Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ground was lumpy and bumpy and there was a thistle somewhere that I kept rolling over on to , but I did n't care , I was helpless , and so was he . |
| 2 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 3 | Jilly Jonathan was sitting just as she had been ever since they had come out on to the terrace . |
| 4 | There was stuff piled up in it till it 'd spilled over on to the pathway . |
| 5 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 6 | He had curled up on to his bed at the first opportunity and fallen fast asleep . |
| 7 | The commanding officer , General David Thorne said that was his impression too , as the wildlife — which he had swotted up on before taking over — tended , like the inhabitants , to keep to the fringes A helicopter pilot said he and his colleagues were particularly careful about the albatross , not because of any memories of the ancient mariner but because an encounter with these in flight could be fatal for bird and helicopter . |
| 8 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |