Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [pron] [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The two members , Simmel emphasized , are interdependent , for ‘ the secession of either would destroy the whole ’ social unit , and its ‘ affective structure is based on what each of the two participants gives or shows only to the one other person and to nobody else ’ . |
2 | The figures are based on my own in the 1970s and now bear no relation to the present day , but they serve as a broad outline . |
3 | It was impossible for him to have escaped on his own for the door was secured by a wedge , pushed through a hasp to hold the hinged staple in place . |
4 | Matey was seated on her own in the parlour , darning , and there was no sign of McAllister . |
5 | Dot tried not to mind being left on her own in the basement . |
6 | This may mean that a mother is left on her own in the ward , while all the other mothers are sitting there nursing their babies . |
7 | When I was left on my own after the death of Uncle , my beasts became my family , I suppose . |