Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] on [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put her on probation for three years on condition she remained an in-patient at a psychiatric hospital . |
| 2 | ‘ During 11 months on remand I saw people go on trial every day but never anyone win . |
| 3 | But because he 'd already served five weeks on remand he was released . |
| 4 | But because he 'd already served five weeks on remand he was released . |
| 5 | But because he 'd already served five weeks on remand he was released . |
| 6 | With eight courses on offer you wo n't be finishing it in a hurry , and each course must be traversed in both directions , giving a grand total of sixteen levels . |
| 7 | If we had five hundred years on earth we could say , ‘ OK , I 'll spend the first hundred years doing nothing in particular , the next hundred learning about life , the next hundred building a relationship , the next hundred working and my last hundred in leisure . ’ |
| 8 | I , it , I , twice two years on trot I 've booked for him to go with me , and he wo n't go , he cancels it every time . |
| 9 | Mr Recorder Shaun Spencer QC placed Ninham on probation for two years on condition he takes medication to control his libido . |