Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 2 | Although Indian Tamils lived mostly on estates , their sheer numbers had a significant social effect . |
| 3 | Although until late in 1912 Picasso and Braque lived in Montmartre and had relatively little contact with the other Cubists who lived mostly on the Left Bank or in the suburbs , they did not live in isolation . |
| 4 | The IBOA negotiators argued forcibly on many points giving reasons as to why the Banks should concede a significant salary increase to our members . |
| 5 | Malcolm got right on the phone with him and sorted it out . |
| 6 | Willie crept nervously on stage with the prompt book in his hand and was joined by the others . |
| 7 | He lived right on the main road he was very vulnerable ! |
| 8 | The reception area had obviously been designed to impress , with its mushroom-coloured Anton Plus carpet imported from America , its three-tiered Czechoslovakian glass crystal lights , its brown leather armchairs and its crushed velour curtains draped ornately on either side of the plate glass window facing directly out on to the car park . |
| 9 | ‘ Nonsense , Peter , ’ his wife pounced down on him as if he were a hound that had misbehaved . |
| 10 | I got down on my knees behind him and pushed the ashtray under his raised leg . |
| 11 | So she went and bought some in Lincoln and came back the next day and got down on her knees and cleaned it all up . |
| 12 | Mr Foggerty , feeling that a good opportunity had just escaped him , got down on his knees and started his lesson . |
| 13 | She got down on hands and knees to sweep away crumbs , and in the gaslight she looked paler than ever . |
| 14 | Ten Trekkies got down on the floor to play this , some still wearing Federation anoraks , which seemed to be cheating somewhat . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ One of the Sherpas came in , got down on his knees and said a little prayer over me . |
| 16 | So I got down on my knees in the car showroom and I said : ‘ I want you , Lord Jesus , to come into my life . ’ |
| 17 | He got down on his knees behind the drawer and I heard tape rip . |
| 18 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 19 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 20 | He got down on his knees again , feet supported on the joist behind ; his knees gave sharp twinges of pain , taking almost all his weight . |
| 21 | So he got down on his knees , too , and rested his elbows on Bill Brice 's coffee-table , and closed his eyes completely . |
| 22 | There were loads of coins spread about and we know of at least one enterprising youngster who got down on his hands and knees , without the aid of a detector , using his hands to find nearly ten pounds in modern coins and two of the much sought-after tokens . |
| 23 | I got down on my knees behind the animal with the feeling that I was on my own . |
| 24 | She got down on the floor and ran her arm under the bookcase . |
| 25 | Just as we were leaving Sir Henry 's room , he gave a cry and got down on his knees by the table . |
| 26 | Rincewind got down on one knee , the better to arrange the picture , and pressed the enchanted lever . |
| 27 | He got down on his hands and knees and tried to rub out the muddy footprints . |
| 28 | ‘ Azor ! ’ she crooned , and , feeling a need to touch , to stroke the animal who had a part in Ven 's life , she got down on her haunches to make a fuss of the dog . |
| 29 | And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were . |
| 30 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |