Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |
| 32 | I leaned back on the young tree that as a sapling had been the Killer . |
| 33 | For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land . |
| 34 | I sat down on the only patch of turf |
| 35 | I sat down on the wooden bed . |
| 36 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 37 | So was it very surprising that I picked up on the African presence moving around the island ? |
| 38 | I missed out on the two games against Lyngby and the first leg against Leeds . |
| 39 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 40 | I missed out on the Welsh match , so you might think this is sour grapes . |
| 41 | I ended up on the front fucking wheels of a pushbike |
| 42 | I hit the central barrier and he went on about fifty yards while I ended up on the hard shoulder |
| 43 | She would n't be a real Brownie if she flew home and left them stranded out on the snowy woods . |
| 44 | Mum , I do n't want that one then she goes back on the three , goes , yeah ? |
| 45 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 46 | PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander . |
| 47 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 48 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 49 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 50 | She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house . |
| 51 | ‘ It 's this business of acceleration faking gravity again — what you found out on the Big Dipper . |
| 52 | I mean do you do better if you put in on a large stake as opposed to a small stake ? |
| 53 | Yes you do , you break up on the twentieth ! |
| 54 | When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath . |
| 55 | But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo ! |
| 56 | She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated . |
| 57 | ‘ It is so good of you to look in on an old invalid when you must be so very busy at the office — what with the Dean 's compost heap yielding such unwholesome remains . ’ |
| 58 | From the terrace beside the chapel you look down on the playing fields of Eton . |
| 59 | When she found out , she walked out on the 15-year marriage , taking daughters Katie , 13 , and Alexis , eight , with her . |
| 60 | She was feeling pleased with her progress when she walked in on a typical scene on the terrace of room 216 . |