Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening once to him on the Bench I recalled an occasion when the aged and formidable boys ' maid who looked after our rooms had stood with arms akimbo accusing him of some peccadillo , and ended her tirade : " Mr Phillimore , do n't you stand there lying like Ananias ! " |
| 2 | My comparative lack of basic talent came home to me on the practice ground before the first round of the Amateur . |
| 3 | And he came once to me on the district to me I do n't know he went to others . |
| 4 | ‘ Aye ’ I said in a trance and found myself moving closer to him on the broad warm bench . |
| 5 | Mr Larkin says his suffering is worse for knowing that Gary had only agreed to go to Chorley at the last minute after two people , a man and a woman , had spoken separately to him on the phone . |
| 6 | Sara stood by the open window and the scent of tobacco plant was wafted strongly to her on the warm evening air . |