Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gustave did n't understand this , could n't see that my talent depended on the swift moment , the sudden feeling , the unexpected meeting : on life , that 's what I 'm saying . |
| 2 | Shifting my weight left on the layoff to get a better grip I pulled again . |
| 3 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 4 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 5 | All my attention focused on the commissioning fee , which I regarded as derisory . |
| 6 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 7 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 8 | I was suddenly terrified , as if from a long distance away I had seen my family poised on the edge of a crumbling cliff , unaware and smiling . |
| 9 | ‘ The name my mother put on the birth certificate as the child 's father , ’ he explained impatiently as he turned to face her . |
| 10 | This is bad for everyone ; the local authority complains that their money spent on the facility has been wasted , and motorists complain because they still have to get round the cyclists . |
| 11 | That was Fiona , in the bed , on the bed , covers half off , the only light in the room coming from a little candle by the bedside , her hair spilled on the pillow ( the other pillow was on the floor ) … and that was Lachlan Watt , wrapped round her , body bucking like some horse , his hands at her neck , at one breast , in her hair , cupping her neck ; the covers sliding off , Fiona putting her arms wide , clutching at the bottom sheet of the bed at one side , clutching the edge of the bedside table with the other . |
| 12 | Her heart touched on the instant by her friend 's distress , she put an arm through hers and led her back to the palace . |
| 13 | Her neck rested on the top curve of the seat and this lifted her mouth as if for kissing . |
| 14 | The operation was to have taken place anyway in a few days , but her condition worsened on the flight from Zagreb . |
| 15 | She climbed the dark , stepped alley from the market place to the rue du Bateau and emerged opposite her car parked on the cobbles . |
| 16 | I ended up lying in the scrubby grass at the bottom of the hill , my knuckles white as I throttled the rabbit , swinging it in front of my face with its neck held on the thin black line of rubber tubing , now tied like a knot on a black string . |
| 17 | The hulking headquarters of the Office for National Security , which has branches across the country , stands behind a high wall , cameras on its roof trained on the streets all around . |
| 18 | Interest in their marriage intensified on the eve of their tour , with details emerging of the contents of the updated version of Andrew Morton 's controversial biography Diana , Her True Story . |
| 19 | Sophie froze , a glass in either hand , her gaze fixed on the bathroom door , her lips parted in a silent cry . |
| 20 | The woman remained in a half-bent position facing the desk , her arms bearing the weight of her body , and her gaze fixed on the table . |
| 21 | As soon as she drifted into sleep , she was back in the Close , her gaze locked on the white huddled figure . |
| 22 | Daniel glanced at Anna , upright on her ugly dark chair , her gaze bent on the carpet . |
| 23 | Its wealth depended on the scientists who worked in a large lab behind the administrative block . |
| 24 | Her grip tightened on the butt of her rifle . |
| 25 | Her grip tightened on the flimsy sheet . |
| 26 | Their escape ended on the seventh circuit and during a hectic last couple of laps in which there were a number of attacks by Andrew Moss ( Ballymena RC ) Movilla 's John West , Mark Smyth ( Newry , O'Rourke 's ) and Jonathan Kenny ( Movilla ) , it was left to the sprint with Fullerton just shading the decision ahead of Brennan . |
| 27 | These have been gouged out of the hills , probably under periglacial conditions , and their debris spread on the lowlands below . |
| 28 | They stood tensely watching , their attention fixed on the boy . |
| 29 | Her brow furrowed on the realisation that it was Niall who had been responsible for the last-minute change of plans . |
| 30 | Her eye lit on the white travelling case bobbing gently under the net . |