Example sentences of "[pron] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I On the first point about us and our own showing of forgiveness . |
| 2 | Am I on the right line there ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why am I on the wrong side of this stone ? ’ she whispered . |
| 4 | People who have had experience of caring for someone on a long-term basis stress how important it is to lay down certain ‘ house rules ’ beforehand . |
| 5 | For someone on a low income , weekly credit payments of £5 might be a heavy burden — though virtually imperceptible for someone on a high income . |
| 6 | Perhaps you are fine when dealing with someone on a one-to-one basis but dread the thought of going to a party . |
| 7 | If you put someone on a second floor balcony , for instance , to deliver an address , it looks as if he is simply haranguing his listeners . |
| 8 | For someone on a low income , weekly credit payments of £5 might be a heavy burden — though virtually imperceptible for someone on a high income . |
| 9 | ‘ Someone on a white horse , ’ said Allen . |
| 10 | of his salary in national insurance , someone on the Prime Minister 's salary pays 3 per cent . |
| 11 | Someone on the far side of the cloisters made a joke in Dutch and another gaggle of European youths burst into laughter . |
| 12 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 13 | This has subsequently been changed , but suggests the view the SFA might take ; it would be logical for it to do so , since a market counterparty of this type is supposed to be someone on the same level as the firm . |
| 14 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
| 15 | If you 're on a sailing or windsurf holiday you may still book without a supplement if you 're willing to share with someone on the same holiday . |
| 16 | ‘ Someone on the Coptic side wants to keep things on the boil , wants to stop agreement from being reached . |
| 17 | Finally , on Sunday morning Emerson woke up to find it raining — and Monza is not the track for rain , nor is rain a help to someone on the third row of the grid . |
| 18 | ‘ You think there 's someone on the Moslem side who 's got an interest in keeping things on the boil ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
| 19 | Either someone on the German side understood English or the TARDIS 's telepathic circuits were at work again , because the Germans also began dashing for the exits on their side of the cavern . |
| 20 | Close to it at a March meeting in 1585 accusations of a theft of some Scottish spurs and counter-accusations of ‘ a pretended matter beforehand ’ began to fly to and fro , until without warning someone on the Scottish side shot and killed Russell . |
| 21 | Detectives say someone on the main road most have seen the rope being tied in place at about 8.30 p.m. last night . |
| 22 | He is also someone on an endless quest for knowledge , who is particularly engaged by the study of foreign languages — German , Italian , Spanish and Danish , as well as French and English . |
| 23 | They forget that it is ‘ we ’ — or ourselves on a good day , ‘ society ’ as we call it — who understand that punishment is appropriate . |
| 24 | And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry . |
| 25 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 26 | I start musing on how it is we do find ourselves on the same side . |
| 27 | Victor Wellington said there was a ring of yours on the dead woman 's left hand . ’ |
| 28 | Inside her she had felt a little sense of triumph begin to grow as they rode side by side through the cool bright jungle glades ; sometimes she had allowed her horse to drift towards his on the narrow trail , perhaps hoping he might give voice to the passion his expression had seemed to promise at the palais . |
| 29 | Regrettably , Mr Biffen wore his on the brief journey from his seaside hotel to the beach . |
| 30 | if we can resolve it with cos then you 're getting summat on a different style of thinking to that , you know , I know Fred does n't wan na be involved but then you 've always got somebody , well we 'll have to go and see Fred first . |