Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that occasion I had the hardest fight of my career and my prominent nose was badly broken before I won on points . |
| 2 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 3 | On this shelf I found the rest of my soldiers . |
| 4 | On Wednesday 5 March 1980 , I explored the practicalities of this course at a meeting in the department and on 10 March I minuted the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | With the anti-roll bar up front , the car rolls less than it used to and has a jigglier low-speed ride , but it 's true to say that on all models I drove the quality of ride was largely good . |
| 6 | On first acquaintance I found the keyhole cockpit did not give such a positive feel to the boat as the smaller cockpit rims of glass boats but none of the students noticed this . |
| 7 | On first sight I thought the building the ugliest in Milan , but my opinion changed a little after seeing the Via San Barnaba façade , which is less sense-slaughtering and even has some redeeming features . |
| 8 | On one occasion I learned the Morse code and , with a hand-made press-switch attached to a light bulb , flashed messages to Willard Hamilton holding a similar device , perched on the roof of his house on Oxford Street . |
| 9 | The policy was cleared over the next few days and on 19 March I told the House of Commons that |
| 10 | In the fifth sitting of the Committee on 19 December I had the following to say : ’ It would not be helpful to establish such a council on 1 April 1993 when the colleges become self-governing and will require a period of stability . |