Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is overladen with tear-jerking moments , most of them centred on a big eyed calf that Crystal , roped in as mid- wife , delivers onscreen in the film 's only spot of blood and gore . |
| 2 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 3 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 4 | One longs to give a copy each to ten assorted bus company managers ( leavened with the occasional politician and academic ) and make them wait on a cold dark wet night in a vandalised bus shelter for an unpredictable R registered banger . |
| 5 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 6 | There are a few places in the States , but there 's no federal policy to get them organised on a big-money basis and all the little local pressure groups keep them harassed and staying small . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone lives on a neighbourly basis with each other . |
| 8 | If you get the limited edition of Let's Knife , you too can Singalongaknife with the free karaoke CD : I am a sweet little cat/ and I dance on a flying saucer … |
| 9 | I sit on a flat stone in one — the straw thatched roof would just have cleared my head — imagining what was kept in the neat stone alcoves . |
| 10 | I sit on a smooth stone and watch yellow-breasted finches in their dipping flights across the still-warm air . |
| 11 | I think I tried on a ten did n't I ? |
| 12 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 13 | ‘ I depend on a manual wheelchair for all movement away from my car . |
| 14 | ‘ I look forward to seeing you again soon , though I hope on a social rather than a professional basis . ’ |
| 15 | I caddied on a temporary basis for Nick in Los Angeles and in Kapalua . |
| 16 | So I reckoned on a quick Sunday journey out to Oxfordshire . |
| 17 | But as I discovered on a one-day introductory course , enjoyment is also a priority . |
| 18 | For this purpose I draw on a wide-ranging survey by John Lyons , which carries on naturally from the analysis by James Harris that I have just quoted . |
| 19 | Someone stepped on a loose plank in the alley down which they had come from the bridge , and the timber squealed . |
| 20 | I pulled on a white coat and went in . |
| 21 | First , I worked on a rapid landscape sketch , using a technique that was not dissimilar from the one used previously . |
| 22 | She says : ‘ I worked on a local footballer and I was able to detect all his old injuries . |
| 23 | For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time . |
| 24 | Then , before it grew dark , I decided on a quick sprint up to the Narrow Neck , the area most vulnerable in times of storm . |
| 25 | I decided on a further session in the gym before making my grand entry to the spa complex . |
| 26 | I decided on a different approach , and I will explain that approach and why I adopted it . |
| 27 | I decided on a 30-day plan . |
| 28 | So I settled on a fine bouclé in a tan colour and an equally fine yarn with a slight ‘ whisker ’ in cream . |
| 29 | I lay on a thyme-covered slope above the bay , having come quietly through the trees , and watched the cottages below for any sign of unusual life . |
| 30 | Before I go on a DV I feel a bit like a private eye . |