Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's very good good erm good thing for the party and they 're usually quite starved of practical campaigning ideas and so we regularly try every at least every year to go and do a tour and erm we 've been giving them we we 're trying to rope them in on the various activities because they 're crying out for |
| 2 | He reached towards her with his strong hands and pressed them down on the fine-boned structure of her shoulders , massaging with rhythmic , kneading movements . |
| 3 | After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Simon , ’ he said , as he began to eat , ‘ and I 'd be grateful if you could fill me in on a few things . ’ |
| 5 | They vied with each other to fill me in on the gruesome details . |
| 6 | Iain filled me in on the essential details while I was devouring that gargantuan breakfast . |
| 7 | I wanted her to fill me in on the blank spots , and I wanted to hear it from her , not anybody else . |
| 8 | Great cheers went up when a hit was scored , or when the police dragged someone out on the opposite side . |
| 9 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
| 10 | Corbett groaned and went up to his chamber , throwing himself down on the small cot and reflecting on what he had learnt . |
| 11 | Gooch had a bowl , but it was an hour before the next casualty , Akram sparing Salim Malik in a misunderstanding over a third run and taking himself off on the sad trek back to the redbrick pavilion . |
| 12 | Finally he hauled himself out on the allied side . |
| 13 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore . |
| 14 | ‘ Be quiet yourself , ’ he said , stretching himself out on the uncomfortable horsehair sofa . |
| 15 | In April nineteen thirty-nine they went to the quay at Southampton to see them off on a three months ’ visit to the United States and Canada … ’ |
| 16 | I 'll let you in on a little theory of mine . |
| 17 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 18 | Being inconsiderate to the doctor and other patients will get you off on a bad footing . |
| 19 | There was nothing like a flower to cheer you up on a dark day . |
| 20 | Next time someone cuts you up on the fast lane , pity him . |
| 21 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 22 | And we flew from er that was from London , we flew from the Croydon Airport in London , and er we , you went down to er an , a small office near Victoria Station in these days and er you w we , you put your luggage in there and then they took you out on a special bus to Croydon . |
| 23 | ‘ You can not be satisfied with a system which means votes do not have equal value and where , unless you live in a marginal constituency elections pass you by on the other side . |
| 24 | He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook . |
| 25 | He took the tins of food through to the lean-to and piled them up on the draining board . |
| 26 | She knew she should reply with some light-hearted quip which would set everything down on a matter-of-fact level and make her meaning plain , but quips were beyond her . |
| 27 | No up the top , third one down on the right hand side . |
| 28 | Now that she had had time to think everything through on the long walk home , she had soon realised how ridiculous her accusations must have sounded . |
| 29 | But yeah , I mean , there was so so many inconsistencies on , on the Irish witness side , you know , like what , what matey said I was , I was running out and all of a sudden I felt a pain from here on those fuck it , he 's up there , got big forearms , and big sort of muscle that size , that 's really wasted this side even after twenty years , it must of about and apparently one matey got shot in the back running away , oh no five out of the thirteen got shot in the back , which again does n't fucking mean any thing , you know that 's , but I said if there 's I R A supporters there and that , you telling me you seen where your comrades have fucking get shot , you 're not , you 're not gon na try and pick up his weapon and stuff I mean like , it was just a perfect opportunity to , to get one over on the British Forces and I , I said I do n't think yet the para 's were entirely blameless , but then again I do n't think they ever have been in any of their fucking |
| 30 | But still United pushed forward , Simpson a free kick went over the cross bar in the twenty third minute and then , just as I was giving a flash to Radio Oxford listeners , United pulled one back on the half hour . |