Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might have been the butterfly I 'd watched enmeshed on the hanging geranium in Auntie 's backyard . |
| 2 | Am I going to have to live on the street when I get out ? |
| 3 | I had no intention to going into the art business and although I had done ‘ extra art ’ at school , I sully intended going on the stage . |
| 4 | ‘ Then you 'll doubtless be delighted to learn that I have n't cried since the day I decided to go boating on the duck pond at home , only to find when I was halfway across that my rowing-boat was holed . |
| 5 | and I do prefer to work on the er on a personal recommendations or referrals basis because that actually allows me to , to devote most of my time to my current clients without having to go out cold calling and looking for people . |
| 6 | I do need to stay on the fairway , though . ’ |
| 7 | I had planned to start on the short pole but just before the whistle sounded another boat came along . |
| 8 | Earlier that morning I had awoken lying on the grass underneath an oak tree in Regent 's Park . |
| 9 | This routine went on week after week , and might never have changed , until one Saturday morning a toffee-nosed lady who I had noticed standing on the corner for the past week , wearing a long black dress and carrying a parasol , strode over to our barrow , stopped and placed a white feather in Dad 's lapel . |
| 10 | And the the women and that who live in that area , tend I 've noticed to walk on the other side of the road anyway . |
| 11 | I 've got to go on the gate now so I have n't time to run after them . |
| 12 | what you do , cos I 've got to finish on the other side |
| 13 | And er at times , at spells , I 've got to put on the pink bandage , at times , you know , to get the swelling back down . |
| 14 | Well I mean it might blow when , when I 've got washing on the line or |
| 15 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 16 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 17 | but I 've got to work on the plane tomorrow . |
| 18 | I have to go do on the floor |