Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 2 | In fantasy land if we ever have to replace our systems we can of course simple switch off the old one and switch on the new one . |
| 3 | But I felt I could not lose him and hung on the hour-and-a-half walk firing the occasional question like a lifeline , till he succumbed to a conversation about the war poets : ‘ like old beggars under sacks … we cursed through sludge … ’ |
| 4 | Blanche got into the car , settled the old dog on the seat beside her and switched on the engine . |
| 5 | With wrestling , the ‘ opponents ’ are not simply themselves but taking on the parts of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ in a ritual that has a context much larger than the particular match . |