Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Last year I won the Julie Rose 10K in a time which was within 10 seconds of my track best for the season , which is indicative of how badly I ran on the track . |
| 2 | Eventually I fell on my knees and called him a fucking bastard , and he just laughed . |
| 3 | When speaking to him I made no reference to the writer to the Hebrews , to the apostle Paul , to Moses or to the apostle Peter , but rather I concentrated on what the Lord Jesus Christ had to say on the subject . |
| 4 | No , er , I , apparently I saw on the Teletext last night |
| 5 | Perhaps I commented on this once too often ; perhaps I expressed my gratitude too sincerely . |
| 6 | So but there again if I get the enquiries fas I mean , that obviously is the enquiry came through to me so obviously I quoted on it but |
| 7 | So I came on the Monday night to the Guild and it , it was n't long after , only a matter of weeks , before this lady erm she er came back home from Canada seeing to some other woman and er she just sat down and died . |
| 8 | So I agreed on it . |
| 9 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 10 | one , and one was sitting on my fence , there , so I banged on the window and said get off the fence ! |
| 11 | ‘ I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’ |
| 12 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 13 | So I played on this really , really heavy cut by Michael Bolton — it was really rockin' and it was really cool . |
| 14 | He knew exactly what he wanted and so I relied on him one hundred per cent . |
| 15 | So I worked on the farm with Mr and Mrs Parks . |
| 16 | And so I worked on it as as a kid now . |
| 17 | So I pulled on my clothes and hurried to the palace . |
| 18 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 19 | So I stayed on a few weeks and erm then I went back to London |
| 20 | So I settled on a fine bouclé in a tan colour and an equally fine yarn with a slight ‘ whisker ’ in cream . |
| 21 | So I sat on this stool thing and Marie pulled the curtain and the light flashed twice and then Marie leaps in and sits on my lap , and it flashes again . |
| 22 | I tried to rouse him but I could n't so I sat on the bed to pull my boots on and the next minute I , too , was asleep . ’ |
| 23 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 24 | So I turned on the TV to find the news , but they had n't found out who had been on board yet |
| 25 | So I turned on my heel and stalked away to the control area … |
| 26 | So I turned on my electric torch and there was nobody there . |
| 27 | So I reckoned on a quick Sunday journey out to Oxfordshire . |
| 28 | At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest … |
| 29 | You see , usually I worked on the accounts and managed the estate . |
| 30 | And still I surfed on Manhattan static . |