Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mostly stood on the sidelines , watching the heavy-weights raging at each other . |
| 2 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 3 | I just concentrate on the fact that Maisie is fine at the moment . |
| 4 | so I tap on the window , had just gone past and I was just about to go in his room , you know , cos he 's standing there and I just tapped on the window come outside Nick had just walked by and Rick and were talking you know it 's not like the dead of night and everything 's quiet |
| 5 | I just lay on the bed there , drinking . |
| 6 | ‘ I just lay on the ground and cried , ’ he recalled . |
| 7 | Cos I just landed on the bottom . |
| 8 | I just got on the ferry . |
| 9 | Can I just comment on the lady saying a minor crime , I do n't think any crime is minor when it happens to you |
| 10 | ‘ I just concentrated on the job in hand and felt better than I have done for months . |
| 11 | I was reluctant to go out again ; I just sat on the bed , trembling . |
| 12 | Then I just sat on the floor and wept for Granny , and for myself . |
| 13 | Did n't get u , dismount I just sat on the saddle like with my foot on the floor wandering what they was up to . |
| 14 | Can I just concentrate on the binder . |
| 15 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 16 | I just reacted on the spur of the moment . |
| 17 | So I just sleep on the floor . |
| 18 | Er can I can I just follow on the question of local local water and the taste and quality of local water . |
| 19 | Terrie put the helm hard over while I alternately concentrated on the reef , closing rapidly on both sides , and took bearings on the tree to ensure that we made whatever course corrections were necessary to counteract the current that runs northward up this coastline at up to three knots . |
| 20 | She was bitter before I ever came on the scene ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ For 30 years I always painted on the spot , even in deep snow . |
| 22 | I still remember on the morning the Community Church opened , meeting John after the service . |
| 23 | But the case where , choosing my words carefully with full consciousness of what I am doing , I deliberately pronounce on the nature of my present sensory state is not one of them . |
| 24 | I also served on the Committee considering the London Local Authority Bill which was , remarkably , opposed by the ice-cream alliance when the SDP and the Liberal Democrats were in a state of meltdown . |
| 25 | I also spoke on the phone to the landlord of the pub at Morvyl . |
| 26 | I nearly choked on the bread ; my neck and throat seemed to be ringed by a cruel vice . |
| 27 | They viewed me with the same puzzled look as I later saw on the faces of nomads miles from civilization . |
| 28 | One piece of equipment I really liked on the Mercedes was the wiper system — a single arm that dips in the middle of its strokes to maximise its sweep . |
| 29 | There 's a beauty special offering 50 tips on how to look good this summer and a piece I particularly liked on the importance of laughing . |
| 30 | It was a great bonus to me to be near Sarah , and I frequently went on the bus to Harpenden . |