Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Waiting for me down on the sands — a great hulking shape , crouching there , darker than darkness . |
| 32 | I protested , but only weakly ; I was hysterical , and , I suppose , rather excited too : even when he had me down on the floor , jammed in an uncomfortable position with my head stuck between the pedestal of the wash basin and a slimy floor cloth someone had left lying against the wall , I could still do nothing but laugh . |
| 33 | Just dragged me into the building , threw me down on the floor , made a lot of noise and left . ’ |
| 34 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 35 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 36 | Ye 'll find me down on the quay looking at her . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'll go ahead , and you can join me down on the beach . ’ |
| 38 | As the sub-topics mount up , mark them off on the pattern diagram ( see figure 2 in chapter 4 ) . |
| 39 | His wife packed a box with various goodies for Leonora to take to Penry , then walked with them to the jetty , and waved them off on the Sea-Fret , a sturdy fishing-boat a lot newer than Penry 's . |
| 40 | The Land Rover dropped me off on the edge of the town , surprisingly on a tarmac road , and I arranged to meet the lads nine miles further on . |
| 41 | He saw me off on the bus . |
| 42 | ‘ At the house — he dropped me off on the way . |
| 43 | And dad could knock me off on the way to get the papers . |
| 44 | I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite . |
| 45 | notes you have made to fill you in on the background and performance of the company : |
| 46 | A lot of people may like you , but it can be more useful to know a smaller , selective number — like the managing director 's secretary , for instance , who 's been with the company twenty-five years , and who loves to chat and fill you in on the history . |
| 47 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 48 | I 'd like you in on the meeting . ’ |
| 49 | I 'll fill you in on the details before I leave . |
| 50 | ‘ It 'll give me a chance to fill you in on the situation , ’ he 'd told her . |
| 51 | I 'll fill you in on the details then . ’ |
| 52 | It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago . |
| 53 | work on the basis of er , we fill up just before we drop you off on the way back |
| 54 | I 'll pick you up on the way back . ’ |
| 55 | I know you like hiking because I saw a photo of you in your little bum-freezers , so we 'll take you up on the moors and then call at Harry Ramsden 's for some fish ‘ n ’ chips . |
| 56 | Let the wind do the work and pull you up on the board . |
| 57 | ‘ How did you feel , ’ he said , ‘ when the monkey was holding you up on the roof ? ’ |
| 58 | I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ See you up on the hillside . ’ |
| 60 | I may well take you up on the offer . ’ |