Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mostly stood on the sidelines , watching the heavy-weights raging at each other . |
| 2 | I slowly shifted on my knees across the clearing , aiming to the left of the painted trail . |
| 3 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 4 | In all I think I only insisted on one cut to anything he did , and that was the fight between the two cavemen in the first story which ended with one of them smashing a rock down on the other 's head . |
| 5 | I only put on ten pounds — in fact I did look rather skinny amongst all the other opera singers . |
| 6 | I just 'appened on 'is bag , it was near to fallin' off the table . |
| 7 | So I just kept on my way , letting then all come along for the ride , while I hunted for confirmation of what I suspected and feared about Gharr . |
| 8 | Steve was meeting someone in Seville and I just went on my own . |
| 9 | so I tap on the window , had just gone past and I was just about to go in his room , you know , cos he 's standing there and I just tapped on the window come outside Nick had just walked by and Rick and were talking you know it 's not like the dead of night and everything 's quiet |
| 10 | ‘ I just lay on the ground and cried , ’ he recalled . |
| 11 | I just lay on the bed there , drinking . |
| 12 | Cos I just landed on the bottom . |
| 13 | And when we met , I just got on so well with him . ’ |
| 14 | I just got on the ferry . |
| 15 | I just passed on what I knew . ’ |
| 16 | Also I just played on six tunes on Bruce Hornsby 's new record , with Bonnie Raitt and Phil Collins . |
| 17 | I did n't go in June with being full of cold , I just knocked on door and that got him out . |
| 18 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought my game was going to disappear so I just concentrated on getting solid pars and dropped only one more shot , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I did n't swamp the family with knitwear , I just concentrated on improving the quality and finish of the garments so that instead of being embarrassed by wearing ‘ Mum 's efforts ’ they were proud to wear them . |
| 21 | ‘ I just concentrated on the job in hand and felt better than I have done for months . |
| 22 | I did n't understand Ward 's behaviour , so I just concentrated on getting out of the city as fast as I could . |
| 23 | I just concentrated on making sure that it was comprehensive in terms of description and it was obvious from that description that certain choices and evaluations had been made . |
| 24 | I just concentrated on driving very , very carefully . |
| 25 | So , ’ he added with a slightly twisted smile , ‘ I just concentrated on business , and became even more of a workaholic than ever ! ’ |
| 26 | I was reluctant to go out again ; I just sat on the bed , trembling . |
| 27 | Then I just sat on the floor and wept for Granny , and for myself . |
| 28 | Did n't get u , dismount I just sat on the saddle like with my foot on the floor wandering what they was up to . |
| 29 | She has never possessed boots or winter shoes : " I ca n't afford closed-in shoes , so I always wear sandals and in the winter I just put on two pairs of socks . " |
| 30 | But she must have heard me say so , because at seven she came down and said she 'd overlooked this marvellous Stockhausen concert on Two — well , I just put on my coat and flung out of the house … |