Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Mackerel , Ron ! " he whispered to me on the bridge . |
| 2 | Holly saw his face as he passed behind him on the perimeter path , a face that was scraped with despair . |
| 3 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 4 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 5 | He walked beside them on the pavement , three abreast , so that pedestrians coming towards them had to step out into the street . |
| 6 | That 's when Major , who was on the photo , he was Major in the army of nineteen fourteen eighteen M C Major M C , military cross well he took charge and er a chap off the shop floor , well he was an old contemptible of the nineteen fourteen to eighteen war , name of Bert he was made Sergeant because he was only one who had got any military experience , and he started with us on the shop floor in doing foot drill . |
| 7 | Eliot produced a single page of notes from his pocket which he placed before him on the small table and brooded over for a while ; but when he started , he managed to pack in , during 45 minutes or so , a great deal of sound sense on the subject of drama and especially on the relation of drama to religion . |
| 8 | Nevertheless when the Sun story appeared he talked to her on the phone for an hour , her in tears . |
| 9 | The TO said , ‘ He talked to you on the phone and you told him to come in . |
| 10 | He thought of her on the night train to Newcastle ( where he knew of a kindly , broadminded landlady who would see her through her trouble– , and shuddered sympathetically . |
| 11 | He feels for it on the roof . |
| 12 | Jock Thompson , the head of Meikles Trust in Bulawayo , told us of a talk he had with him on the guidance of God . |
| 13 | ‘ I think I 'll take up teaching permanently , ’ she whispered to Bodie , who held her hand as he waited with her on the landing . |
| 14 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |
| 15 | he said to me on the train to Richmond |
| 16 | He sat beside me on the wheelbarrow , smoking a cigarette and reading . |
| 17 | She watched as he sat opposite her on the worn old sofa and proceeded to pour the brandy into the glasses . |
| 18 | He sat with me on the grass verge and with unsteady hands rolled a cigarette . |