Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Station Officer Alan Bridle , from Canning Place 's Green Watch , said : ‘ When we arrived I got up on to the roof and then lowered myself down into the centre . |
| 2 | I watched her drive out on to the highway , thinking many things which are better kept to myself . |
| 3 | When she finished her task , she watched him climb out on to the parapet . |
| 4 | Or , rather , that was my excuse to myself when the letter first arrived and sent me sailing up on to Cloud Nine . |
| 5 | ‘ It is true , my lady … ’ she began , meaning to explain , but Fei Yen 's slap sent her sprawling back on to the couch . |
| 6 | His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side . |
| 7 | Did she turn off on to the single track road across the valley , or take the easy option and drive on towards Villereal ? |
| 8 | But why did he come out on to the moor ? |
| 9 | When it ended we moved out on to the palace balcony to watch a display of fireworks , the first to be given in the country ; but after two rockets had been fired something went wrong and the rest blew up . |