Example sentences of "i [vb past] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked on that occasion for considerably more information . |
| 2 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 3 | Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine . |
| 4 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 5 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 6 | Yet if I concentrated on each footstep , I should soon be safely home . |
| 7 | And erm , the other aspect , the last aspect that gave us er anxiety was something I touched on this morning when I joined in at the end of the Selby discussion . |
| 8 | Yes , it 's just a plaque and erm but The thing that erm I enjoyed on that occasion was meeting the other conservationists who 'd been called up . |
| 9 | Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead . |
| 10 | The few days I spent on that trip will stay in my mind as some of the most pleasant times I have ever spent . |
| 11 | To my way of thinking you had seen too much of my secretary , I decided on that instant that to take you out of his vicinity was an excellent idea . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 13 | My most recent teaching before I started on this book was in Vancouver with a class of mixed ages — ten to thirteen years , I guess . |
| 14 | As a matter of fact , I started on this paper as a graduate trainee myself . |
| 15 | If I died on this hillside , I would not even know where or when the hillside was . |
| 16 | When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys . |
| 17 | Yes , I went on that voyage as cook , and the beauty of it was the boat was called the Happy Days ! |
| 18 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |
| 19 | I went on that morning to sell this union the benefits we provide . |
| 20 | A private internal affair needed resolving , and I went on that review group , I was prepared to do all that I could to resolve it . |
| 21 | Shame I won on that lottery Gary ! |
| 22 | What I said on that occasion was to confirm a policy agreed with the hon. Gentleman 's own party . |
| 23 | Oh I did n't like them I was , I could see them riding up the leg just like that pair I had on that day and in the end they look so grey and they look like |
| 24 | A travel book would not be enough : anything I wrote on that country would need to be designed to assist , in however small a way , the war effort , even though Italy was still uninvolved . |
| 25 | As I wrote on this page recently , opera is barely a living art form any longer . |
| 26 | So I sat on this stool thing and Marie pulled the curtain and the light flashed twice and then Marie leaps in and sits on my lap , and it flashes again . |
| 27 | And I was really wrecked and I was I was n't even actually ill I just sat , well I was eventually but I sat on this wall for about four hours , yeah |
| 28 | ‘ What would you give me if I stood on that boulder on one leg ? ’ asked Christopher , eyeing a small rock on the extreme edge of the cliff . |
| 29 | As my companion remarked , the oldies are goldies and you ca n't get much ( g ) older than ‘ I stood on this stage 30 years ago and I was so successful they 've asked me back tonight . ’ |