Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I wanted to check on the landing patch that I keep there on a semi-permanent lease . |
| 5 | Recently I went outside on a clear night , and started to count the stars I could see inside the Square ; using × 7 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I think better on a full stomach — but I know one thing I 'm doing immediately after breakfast . ’ |
| 8 | I think perhaps on the whole people understand that better than they used to . |
| 9 | I said well on the hard shoulder , I said , you ca n't stop nowhere else . |
| 10 | As we descended the road , stumblingly wearily over mighty drifts , I reflected soberly on a frightening experience . |
| 11 | She comments also on the ambiguous fascination these theorists exhibit with regard to their own practice : ‘ it is all a beautiful , theoretical game , that they themselves do n't perhaps really believe in , but indulge in it as one indulges in a passion , overwhelming at the time then looked at with mild amusement , a passion for beautiful systems ’ ( 614 ) . |
| 12 | You watch here on the other side of the room . |
| 13 | ‘ No chance , ’ she stated swiftly on a light laugh , and quickly dismissed the subject by turning to her host with a query about the wine that went so well with the meal . |
| 14 | Marching across the gravel , she knocked firmly on the vast front door . |
| 15 | These guidelines , based on my 20 years of running experience and coaching athletes , such as Kim Jones , will keep you moving forward on a steady progression towards your ultimate running goals . |
| 16 | She swallowed hard on a rising sense of panic , and caught at his hand instinctively . |
| 17 | Only her resolve not to irritate him prevented her from letting the scissors stray towards his temptingly close ears , and she swallowed hard on the furious retort which jumped to her lips . |
| 18 | She swallowed convulsively on the sudden tightness in her throat . |
| 19 | You went well on the young ladies ! |
| 20 | She tapped lightly on the tall , wide , ornately panelled door , then pushed it open and walked in . |
| 21 | Better to surrender quietly to that hell of pain , to slide into it , to crumble and fold like burning straw , to merge and coalesce and become one with it , until , phoenix-like , she floated away on the other side , whole and free . |
| 22 | You see there on the common there , there was a colliery was n't there ? |
| 23 | Nonsense , you work best on a full stomach |
| 24 | She pushed gently on the closed door of the boot-and-brushing room . |
| 25 | Though these constraints can be decisive in some ways , we concentrate here on the economic policies and some of the more specific policies like price controls that affect the investment climate for multinationals . |
| 26 | If we concentrate only on the mythological representations and personifications of evil , we too easily relegate the Devil to our private worlds of personal torments and individual temptations . |
| 27 | Erm , we commented also on the limited access and congested area inhibits service vehicles , removals , delivery vans , which are forced to park in the main road . |
| 28 | We arrived there on a wild morning in May , having the previous evening taken the ferry from Fishguard in Wales to Rosslare , Co Wexford , about 50 miles away . |
| 29 | We huddle together on the brown carpet , between the beige and brown walls . |
| 30 | After a time we turned inland on a rough track which climbed through ravines into the desert hills . |