Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked on that occasion for considerably more information . |
| 2 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 3 | ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total . |
| 4 | I drawed on that . |
| 5 | ‘ May I ask , ’ he said , ‘ how you have done so well , since you and I met on those lonely marshes ? ’ |
| 6 | Many Frenchmen whom I met on several occasions at the Training Centre at Achnacarry and on the South Coast of England had also gone , either killed or wounded . |
| 7 | Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine . |
| 8 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 9 | I soon felt hungry and thirsty , and my first food was fruit which I found on some trees near a river . |
| 10 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 11 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 12 | Yet if I concentrated on each footstep , I should soon be safely home . |
| 13 | Gus Dudgeon , who I used on some earlier Deram sessions , said he 'd like to work with David , so here was his chance and I put the two of them together . ’ |
| 14 | I was also gratified by the immense good will and friendship towards Britain which I encountered on all sides . |
| 15 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |
| 16 | These cards I filed in alphabetical order , and I noted on each one details of new purchases and quantities . |
| 17 | ‘ And although all the travelling was tiresome , I played on some lovely grounds and got to visit many interesting places . |
| 18 | While they often helped me to gain a perspective on , and strength for , what I was doing , the one I played on this particular night enhanced my self-pity . |
| 19 | So I played on this really , really heavy cut by Michael Bolton — it was really rockin' and it was really cool . |
| 20 | I was thought of as rather gallant and dashing , and I played on this for a long time , emphasizing the cruelty and hardship aspects of the camp , and skating over the boredom and hunger , which were what I chiefly remembered . |
| 21 | Perhaps I commented on this once too often ; perhaps I expressed my gratitude too sincerely . |
| 22 | Well yes , I mean th this is certainly the was born in fact I , I commented on this in my in my book when I was talking about this book before group psychology I I made one or two erm fairly erm critical comments about , about group , group , group psychotherapy . |
| 23 | I taught on all makes of machine and have also worked in stores and at exhibitions , selling knitting and sewing machines . |
| 24 | I touched on those points yesterday when I appeared before the Treasury Select Committee . |
| 25 | And erm , the other aspect , the last aspect that gave us er anxiety was something I touched on this morning when I joined in at the end of the Selby discussion . |
| 26 | Yes , it 's just a plaque and erm but The thing that erm I enjoyed on that occasion was meeting the other conservationists who 'd been called up . |
| 27 | Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead . |
| 28 | ‘ I mean that , when the client suggested giving our sales force a taste of the product they were selling , I had to put it all together at ultra-short notice — and the only way I managed to get my people to drop everything and come was by stressing how much I relied on each of them individually . |
| 29 | I remarked on this once to Mr Dakin and the old man turned to me with a wry smile . |
| 30 | When I remarked on this to the doctor 's wife , she explained that the town was under virtual siege , cut off from the central government . |