Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the night of 30 January they were not to reach this sought-after retreat without problems , for they had first to call at the Palace of Saint Cloud itself where on arrival they found the entire Imperial Household drawn up to receive them and , equally clearly , determined to stay to dinner . |
| 2 | We ordered them while on holiday there last Summer : an enforced break from the building — but we managed some fabulous flying in the sun whilst we were away . |
| 3 | ‘ I went over to Michael 's training centre in the US , then he came to visit me while on holiday in Britain — I learned an awful lot . |
| 4 | Editor , — On three occasions in the past two years the duty surgical team have contacted me while on call as duty psychiatrist with a view to giving consent to a surgical procedure on behalf of a patient . |
| 5 | He was not a superstitious man , but even he must have been encouraged by the good omens that visited him while on board the Potentate . |
| 6 | Hoult had just two League games behind him while on loan to Lincoln last season . |
| 7 | You have to be prepared to stand on the putting green for ages , which I do n't like doing , but I 'm having to do it because on Tour all the best players average less than 30 putts per round . ’ |
| 8 | He had evidently made up his mind not to argue with anyone while on leave , and Sarah told Anne that his family thought that she was a good influence on him . |
| 9 | There is a compromise on the way on the question of admitting gays into the military , which goes by the nickname ‘ do n't ask , do n't tell ’ : recruiting officers will not screen candidates for homosexual tendencies , and homosexuals will be expected to keep their preferences to themselves when on duty , as heterosexuals are supposed to . |