Example sentences of "[adv] on [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
| 2 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
| 3 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 4 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 5 | For , though Alexander was there , he was clearly not expecting her to walk in on him at that precise moment . |
| 6 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 7 | ‘ You did not creep up on me at all . |
| 8 | who 's probably the orthodox first at position a yard or two behind Jack Russell and Gooch is probably a yard in front of Jack Russell at second slip and Lewis a foot or two up on him at third . |
| 9 | ‘ I was so afraid you would be hurt , then I found myself wondering if I could trust David or whether he would walk out on me at the first sign of trouble . ’ |
| 10 | It said ‘ Many of the smaller hard drives available , especially old ones , use Stepper Motor actuators and it is these that really require that a low level format be carried out on them at least once a year , as after a long period of heating and cooling it is more than possible that the heads are out of alignment with the tracks . |
| 11 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 12 | Remember that cup of tea cos the water gave out on us at one stage ! |
| 13 | ‘ You should be furious that I ran out on you at such an important time . ’ |
| 14 | The software is being developed by the US company General Instruments , which is working flat out on it at its plant in San Diego , California . |
| 15 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
| 16 | He got one back on us at the 15th to put him three shots behind again , so the 17th was going to be a crucial hole . |