikes , saying ‘ Ugh , in real life you do n't look at all like you do on TV . ’ ’ |
6 | On one occasion I screwed up my courage to ask if I could come in at 9 p.m. instead , at which Harold looked puzzled and asked why . |
7 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
8 | As a regular broadcaster on local radio I went along to Radio Nottingham for one of my phone-ins on slimming . |