Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For myself , I can scarce believe it is true — that I am to accompany you on so grand a venture . ’ |
| 2 | And someone will say I 'm arresting you on suspicion of murder |
| 3 | I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm aware that I 'm leaving you on your own , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Just , I 'm taking it on holiday with me . |
| 6 | I 'm laying it on the table . |
| 7 | Er , no I think I 'm having him on the Monday cos she 's going to have her hair permed |
| 8 | Yeah , I 'm having it , I 'm having it on Tuesday . |
| 9 | Well , he said , I 'm putting them on the train and they 'll be in Valley on the seven o'clock train for you On Friday night this was . |
| 10 | Well I erm I 'm basing it on the Tower Hamlets model . |
| 11 | I 'm recording you on that tape machine I think . |
| 12 | Er I 'm doing something on wild salmon . |
| 13 | I know you did n't want to marry me , but ‘ t is not as though I 'm forcing myself on you ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'm running one on our long-term fleet to see . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew it could n't be the murder weapon , ’ he gravely told Wickham , ‘ because I was using it on Friday evening , hours after MacQuillan was found dead . ’ |
| 16 | It 's odd because I was watching him on Football Focus yesterday , him and Bob Wilson , and I was trying to stay awake |
| 17 | I like him , I was watching him on the telly the other day , I think he seemed nice . |
| 18 | PS Stoke just won thier first game under Joe Jordan … so what ? well I was watching it on telly , had to come to work , & had to find something to do ! |
| 19 | Yeah and I was watching it on This Morning and what it is it 's because most things you 've got in your kitchen like myself are all tested on animals and they do n't label it |
| 20 | Or maybe , the other ends got hot while I was a-tapping them on the anvil . ’ |
| 21 | I was congratulating myself on my fitness when I passed a middle-aged German couple climbing up — with a good deal more spring in their steps than me . |
| 22 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 23 | ‘ I was bouncing her on my knee ’ |
| 24 | I was hitting them on the head and they were all falling on the floor . |
| 25 | " Drewy " Leask , one of our local customs staff , same with us as local pilot , and very glad I was to have him on board as he was able to show us many remote anchorages and isolated harbours that I would never otherwise have dared approach . |
| 26 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
| 27 | Well , I was putting it on the foil and I thought : ‘ This could kill me ’ , but it was that strong the urge to have it , I did n't care . |
| 28 | He put a solicitor down , and last time I spoke with him I was defending him on a for fraud . |
| 29 | Have you been taping everything on it ? |
| 30 | ‘ That cream , ’ I said , ‘ have you been putting it on your head ? ’ |