Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 've been on them Diodides for six year now . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not a particularly patient man , and the thought of lying flat on my back for weeks made me feel almost suicidal , and if it had n't been for your parents — well , suffice to say that they were marvellous — ’ |
| 3 | as opposed to that was a part of being a tenant , you know , for the honour of you pay me rent but you also come and work on my land for how many days |
| 4 | During my annual medical check-up in 1987 , Dr Dingle discovered a blood irregularity , but as I was fighting fit he said it was probably just a virus and I was to forget about it during my impending holiday and to see him on my return for a second blood test . |
| 5 | I stuck one on my forehead for an afternoon , received a good many curious stares from colleagues , and got the giggles . |
| 6 | We held hands going to school every morning , Jimmy and I , and three times I stood on my head for him at Miss Annie 's to prove my love . |
| 7 | ‘ Raindrops had to fall on my head for real like everybody else — I do n't really wish to talk about those things , now we are over it . |
| 8 | By a remarkable coincidence this book arrived on my desk for review a matter of weeks after I had first seen it and browsed through it in a bookshop in Kathmandu . |
| 9 | And , and my , that act those forms stayed on my desk for maybe two weeks whilst I were plotting and thinking what the hell I could do about |
| 10 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |
| 11 | I would be on my bike for the rest of my life , stuck on the stopping train to nowhere . |
| 12 | She lies on top of me , breathing hard , head on my shoulder for a few minutes , then she stirs , pulls herself up so that I flop out of her and her hard little nipples stroke my chest . |
| 13 | I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time . |
| 14 | Q I have been using extra red Henna on my hair for almost two years while I 've been growing my hair . |
| 15 | And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save . |
| 16 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 17 | ‘ He knows I 'm on my way for him . ’ |
| 18 | I would ask you to point out this dramatic increase to the people of your parish and to thank them on my behalf for their generous efforts . |
| 19 | This was further demonstrated by the fact that , when I murmured some apologies that I must leave , he insisted on my staying for some tea . |
| 20 | Look your fill on my domain for , once inside , you will never come out . |
| 21 | In terms of sheer inhumanity , one incident in August will remain stamped on my mind for the rest of my life . |
| 22 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 23 | I , like many other married women , hope to achieve some kind of independence and do n't want to rely on my husband for everything all the time . |
| 24 | It felt as if it was fixed on my face for ever . |
| 25 | Blood pressure , ’ she whispered and shone the light on my face for a second . |
| 26 | I had a permanent scowl on my face for weeks . ’ |
| 27 | But Smith said : ‘ It 's a burden that 's going to be on my shoulders for life . ’ |
| 28 | I think I took drugs to escape my problems , because I thought I had the world on my shoulders for a number of reasons . |
| 29 | She rests her head on my shoulders for a second her body shaking with sobs . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't sit on my rear for long , hanging round this ancient hotel . |