Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground .
2 A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us .
3 Marc got up , face like a thunder-cloud , the look he gave Peter designed to shrivel him on the spot .
4 When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot .
5 He tried to flog it on the bus
6 But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven .
7 Well I tried to fix them on the door and they would n't stay
8 It was former Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan who , McGilligan reckons , helped to put him on the road to success .
9 He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth .
10 He slid his arm round her narrow waist and bent to kiss her on the forehead .
11 If you tried to pat her on the shoulder and say ‘ There , there , ’ anything might happen .
12 He then tried putting them on the roll — about tyre .
13 So he tried to show them on the piano .
14 Prison does that to some men , though , he 'd heard it on a documentary .
15 He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' .
16 His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio .
17 ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse .
18 See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’
19 Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it .
20 She had the fleeting impression that she 'd caught him on the raw .
21 She looked the same as usual ; untidy , a hole in her coat where she 'd caught it on a hook in the yard .
22 He 'd met her on the beach walking with a dog , a wire-haired terrier called Dolly which had come sniffing up to him .
23 Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 .
24 But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’
25 It was their way of saying thank you to the locals who 'd helped them on the road to stardom .
26 The tomatoes were black as though they 'd forgot they were frying them , they looked like they 'd stuck them on a grill and just left them there
27 My parents were fond of travel , and they 'd brought me on a trip , long before people had even heard of package holidays .
28 He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past .
29 For answer , I picked up the newspaper from where I 'd thrown it on the desk .
30 She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’
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