Example sentences of "[subord] [subord] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So until further notice from me , you are to consider yourself confined to the Battalion area — that means the Officers ' Mess and your company billet — except when on duty of course . |
| 2 | Please call me Harry , except when on duty . |
| 3 | Subject matter can often be fleeting — never more so than when on holiday . |
| 4 | If they are not reasonably constant , then not only is the model er a poor one , right , within sample but it ca n't really be used for out of sample predictions , because although on average er our coefficient that we estimate it might be nought point five , then the out of sample could well be minus six or something like that . |
| 5 | They all stood up as though on parade , with the instinctive straight back of the Polynesians . |