Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Maria had left the identical cuttings anchored by a small china bowl on her coffee-table , but the bowl had been moved , so he must have examined them on arrival . |
| 3 | We had seen and sensed them on our way up , their tentative postures , their unanimity of hesitation . |
| 4 | I have heard nothing on the Dave Norris situation for some while , but we must consider that he has gone . |
| 5 | She had heard nothing on the radio . |
| 6 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 7 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
| 8 | The old retainer who had received them on their first visit tried to help but Cranston pushed him gently away , saying it was a holiday and besides he was here at Sir Richard 's request to pursue his inquiries privately . |
| 9 | While they were entering their ‘ surplus ’ Hunter and Meteor at Billinghurst , they were taking delivery of Hawker P.1067 WB188 and Meteor IV ( Special ) EE549 from Cosford , having received them on loan from the RAF Museum . |
| 10 | So she had placed them on the mantel with the vase and the dragon plates , and Gerry had promised her two more , next time he docked in Cape Town . |
| 11 | I had joined them on their route marches out of the concentration area at Southampton . |
| 12 | Rachel turned in the cramped space and saw that someone else had joined them on the jig . |
| 13 | Has he consulted them on their right to choose another landlord under the Government 's new Tenants Choice ? |
| 14 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
| 15 | And inwardly she thanked fate that , after all , Jake had stopped them on their flight to London . |
| 16 | In a letter to Dr Bennett in Sydney from the ‘ Upper part of the Torrens ’ on 23 June 1839 , Gould remarked , ‘ Capt. Sturt has just joined me on our way to the Murray … |
| 17 | My family have sometimes joined me on these camps but are mainly content to be ‘ Guiding Orphans ’ as well as ‘ Medau Orphans ’ . |
| 18 | The trains in India and in Morocco had impressed them on recital tours as some of the most distinctive they had ever seen . |
| 19 | The Committee had simply patted them on the back like spoilt children and told them , ‘ Now just send your children back to school . ’ |
| 20 | I have therefore grouped them on a broad geological basis : sand , chalk , clay , and the gravels and loams of the coastal plain which probably also enjoys a modest climatic advantage over the rest of the county . |
| 21 | Perched them on his nose . |
| 22 | The only reason I was here was because Joyce , who was to spend the first two days at the Centre with me , had continuously reminded me on the journey that the decision to go to Bristol had been mine and mine alone . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's only a bunch of flowers , ’ he said , pleased with her response , ‘ although I can guarantee that I have bought them , and have n't picked them on the way over . |
| 24 | ‘ I rang the airport straight away — they 've booked me on the first flight out . |
| 25 | My mother has rung me on a Sunday morning and said oh you had a row last night and I 'd say how do you know oh your father went to paper shop this morning . |
| 26 | FOURTEEN months ago Matchbox announced that repeats of the TV series Thunderbirds had caught them on the hop and they would n't be able to supply any tie-in toys for Christmas 1991 . |
| 27 | But she had earned them on sheer merit . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 30 | They had left their cabins early to enjoy the fresh morning breeze , and Joseph had perched himself on a coil of rope beside Chuck at the rail to finish his reading . |