Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] on a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legal action came after Mr McArdle , a solicitor with offices in Hartlepool , Sunderland and Darlington inadvertently stepped on a train to which his tickets did not allow him admittance last autumn ( the tickets were as usual in BR-speak and difficult fully to comprehend ) . |
| 2 | On the one hand I needed to stress the bus driver 's evidence in order to bolster my case , which was that Carella had somehow stumbled on a clue to Moro 's whereabouts . |
| 3 | The features editor of a glossy magazine was once invited on a trip to the Caribbean . |
| 4 | Ricky got very uptight at Miami Airport when his polo sticks were nearly put on a plane to Hawaii by mistake . |
| 5 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |