Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] on [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I laid it on soil ; the shoulders managed
2 I MET HIM ON HOLIDAY
3 I met him on holiday .
4 I invited her on holiday , ’ as she was led away .
5 I invited her on holiday , ’ as she was led away .
6 I did n't bother with a changing table , but we bought a new cupboard for Rachel 's room and I changed her on top of that until she got too big .
7 I place it on record that Blackbird Leys , Barton and the other parts of Oxford that are plagued by this menace are good places , with a terrific community spirit .
8 I want you on tape .
9 ‘ There was a scholarship going at one of the drama schools , you see , and I entered it on impulse .
10 No no she managed I told her on pain of death not to tell Pete that I was backing
11 No , no she managed , I told her on pain of death not to tell Pete that I was backing
12 aha I put it on top of your radiator I put your bag up there , it 's not a
13 Well I er well I do n't , I , but I put it on video er so I er had a look at it this morning .
14 You were standing by the boat , demanding that I let you on board , and I felt such a raw , aching need lance through me that it shocked me .
15 Anyway can I welcome you on behalf of the Notts County Council to the the Nottinghamshire pre-retirement .
16 Several Members told me that most still speak in much the same way as they did before the cameras were introduced , and that is certainly my own impression when I watch them on television .
17 Then there 's her book — a series of short stories and reflections entitled Memoirs Of A Pretty Lady — that is due to be followed by a second volume next summer , ‘ if I finish it on time , which I 'd better ’ .
18 My son Jonathan , who turns two on Christmas Day , was fascinated to see his own image when I captured him on home video .
19 ‘ My brother left me alone in the room with him and I loathed him on sight … then I eventually liked him and then I fell in love with him . ’
20 ‘ Cedric Downes , I arrest you on suspicion of the murder of Dr Theodore Kemp .
21 Commonly called yellow fumitory , it comes up like mustard and cress at the foot of every shady wall in the garden and I used to wrench it out with the ruthlessness I used on sycamore seedlings until I discovered it on sale in a nursery for well over £1 a plant .
22 So I get , if I get them on target I normally get a couple of wickets .
23 I killed him on purpose . ’
24 They know that I killed him on purpose because he took my best animal . ’
25 May I thank you on behalf of Carol , Lindsay Hardy , occupational therapist and Dr Peter Morrell , consultant paediatrician and all concerned for enabling this event to take place .
26 I placed it on top of the bowl .
27 I saw her on television this morning filmed at the polling station .
28 I saw them on telly at my mate 's house .
29 For example , I saw you on deck the other morning struggling to open the lights from the outside , but of course all your storm fastenings must be on the inside . "
30 ‘ Linford , ’ he said , in his fine , lilting Welsh accent , ‘ I saw you on television running in that jazzy white number in Spain .
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