Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can have Piers , not literally , I mean just on the tape . |
| 2 | I mean conceivably on the tail end of policy H one yesterday , the new settlement is n't going to accommodate all the development needs of Greater York . |
| 3 | I mean obviously on the whole he ca n't guarantee what sort of priest we 're going to get , but the whole meeting was quite positive . |
| 4 | I remain continually on the look-out for unusual behaviour from inanimate objects . |
| 5 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 6 | The café itself is so crowded with smoke that I sit outside on a bench . |
| 7 | but then on the erm , Saturday , and the , that 's , and then on I say then on the bloody Friday night what happened he fell out the bed I phoned |
| 8 | I begin to appreciate for the first time , as I stand here on the outside looking in , how very reserved is the world in which we work . |
| 9 | The aggression may spring from the threat to my inner peace and well-being brought on by the anxiety which I impose unconsciously on the situation . |
| 10 | If I go inside on a drugs charge again , I might as well kiss the kids goodbye , y'know what I mean … . |
| 11 | I wanted to check on the landing patch that I keep there on a semi-permanent lease . |
| 12 | That district authority and I agree entirely on the future of local government . |
| 13 | The papers are all subjected to these for several Conferences before they 're voted on and we lay great emphasis on achieving consensus on any motion , and I think today on the Palestine/Israel debate , which is obviously a very contentious issue , it went through in about half an hour , very calmly , very peacefully , because a lot of hard work had been done . |
| 14 | I think also on the inherent fault situation , I mean when somebody buys a vehicle the vehicle has to be of a standard obviously and if there are problems there then obviously people appreciate the fact that they can go back and this is really the point of dealing with a reputable dealer from the word go . |
| 15 | On the other hand I felt I could scarcely ask you to wait while I dealt with the strawboard — you were by this time I think just on the verge of a few conventional politenesses about my work , an awkward stage in conversations of this sort which is difficult to endure gracefully but which is even more difficult to interrupt . |
| 16 | I think better on a full stomach — but I know one thing I 'm doing immediately after breakfast . ’ |
| 17 | I think perhaps on the whole people understand that better than they used to . |
| 18 | I live literally on the corner as you go out . |
| 19 | Deal them face upwards on the table in groups of two but so that each card can be clearly seen . |
| 20 | Yes , you mean literally on the corner ? |
| 21 | What I am suggesting is that I think if you if you concentrate only on the question of who are the chief officers that 's very important and that 's very indicative , but it 's not the whole story . |
| 22 | You sail away on the seas and I 'll commune with my spirit . |
| 23 | Unless you focus closely on the problem , you 'll never succeed in your research or writing . |
| 24 | You lie there on the floor . |
| 25 | You watch here on the other side of the room . |
| 26 | That 's why you meet Siward on the border instead of in the more usual way , such as in one another 's houses . |
| 27 | But it 's it 's such a broad issue , that any opportunity we do get , to have a a broader discussion , for more individuals to contribute their or have their say , you know again on a workshop or something , I would very much support that . |
| 28 | You know like on the carpet there there is |
| 29 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
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