Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I sat on this stool thing and Marie pulled the curtain and the light flashed twice and then Marie leaps in and sits on my lap , and it flashes again . |
| 2 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 3 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , then your outraged mother leapt into the car which was loaded with our luggage because we intended to be off to Urbino that morning , and apparently she decided on some kind of hara-kiri or felo de se , a consummation of our marriage devoutly to be wished but never performed . |
| 5 | everything basically comes down to numbers , er see , when I was talking to you earlier about about canvassing , right , I said basically you work on key words right now you do n't need you , one , one of the things that I talked to you about canvassing is that if you notice the difference between a good canvass and a bad canvass , at least we did n't in fact activity sort of work to do in it , now if you take a , take a activ activity as being , being a key word and you discuss activity with them , right , you can then look at , at activity right as a variation on activity as there is on to action , right , now sit and do my script and talking to a customer , right , and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and mouthing and saying your bit to a customer , you 've got to sound like a parrot , now I know the way you canvass , the centre of action between you and the cu and the punter , do you see what I mean ? |
| 6 | Timidly she tacked on another question that bothered her . |
| 7 | So she scored on that line . |
| 8 | So you click on this box far left of the title bar , select Edit from the drop down menu and then choose Mark . |
| 9 | So you resign on medical grounds . ’ |
| 10 | So you work on one assignment at a particular time ? |
| 11 | The less you rely on any drugs , the better for your health in the long run . |
| 12 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 13 | We realised how much we depend on each other . |
| 14 | So we got on that bus , and he did n't like it , this bus driver , oh , you 're not supposed to be on here |
| 15 | So we sat on this row and it was Paul and his young lady and David all in the row with us . |
| 16 | So we arrived on good time , Mala and I , was pleased that in a new hairpiece and fresh clothes — a long sleeved short-robe over loose trousers and soft boots , in shades of chartreuse and cinnamon — my injuries did n't show at all . |
| 17 | So they decided on 31st December . |
| 18 | So he plastered on pink paint — but forgot to get planning permission first . |
| 19 | So he plastered on pink paint — but forgot to get planning permission first . |
| 20 | I wish to be at home with you indeed , indeed-my Joy is only in the bud here I am like that Tree , which fronts me — The Sun shines bright & warm , as if it were summer — but it is not summer & so it shines on leafless boughs . |
| 21 | Of course they 're all putting their hands up by me see , and Da , I thought David would clock , and he never said a word , I thought he ai n't sussed it , anyway they went on this night out and the girls kept saying , Debbie saying oh Lynn just come , I said I ai n't got no intentions of coming , I said David 's going amongst all the others I 'm not going , so Debbie said why , I said why because David is nothing but a wanker , a lot , along , a lot of the others , she said , she nearly fell off the chair , gordon bennett she said I never thought you , I never realised you felt like that , I said Debbie if you knew half of what I thought you would fall off that chair |
| 22 | Bloodlessly they rested on white slabs where mince and chops had once reposed . |
| 23 | He criticised the backwardness of Islamic orthodoxy ; nevertheless he wrote on 17 October 1936 , ‘ a soul that was only superficially Islamic has become a soul convinced of Islam … a soul that daily rendered homage to HIM ’ . |
| 24 | Eventually she settled on one property at the junction of the Lambeth and Kennington roads , where she built ‘ model dwellings for working folk ’ and maintained an office , home , and headquarters until her death thirty years later , never marrying but working constantly with her sisters Ellen and Eliza on local improvement schemes . |
| 25 | Quickly she put on lacy underwear and pulled her best dress from the wardrobe , a cocktail-length skirt of full , flame-coloured taffeta topped by a portrait-necked bodice of black velvet . |
| 26 | Thereafter he spoke on two occasions ( 1723 and 1725 ) on customs matters , and in 1726 he published a pamphlet entitled ‘ An Essay on the Public Debts ’ which in 1727 prompted a rejoinder , ‘ A State of the National Debt ’ , reputedly by William Pulteney , Earl of Bath [ q.v . ] . |
| 27 | Two days later we went on another beat , this time for panther , but the panther broke back and we never saw it . |
| 28 | Clearly they react on each other . |
| 29 | Clearly it fell on deaf ears . |
| 30 | Certainly it would be very difficult to introduce any statistical rational erm to the desegregation of Greater York to its district components , bearing in mind the small populations er in some of the Greater York er districts , we think that the general level of detail erm in the structure plan is appropriate , and we think to go down to any finer detail would be an inappropriate to a structure plan , and thirdly I think on that issue , er we would think that it would prejudice erm the work that District Council would want to do erm in their er local plans . |