Example sentences of "on [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject had bored me witless at school , but on Sheila 's lips it all came alive , and forced me to the conclusion that it was n't history which was boring , but those who tried to teach it . |
| 2 | 4. ( a ) On MacDonald 's character you should have indicated the telling phrase " characteristic self-pity " and indicated the implications of the penultimate paragraph . |
| 3 | On beginners ' courses we can have adults in four metre Europas alongside kids in Rotobats whilst the bigger kids soon move on to playboats and squirt boats . |
| 4 | Flavia turned away , took a few steps , came back and stood still : keeping her eyes on Andrée 's face she said with complete intensity , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 5 | All the energy that lions used when running on Taylor 's treadmill they generated with their metabolism . |
| 6 | So for example , er on Russo 's model we saw the people are not consultive on the issue of whether the State should go to war or not , because that 's a particular act and must be left to the executive . |
| 7 | Brian Clough had used some unkind words to describe his side on the morning of the match , but on Saturday 's evidence we beat a good side . |
| 8 | Before we went on Scott 's land we had permission . |
| 9 | On Bemal 's return he was under great pressure to make his own appreciation but he merely said ‘ Danckwerts has said it all . |
| 10 | Maybe on Berndt 's orders he would . |
| 11 | On Reeve 's arrival he did take charge . |
| 12 | For all that , on Queenie 's death he was inconsolable : ‘ no human being has ever meant as much to me as she ’ . |
| 13 | While this transformation depends fundamentally on workers ' initiatives it could be aided by a government using the financing relation ( 4 ) as a means of leverage . |
| 14 | On Sampson 's behalf he denied that he had any history of criminal activity or mental instability — not much point going on if he did n't — and then with the records from the gun case drawer he compiled a list of the weapons that Sampson already possessed . |
| 15 | On Sealink 's ships you 'll enjoy the benefits brought by a £178 million investment in our services . |
| 16 | On McDowell 's view it is not essential insofar as one is concerned just with explaining how language evolved to something like its present state of syntactic complexity , as selection favoured its communicative successes . |
| 17 | On Tresham 's death she married William Peche of Lullingstone , Kent , who outlived her . |
| 18 | By the look on Mould 's face it was a nasty , tiring , time-consuming punishment . |
| 19 | At the look on Charity 's face she added hastily , ‘ For heaven 's sake , you were under the blankets ! ’ |
| 20 | Get off you do n't climb on people 's chairs you sit on them or you play on the floor |
| 21 | Three hundred and fifty kilos for tomorrow morning , is very exciting , until you realise that oil is the last thing on God 's earth we ought to be carrying . |
| 22 | She got invitation and everything , there 's no way on God 's earth she can get six hundred pound . |
| 23 | On Father 's Day I think what he 'd like best is to go shopping and then he 'll take me out , to Dunstable Downs to see the gliders . ’ |
| 24 | On Father 's Day he 'll have a lie-in and get loads of presents — a chocolate , a jumper and a T-shirt , which he 'd probably like ‘ Daddy ’ written on . ’ |
| 25 | On Father 's Day he 'll ask me and my brother to bring him cornflakes in bed and a cup of tea . |
| 26 | Up on Nelson 's column they 're bellowing about how it 's the ‘ time to destroy . |
| 27 | I do n't think John 's ever on Ryan 's mind you . |
| 28 | On Joanna 's instructions I set my teeth resolutely . |
| 29 | On Lehmann 's death he inherited the whole estate . ’ |
| 30 | It is not entailed to the eldest son , or anything like that ; but as things stand , on Charles 's death it would go to the particularly repellent son of his younger brother . ’ |