Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I went over , and I like , I went , my skis stayed on , and I like somersaulted over and my skis stayed on and I pulled the whole of my leg , it was black from just above my knee to there and it 's like just black my whole leg . |
| 2 | And I went over , and I like , I went , my skis stayed on , and I like somersaulted over and my skis stayed on and I pulled the whole of my leg , it was black from just above my knee to there and it 's like just black my whole leg . |
| 3 | My clothes hung on me as though they had been draped on a piece of wood . |
| 4 | My companions hurried on , desperate to get their hands on the seven hundred thousand pounds in gold which lay somewhere under the tree 's shadows . |
| 5 | Almost senseless with terror , she was n't even aware that her screams went on and on . |
| 6 | Then he felt her lashes stir at his cheek , and raised his head and kissed the place where they lay , and then her brow , her throat and her chin , while her lips went on smiling . |
| 7 | Glancing over the line as it arced over the lake , her eyes took on a faintly emerald glow . |
| 8 | She had refused to believe it at first , her mind so full of him that her eyes kept on seeing him , playing tricks on her , raising false and cruel hopes . |
| 9 | And as her eyes moved on , a yellow-green haze |
| 10 | For some weeks their lives took on a settled pattern of difference . |
| 11 | Her feet kept on blundering along through the darkness and a stitch stabbed at her side but she blinded herself to exhaustion and ran . |
| 12 | Her parents looked on indulgently . |
| 13 | Her parents got on badly , and she described her mother as extremely cold and rejecting . |
| 14 | I mean , Armstrong was the only vehicle with all its wheels left on . |
| 15 | Her hands moved on , stroking him , enjoying the differing textures , smooth and rough , silk and velvet . |
| 16 | Their faces took on a different expression ; they grew more spruce and upright of bearing , ceased to loll about on the tables or against the walls , and held themselves up . |
| 17 | There was an acceptance here that the WEA was not necessarily educating for political and social action : its task was to create a better-informed citizen democracy , whether or not its students went on to join pressure groups or assume civic office . |
| 18 | Specifically , several of his pictures hung on the walls , and one stood on an easel in the centre of the living-room . |
| 19 | To there in spirit can you fly , Slorne , a place where … ’ and his words drifted on as the evening drew into darkness ; and she found comfort in them . |
| 20 | His words hung on the chill , stale air . |
| 21 | His shoulders went on shaking . |
| 22 | His legs thudded on and on , but the movement was mechanical , with no spirit in it . |
| 23 | The blond man looked up at last — and his eyes latched on to Cardiff . |
| 24 | His eyes took on a dreamy expression and by the time I had intoned " Archibald , Marshall , English , Mc Phail and Morton , " there was something near to a wistful smile on his lips . |
| 25 | His lips took on a wry slant . |
| 26 | Bitterly disappointed , Harrison abandoned medical reform , but his ideas lived on to provide a solid basis for future important developments , which culminated in the Medical Act of 1858 . |
| 27 | Philip and his friends looked on in silence and apprehension , until they saw Alexander turn back towards them at the end of the gallop , and return joyful and triumphant with his success . |
| 28 | He got into it at school , but his friends moved on . |
| 29 | Though the sweat poured down his red face his arms went on working like pistons and Albert barely had time to stack one great , whiskery load before another came up . |
| 30 | The only trouble was this : the sepoys kept on bravely coming forward , while he and his men kept on retreating . |