Example sentences of "she [vb past] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandra Peden , her that works in the Co-operative she 's a Gold Medallist in Elocution you know , well wait till I tell you she came on in a long Laura Ashley nightdress carrying a Wee Willie Winkie candlestick with wee pink bedsocks and a matching pompom hat and did Holy Willie 's Prayer . |
| 2 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 3 | Reluctantly she stepped on to a moving walkway that carried her through a mishmash of exotic atmospheres . |
| 4 | Wearing a check two-piece suit and sporting a poppy on her lapel , the duchess smiled broadly as she stepped on to a red carpet . |
| 5 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 6 | Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 . |
| 7 | ‘ It is , actually , ’ she went on in a normal voice . |
| 8 | ‘ You can tell your father , ’ she went on in a low voice , ‘ there 's plenty in the valley willing to help . |
| 9 | ‘ I did mean what I said last night , ’ she went on in a strangled whisper . |
| 10 | ‘ So much , Steve , ’ she went on in an agonised whisper . |
| 11 | Having walked through the wood , she emerged on to a small , high plateau , from which a wide sweep of the countryside below was visible . |
| 12 | We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion . |