Example sentences of "on [pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I 'm very nice , but even on my best days I never look at myself like that . |
| 2 | On my two visits I met many ordinary people who have great respect and affection for their prime minister . |
| 3 | On my worst days I would eat five or six bars of chocolate . |
| 4 | Mr and Mrs Singh kept most of their official correspondence between the pages of their telephone directory and on my weekly visits we sorted out the milk tokens , rates demands , post office giros , all of which made linguistic demands which were beyond the level of their competence . |
| 5 | Trying to ignore this assault on my fundamental antinomies I peered at the train set . |
| 6 | Although the sun shone on its ancient walls it looked cold and forbidding . |
| 7 | In trying to deal with non-academic work on its own terms it is carrying on the debate opened in the recent exhibitions of ‘ High and Low ’ at MOMA and ‘ Parallel Visions ’ at LACMA . |
| 8 | On her unlucky nights she really would benefit enormously from a gift of blood . |
| 9 | On her high heels she teetered downstairs to join her father . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , it 's bliss … ’ she began , then noticed Xanthe 's delicate widening of her eyes and a slight wrinkle of pale nose , like white jade , and noticed that on her fair curls she was wearing a small moulded felt cap , with a slantwise spray of fluffy feathers — ; egret ? — curving into her nape . |
| 11 | But on her lucky nights she would benefit slightly , if she could get away with it , from defecting — refusing to donate blood . |
| 12 | They are usually simple cap-shaped shells looking somewhat like limpets , but on their internal surfaces they carry a series of paired muscle impressions . |
| 13 | Of the influence of Christian spouses on their pagan families we have a good many examples . |
| 14 | His wife looked like a film star and sounded like a docker , and on their previous visits I 'd managed to remain invisible while checking in her mink and his Crombie . |
| 15 | If he does retire to concentrate on his medical duties it will be a big loss . |
| 16 | Time after time on his Scottish travels he conjured original ideas from his encounters with the unfamiliar . |
| 17 | At dinner we serve 900 entrées in 30 minutes , whilst on our largest ships we cater for 2600 and 950 crew . |
| 18 | An officer who had worked on the social side for twenty years summed it up as " the most brilliant lecture on our social services I 'd ever heard in my life " . |
| 19 | For example on our larger ships we are catering for 1900 passengers and 600 crew which means that about 7500 meals a day are consumed , excluding snacks and buffets . |
| 20 | If you had to stay away on your two days you 're out with the trainer then we will pay you thirty pound a night subsistence . |
| 21 | You 're fine but you 'll need to stay on your wee tablets I 'm afraid . |
| 22 | Now , it is down to interpretation i er er and , it , on your next courses you may do a more in-depth conditions of carriage quiz which will ask you to study the conditions of carriage at night and produce a bit more detailed answer in the morning , but we 're not gon na expect you to do that on this course . |