Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mind , when I read their story on erm I read them on Thursday afternoon and I said , right we better practise for nursery
2 I laid it on soil ; the shoulders managed
3 I MET HIM ON HOLIDAY
4 I met him on holiday .
5 So I met him on Wednesday evening Tottenham Court Road tube station and er chat , chat , chat .
6 I should have told you , the night I met you on Starr Hills ; but I 'd only that day realized and I was afraid who might be listening .
7 I got mine on Monday did n't I ?
8 I tried it on Thursday actually at my local and this year it 's er very pleasant .
9 I invited her on holiday , ’ as she was led away .
10 I invited her on holiday , ’ as she was led away .
11 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 .
12 That was last week , no I phoned her on Sunday .
13 Erm and er I phoned them on Thursday before our last meeting and to be told Oh it 's in the post , we 're contacting you .
14 ‘ There was a scholarship going at one of the drama schools , you see , and I entered it on impulse .
15 No no she managed I told her on pain of death not to tell Pete that I was backing
16 No , no she managed , I told her on pain of death not to tell Pete that I was backing
17 I told you on Saturday evening that he 's using you , just as he 's used me . ’
18 Erm I do , I I practise it , I practised it on Monday and erm
19 My son Jonathan , who turns two on Christmas Day , was fascinated to see his own image when I captured him on home video .
20 I opened it on Saturday and it was mouldy .
21 ‘ 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 . ’
22 He would n't take it , so I pressed it on Felix instead .
23 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 .
24 After interviewing Susannah ( this was back in 1980 on the set of The Awakening ) , I had the good fortune to meet and interview John Huston and I challenged him on Susannah 's story .
25 I killed him on purpose . ’
26 They know that I killed him on purpose because he took my best animal . ’
27 I dumped him on Wednesday .
28 I placed it on top of the bowl .
29 But she was n't planning to go to her parents — I know because I rang them on Tuesday when she still had n't turned up . ’
30 I rang her on Monday night and got no answer , but that did n't worry me .
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