Example sentences of "[vb past] on [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BUGATTI motor boat found resting in mud in France is to be flown to its wealthy owner in California next month , 10 years after work began on restoring it at a Thames boatyard . |
| 2 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 3 | After Hassan 's departure they had escorted an abnormally subdued and submissive Dora to her room , where Iris insisted on putting her through a series of noisy deep-breathing exercises , ‘ to calm her down ’ , and then prepared a cup of herbal tea , ‘ to make her sleep ’ . |
| 4 | And yet , when they were together , he insisted on treating her with a cool , bland charm which left her feeling baffled and frustrated . |
| 5 | But they insisted on treating her like a child — or , what was worse , like an adolescent . |
| 6 | He insisted on tackling it with a knife and fork . |