Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 3 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 4 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 5 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 6 | I got up on a bench in the middle of the market and we were soon surrounded . |
| 7 | ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’ |
| 8 | Devlin said , ‘ In forty-one , I got back on a neutral boat , a Brazilian cargo ship from Ireland that put in at Lisbon , but that 's a tricky one . |
| 9 | The bike 's many gears , light frame and thinnish tyres also make it highly suitable for cycle touring , as I found out on a weekend 's cycling trip in Normandy . |
| 10 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 11 | The tent is extremely stable especially in very high winds as I found out on a few wet and wild nights . |
| 12 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 13 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 14 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 15 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've got someone coming in on a blue light , a young man who 's fallen under a train . |
| 17 | It vanished as the wide sweep of grey-blue sea fell beneath the rising ground behind the town , and as the bus trundled westward I looked out on a landscape of untroubled peace . |
| 18 | From this magnificent vantage-point on the volcanic highlands , I looked down on a seemingly endless expanse of green the Serengeti Plain . |
| 19 | I know how busy they are when I come off the road off a night , and I know busy because they are before I go out on a morning , and erm , it seems like they 're never likely to get stuck from time to time though . |
| 20 | ‘ I always wear a helmet when I go out on a bike , but I think we might have to make helmets a fashion accessory to get more children to wear them . ’ |
| 21 | I go out on a blitz and then tend to spend nothing for months . |
| 22 | On a dinner time when I go out on a dinner time I leave it on . |
| 23 | ‘ Why should I go out on a day like this ? ’ she asked . |
| 24 | I went out on a board George Downing had built for me . |
| 25 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
| 26 | Editor , — Recently , as a trainee general practitioner , I went out on an urgent call at lunchtime on a weekday . |
| 27 | That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer . |
| 28 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 29 | I grew up on a farm . ’ |
| 30 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |