Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 May I also pass on my thanks to your master for providing such a great venue for my business lunches .
2 The usherette assured me that the manager would do something about it but he was busy just then with the projectionist , so she would pass on my complaint when he came down .
3 Nothing much hangs on my own , so easily distracted by the swoop of a crow or the amazing bright green of raspberry leaves as the sun floods our hillside acre .
4 ‘ From now on my home is in England , but the business of boxing will be here , ’ he said .
5 ‘ From now on my home is in England , but the business of boxing will be here , ’ he said .
6 ‘ I 'm afraid I do n't look particularly good in either , ’ Mark said , ‘ but , putting on my British hat first : yes , Prime Minister , the United Kingdom is at a considerable disadvantage when multi-nationals consider investment locations in Europe .
7 I hear it was your birthday so I am sending you a photo of me and my daddy , Chris Geering , at Stratford-upon-Avon which was taken on my birthday .
8 No doubt from then on my route was n't as straight or as accurate as earlier , but at least I was moving .
9 He moved away , and I put on my strained smile again for the next patiently waiting customer .
10 I put on my dressing-gown and slippers and opened the front door — ’ She broke off suddenly , and took a deep breath .
11 At seven-thirty next morning , I put on my running shoes and green army jeans and began jogging the eighteen miles to Reggane .
12 Why , Mummy , you know what you always say when I put on my red mack with the hood over my head !
13 Earlier I said that on the whole our food was not bad : salads , fruits and nuts were plentiful but I had taken on my parent 's tastes .
14 I was not , for once , wearing my battledress trousers , but had put on my uniform skirt with my battledress top .
15 ‘ It 's hanging on my bike in the yard , inside a roll of lino . ’
16 She made me put on my suit and collar and tie .
17 They assumed I 'd go to Chislehurst with them , but I said I 'd turn up later on my bike ; I 'd make my own arrangements .
18 Impervious to the babble of conversation and the pop music blaring from the dancers ' dressing room , I stick the exaggerated lashes in place , put on my spectacular Medusa-like crown and walk through the Green Room to the coffee-making area .
19 I just put on my superior knowledgeable look and tell her she 'll be told when she 's older .
20 From now on my home and my ministry as a bishop will be amongst you .
21 Then she helped me put on my white satin dress , after which I pulled on my shoes .
22 I fussed about , preparing myself , washing , combing my hair and putting on my borrowed finery .
23 A bit of placenta stayed in the womb and when this was discovered I had to go back to hospital for a D & C. From then on my periods became a nightmare .
24 From then on my troubles started .
25 I was grateful to him because I was really shaking with fear , so much so that poor Dawn could hardly sit up straight on my hand .
26 I slid out of bed , put on my dressing-gown and padded out to the tiny landing .
27 I switched on my computer , which gave me access to the prices of all the stocks listed , to price movements of the market as a whole and of individual sectors — a splendid toy , and an essential one .
28 I put on my clean uniform and adjusted my beret , blousing my trousers over the buckles of my combat boots .
29 As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall .
30 I got out of bed and put on my dressing-gown with shaky haste .
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