Example sentences of "i [vb past] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh mind , it was quite light , it was n't and I saddled on the path and I did n't , I do n't take chances . |
| 2 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
| 3 | The woman from Ty Fach has found the pictures that I made on the rock , and the little woman with her has looked at them . |
| 4 | Could you please tell me : a ) how much I made on the deal ; b ) year of manufacture and finally ; c ) why is the thing so rare ? |
| 5 | I made on the deal , but when I switched it on my first thought was : uh-oh . |
| 6 | Er , he did after a while because there just are n't that many people who run round the N E C who look me in July , but erm , there were conventions earlier in the year , but it , it , you know , I got , actually a very reasonable size of contract out of this man , from that thirty second note I made on the calendar . |
| 7 | Apart from the few noises I made on the path , all I could hear was the very occasional and distant roar of heavy trucks on the road through town . |
| 8 | I pounced on the quotation because she had no right , no right at all to burden me with her doubts , after a year , and after everything . |
| 9 | Let me try I was wondering why he was doing it then I realized on the tape she done that in n it . |
| 10 | I think probably that was probably London but in the north I lived on the north east coast in a very small town and some of I mean my memories are quite different in a way . |
| 11 | At that time I lived on the flat and rather featureless coast of East Anglia , and spent most of my spare time sailing its lonely creeks and estuaries . |
| 12 | I lived on the plain . |
| 13 | I wonder if the friendly gent from Gloucester I met on the bank at Bo'ness some days back has noted that steam is heading his way on Saturday ? |
| 14 | I had already made one friend who I met on the induction day . |
| 15 | At the last , slightly shorter if I remember , it had been a 3- or a 4-iron for the second shot and I thought back to 1958 and the fourth at Lytham , But this rime the boss and I agreed on the 3-iron . |
| 16 | I passed on the information which came my way . |
| 17 | Toshack was out of work at the time , so I passed on the offer . |
| 18 | I checked on the school , and found that the man who had owned it went away with his wife when the school closed . |
| 19 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 20 | As soon as they 'd gone , I got on the phone to Directory Enquiries and asked for the number of the Maidstone hospital . |
| 21 | I said no I got on the phone |
| 22 | Well I got on the head . |
| 23 | I got on the vehicle but the driver had not long been in fourth gear when I came to my senses . |
| 24 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 25 | I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work . |
| 26 | ’ Could you take over while I go and have my lunch , you see , come on I 'll show you what to do ’ I got on the tractor , he said ’ turn in and go out round and come in again at the edge . ’ |
| 27 | When I got on the edge of the road I said to them , ‘ Who 's winning ? ’ |
| 28 | I got on the train and settled myself in a corner compartment with my back to the engine , feeling pissed and happy as the carriages rolled out of Victoria towards Clapham Junction and the South Coast . |
| 29 | ‘ I was fine until I got on the pitch but then it all drained away and the game just passed me by . |
| 30 | ‘ I got on the radio to my controller and told him to call the police quick . ’ |