Example sentences of "[pron] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | obviously cos of what happened at Lucy 's party I , I on that situation but okay then , let's not take James but somebody like that |
| 2 | Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest . |
| 3 | And it 's to you , the readers , that we beg one week 's indulgence as we uncurl our lips , pat ourselves on that back and take you , in the next 46 pages , on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense , faces and fads , ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture . |
| 4 | Their need for food is easily met and the food we grow for ourselves on agricultural land is little more than a readily-available bonus . |
| 5 | The solid ground rocked and heaved beneath us , but we were soon gorging ourselves on rich noodles and spicy chilled crabs and lobster — forbidden fruit while amongst our Islamic Bugis . |
| 6 | Integrated Programmes — we pride ourselves on developing programmes which integrate management development with the achievement of business objectives as well as achieving an integrated design within the programme itself . |
| 7 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |
| 8 | If everyone can manage this we will all be able to go on quietly shaving our heads , lighting our candles , starving ourselves on particular days of the year — and no-one will mind or probably even notice . |
| 9 | I 've put yours on separate sheet , have you seen it ? |
| 10 | He named another person who , he said , was wearing a T-shirt identical to his on that evening . |
| 11 | Here are some words of his on 20 May 1992 : |
| 12 | He 's not a pensioner , his on Social Security and also he got another his got two his getting ever so I do n't know . |
| 13 | Int there er , int there a gravestone or summat on that side |
| 14 | I think it said five six seven eight nine ten or summat on one side and then it said six seven eight nine on other side . |
| 15 | The smaller of these , some 1,300 strong , headed by Gen Shandruk himself and Gen Freytag ( who shot himself on 11 May ) , travelled from Judenburg into the US Zone of Austria . |
| 16 | Mr Creme believes Christ has already come again — came a few years ago actually — and is now residing in the Asian community in London , waiting for a more receptive attitude from the press before He shows Himself on worldwide television , when ‘ He wo n't actually speak , but His thoughts , His ideas , His call to humanity , will take place silently , telepathically . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , he had a habit of propping himself on that stool in front of a picture and it must have gone over with him . |
| 18 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 19 | I am sorry , but the Prime Minister — I am sure without any intention — is not right about the way that he expressed himself on that point . |
| 20 | The male 's usual pattern is to position himself on higher ground , above the females , keeping careful watch on their every move . |
| 21 | Wittek suggests that Bayezid I was aware of the criticisms of himself on religious grounds and that he sought investiture as Sultan of Rum , a title he already possessed in fact , from the Abbasid caliph in Cairo because he felt the need for a religious sanction for his regime . |
| 22 | he models himself on Dirty Den |
| 23 | I 'd like to remind him that 's nothing to the idiot he made of himself on All Fools Day last when he found the dead stoat I 'd placed in the pulpit . |
| 24 | 1859 — 1919 : ‘ They [ Joseph 's contemporaries ] tested every man 's views by his actions , by his carriage of himself on all sorts of occasions . |
| 25 | Yeah , he catches himself on all sorts of things . |
| 26 | As the final chimes faded , Daniel raised himself on one elbow and started to outline with his finger the pattern of reflected leaves that decorated Elisabeth 's body . |
| 27 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
| 28 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 29 | Supporting himself on one elbow he leaned over her . |
| 30 | Huy raised himself on one elbow . |