Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | However I was also intelligent enough to realize that , because of my extensive reading on the topic , I was capable of inventing a pretty good story about life in that period . |
| 2 | So I am now a ‘ colonial ’ and wear the badge of my adopted land on my shoulder , just like all the others . |
| 3 | Therefore , I can no longer be allowed to escape criticism and analysis of my theistic views on the grounds that they are simply a matter of personal experience . |
| 4 | One of my first articles on machine knitting ( before MKM was even born ) was called ‘ Do n't blame the machine ; it 's the operator that 's at fault ’ . |
| 5 | If I 'm g go over things that Dennis covered or that have already been covered this morning , I , I will be brief a and I just wanted to say these are some of my personal views on the quality initiatives . |
| 6 | Even when I played through proxies he must have still known it was me , because one day , 'bout the end of my second year on Mars , I woke up with the blues just like you did . |
| 7 | This was the Luton Post Office murder , and although , in view of my long labours on the Meehan case , I had resolved not to take up any more cases , this was one that I did not see how I could refuse . |
| 8 | It denies the intervention of my inner teacher on my behalf , because I close the door within and block the light that would dissipate the darkness that angers and frightens me . |
| 9 | In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ . |
| 10 | Pulling from pain or nerves is closely associated with tenseness — readers should refer to one of my previous articles on problems for helpful suggestions . |
| 11 | It might seem therefore that my more recent work had completely undone the results of my earlier work on singularities . |
| 12 | I made a crook of my left elbow on the back of the boat and laid the pole across it , the shorter end in my right hand , the longer end trailing behind in the water . |
| 13 | REMEMBER : HAVE A FURTHER X-RAY ON THE MIDDLE FINGERS OF MY LEFT HAND ON TUESDAY . |
| 14 | The rounded rectangle of my little window on the world gave me a television picture of the site . |
| 15 | I managed to get all my work done and still watch some of my favourite programs on the television . |
| 16 | One afternoon , in one of my favourite restaurants on Broadway , I was going to my table when somebody pulled my arm . |
| 17 | I listen to , and patiently explore , the feminist challenge in a forthcoming book , and will again spare you an airing of my own views on this occasion . |
| 18 | ‘ It would n't look right to be out of my own house on Christmas Day , ’ she answered ; that they were not yet married was left unsaid . |
| 19 | During one of his first trips abroad , to Prague , he ended up in a hotel like this and ‘ thought desperately of my own town on the shores of the Mediterranean , of the summer evenings that I love so much , so gentle in the green light and full of young and beautiful women ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ That was one of my senior managers on the phone . ’ |
| 21 | I dared not turn round now to look for a vehicle , but I held my breath and listened for one — there was only the sound of my rubber soles on the macadam and the noise of wind . |
| 22 | I fall asleep hours later to the sound of their engrossed murmuring on the night air . |
| 23 | ‘ such offences ‘ are the most threatening of all — not just because they are so expensive , but because of their corrosive effect on the moral standards by which American business is conducted ’ . |
| 24 | In the second week of August , filled by an idealistic vision of their future lives on the banks of the Susquehannah , Coleridge and Southey set out from Bristol on a walking tour into Somerset . |
| 25 | At the Twenty-Third Congress of the CPSU in March 1966 Brezhnev attacked the Western states for scattering ‘ numerous military bases throughout the world ’ and deploying ‘ contingents of their armed forces on the territories of other countries ’ . |
| 26 | They are always made aware of their temporary status on being recruited , but sometimes the only other difference between them and other members of the workforce is that the trade unions within the organisation have consented in advance not to contest the employer 's right to dismiss them once he feels he no longer has any work for them . |
| 27 | Admiral Herbert , who had emerged with credit from William 's invasion of England , had hastily assembled a squadron at Portsmouth to pursue the French but now , with 17 ships of the line and three bomb-vessels , one of their earliest appearances on the maritime scene , found himself outnumbered . |
| 28 | For the first time , civil servants accustomed to running Japan as they see fit are feeling the hot breath of their political masters on their necks . |
| 29 | Representing a country with a reputation for hard-nosed materialism , the Eagles earned the heartfelt admiration of their Canadian counterparts on the occasion of the 16th annual Can-Am international staged in Denver , Colorado , on June 13 . |
| 30 | ‘ People spend a lot of their hard-earned money on holidays , ’ observes sales director Ray Wilkins , ‘ and they need professional service and advice . |