Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them got icing on today . |
| 2 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 3 | Of 22 chosen flights , I failed to get on only six and was carried on one of the next two flights . |
| 4 | And I think they tried to drug me the night before I rode Shine On at York . ’ |
| 5 | Before I got turned on |
| 6 | In fact I got turned on so much I come . |
| 7 | I got to carry on . |
| 8 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 9 | I tried to go on . |
| 10 | Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on . |
| 11 | ‘ I tried to hang on . |
| 12 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
| 13 | But by the Tuesday night my throat had all dried up and , though I tried to motor on , I had to take to my bed on the Wednesday . |
| 14 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 15 | It started to rain when I was halfway to Porteneil , so I stopped to put on my ka-gool . |
| 16 | His a terrible , so we did n't go near him right through on the playing field , and then Katherine , I found to get , I sat , found a way to get them near Matthew and then Katherine said , I tickled him on the back , and I 'd kept on doing that . . |
| 17 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 18 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish I 'd stayed on at college . |
| 20 | I 'd crumpled on to the door mat and I remember a fearful pain , but whether it was my head or my ankle , I do n't really know . |
| 21 | Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway . |
| 22 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 24 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 25 | ‘ And what his idea was , in a way I suppose , was just to see the position which I had to get the horse into before he had the job with the mare ; and he wondered how the job was done with the harness I 'd got on . |
| 26 | But obviously I 'd got on to something a bit more skilled and I still had this know all attitude . |
| 27 | There was the wall I 'd sat on ! |
| 28 | I advised going on to Lachesis LM2 and after 3 weeks she had a return of flushes . |
| 29 | In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on , and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera was n't working . |
| 30 | The one good thing was that I began to get on much better with my children . |