Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the ridge I encountered the most incandescent mountain I have ever seen . |
| 2 | When 6 shows on the clock I put the kids to bed . |
| 3 | With 250 on the clock I heave the how-heavy stick to the right and when we have twenty degrees of bank I brace , pull and reverse the roll to watch our nose carve a lazy anti-clockwise circle around the sapphire sky . |
| 4 | On the day I went the team comprised two practising barristers , a QC who is a Recorder of the Crown Court and a Circuit judge . |
| 5 | On the day I fished the Tarn , however , a long summer heatwave and a freak wind had brought algae up from the lake bottom so that they hung ill suspension , turning the lake the colour of pea soup . |
| 6 | On the day I visited the McLennan Galleries in Glasgow her piece was surrounded . |
| 7 | On the day I hit the big Four-O , the fog suddenly lifted and I celebrated non-stop . |
| 8 | On the way I passed the rabbit I thought had escaped , lying just before the sparkling clean water of the stream ; blackened and contorted , locked into a weird , twisted crouch , its dead dry eyes staring up at me as I passed by , accusatory . |
| 9 | On the whole I bore the strictures with courage in the firm belief that what had been done was the best that could be done . |
| 10 | mm I mean every Government does some good and some bad , but on the whole I think the Conservative have done good , because they 've made more people home owners than ever before |
| 11 | Yes , the frustrated mother ca n't be generous and so forth with her child , and on the whole I think the emphasis that people used to put on mothers staying at home was very misguided , because a mother who 's having to sacrifice all her outside interests for the sake of her child is just a frustrated mother , and it 's not good for the also the problem is that you then have fairly energetic women devoting all they have to children , then they over-invest in the child 's own achievements , so in fact you are putting a great psychological burden on the child because it has to grow up fulfilling expectations of an adult , which is not right for a child . |
| 12 | On the whole I suspected the latter . |
| 13 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 14 | Right , I have two letters on the side I open the first one . |
| 15 | Another Godalming neighbour said : ‘ When I saw the pictures of Spiro 's family on the television I remembered the cousin . |
| 16 | It 's when one is on the lead I think the other 's feel the disadvantage , |
| 17 | Two halves rested gently on the bookcase I examined the inside of one half . |