Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hounded to her death by a cruel mother-in-law , neglected by her husband … the same husband who 'd carried on with a woman when she was hardly cold in her grave . |
| 2 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 3 | I 'd crumpled on to the door mat and I remember a fearful pain , but whether it was my head or my ankle , I do n't really know . |
| 4 | Once she 'd stepped on to the platform , there was nothing to do but turn , step , step , turn and nowhere to look but straight ahead . |
| 5 | He repeated the information he 'd passed on to the Abigails and to Mr Plant : that George Joseph Smith had bought fish for the late Miss Munday , and eggs for Mrs Burnham and Miss Lofty . |
| 6 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 7 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 8 | As the deep velvet baritone quietly affirmed ‘ Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen … ’ , a hawk moth , disturbed at the window pane , raced towards the bulb of a reading-lamp and dashed itself against the light until it fell exhausted on to the table . |
| 9 | In a moment he had jumped on to the horse 's back . |
| 10 | He had fastened on to the fact that she was a Connor , played on memories of her father 's reputation for throwing races . |
| 11 | There was to be no repetition of the disaster two years previously in 1896 , when a crowd in excess of 60,000 had spilled on to the pitch . |
| 12 | Peter had marched on down the hall . |
| 13 | He had pressed on with the work , permitting no more interruption than common courtesy required , and had joined in the prayer of thanksgiving with a truly heartfelt gratitude not occasioned only by the woman 's departure . |
| 14 | My candle had fallen on to a Bible on the shelf and was burning it . |
| 15 | In the middle of her outbursts , she noticed that the paperweight had fallen on to the desk , badly marking the surface . |
| 16 | The purple book , which had fallen on to the floor during the night , jogged his memory . |
| 17 | Rocks had fallen on to the road , cutting off the way forward . |
| 18 | Aggie had taken her hat and coat off and had dropped on to the settle , and as he entered the room she said immediately , ‘ Somethin' will have to be … ’ but paused as Millie came in on Ben 's heels , and she nodded towards her saying , ‘ Go and take your things off and set the tray . ’ |
| 19 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 20 | Peter Foley , who had come on as a substitute struck the upright with a powerful drive , for the ball to rebound clear . |
| 21 | Zeyer had come on as a defender to protect the score when Kaiserslautern levelled at 1–1 , but his role changed dramatically when Wednesday immediately hit back to make it 2–1 . |
| 22 | That she had always been in control before he had come on to the scene and turned everything upside-down . |
| 23 | I had surely noticed that nearly all the ingredients had come on to the train fresh ? |
| 24 | At least one bookseller remarked to me that so many ex-library books had come on to the market in the last few years that he had begun to realise what it must have been like when the great monastic libraries were being dispersed . |
| 25 | Meanwhile one of the adjacent houses on Clifton Park Road had come on to the market and School had bought it . |
| 26 | Lights had come on beyond the doorway . |
| 27 | He had collapsed on to the sofa , holding his face with his hands , shrunken-looking . |
| 28 | The lid had collapsed on to the remains , the sides had fallen outwards , but the two end pieces remained upright . |
| 29 | They had turned on to a side-road now . |
| 30 | Hampstead had been purchased with the now substantial royalties from Paul 's books , also the first excursion Dinah had made on to the stage since her marriage and the birth of three children . |