Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage .
2 While subjects were actually driving around they were required to give risk ratings , this may have caused them to concentrate unusually on the risky situations and think about them to a much greater degree than they would have normally .
3 I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway .
4 I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now .
5 ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’
6 ‘ I 'm happy ’ , ‘ I 'm settled ’ , ‘ Now I know what it feels like ’ , ‘ I got out on the right side ’ .
7 Devlin said , ‘ In forty-one , I got back on a neutral boat , a Brazilian cargo ship from Ireland that put in at Lisbon , but that 's a tricky one .
8 Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands .
9 but then on the erm , Saturday , and the , that 's , and then on I say then on the bloody Friday night what happened he fell out the bed I phoned
10 I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’
11 I came out on the Good Friday and , on the Saturday morning , stitches still in and everything , I got up and thought to myself : ‘ I 'm going to have a smoke ’ .
12 The cheapest way to go was via Colombo and so I dropped in on the local centre there .
13 When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest .
14 Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold .
15 I plonked down on the hard wooden sofa and began musing : was he telling the truth ?
16 So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey .
17 Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe .
18 And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield .
19 I knocked anxiously on the wooden door and waited patiently until the door opened and a small , plump , bearded man greeted me with a cheery hello .
20 I popped out on the sixth-floor roof and had a cigarette . ’
21 At first I managed to get hold of two pictures by Popova , then the thread broke off and , completely by chance , I stumbled back on the right trail .
22 I lay back on the hot canvas of a recliner and closed my eyes , soaking it in .
23 I lay back on the empty bed and looked at my watch .
24 As I lay back on the clean white sheet tucked round the hard mattress of the sick room bed and faded into a temporary oblivion , I thought to myself that perhaps early retirement would be no bad thing to consider after all .
25 I lay down on the Pennine moors
26 I wanted to check on the landing patch that I keep there on a semi-permanent lease .
27 Recently I went outside on a clear night , and started to count the stars I could see inside the Square ; using × 7 .
28 Editor , — Recently , as a trainee general practitioner , I went out on an urgent call at lunchtime on a weekday .
29 It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource .
30 I think also on the inherent fault situation , I mean when somebody buys a vehicle the vehicle has to be of a standard obviously and if there are problems there then obviously people appreciate the fact that they can go back and this is really the point of dealing with a reputable dealer from the word go .
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