Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must put on record my admiration for Pc Court who showed a great deal of bravery in bringing this action . ’ |
| 2 | I must put on record again in the House the fact that , although the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has granted the UDR Four the right of appeal , it would appear that the Crown solicitor is still withholding information from the defence . |
| 3 | ‘ I said , ‘ Bye darling — see you the week after next and she said maybe , I might go on holiday ’ . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll speak on behalf of the London Region against the sectional conferences report and also , of course , rule A five . |
| 5 | So I thought whoa , I 've got July , it 's going to be a bad month this year , so what I 'll do , I 'll go on holiday in July too . |
| 6 | ‘ I think I 'll go on home , ’ I tell him . |
| 7 | Meantime , seeing how my messages get through , I 'll send on match reports from Tim and Mark . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll get on back up the stairs then an' put the kettle on . |
| 9 | Yes , I 'll climb on top of you , I 'm on top of you ! |
| 10 | ‘ Two months before the bullying started an appraisal seemed to say I could walk on water . |
| 11 | It 's almost I could take on board another two to three clerks , and I could say , could I do what |
| 12 | I thought I 'd go on board and talk to Sabine . |
| 13 | I 'd say on average I get about 10 letters every day . ’ |
| 14 | I had three a year and of course in between times you go we had quarter fare if we want to go anywhere , you see and er of course it was the old money in those days and I would come from Ipswich to see my parents here for sixpence halfpenny then and er , you see , I used to go on holiday alone . |
| 15 | I used to rely on delivery people . |
| 16 | My nominee for the non-sport of the future is one which I used to watch on television regularly . |
| 17 | ‘ Whenever I used to feel on top of the world , I would just open my mouth and sing , and not care too much about what came out , ’ remembered Kylie . |
| 18 | I used to run on energy . |
| 19 | I would stand on street corners with him while he sold copies of the Morning Star . |
| 20 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ Every second week I would spend on tour in the country travelling by landrover , bicycle or canoe . |
| 22 | I would say on page twelve , it 's perhaps interesting to look just at the summary there , where you 'll see that your gross expenditure for next year , is now some fifty four million pounds . |
| 23 | I would concentrate on work . |
| 24 | This I shall record on tape . |
| 25 | ROS : I shall remain on board . |
| 26 | It is , however , many years since I was at the Department of Transport , so I shall concentrate on education this evening . |
| 27 | Hence , I shall focus on pay in public concerns . |
| 28 | In the present chapter , I shall focus on word meaning rather than grammar in lexical development , and look in particular at how children 's acquisition of word meanings is governed by two pragmatic principles of language use , Conventionality and Contrast . |
| 29 | " I shall live on hope for the next week . |
| 30 | If there is an approach for the Timex workers to come through the proper channels , I will recommend on behalf of the Executive for the Standing Orders Committee that we hear a Timex worker before the end of the Conference . |