Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they became established , shares in many of them became quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
| 2 | And everyone tried to climb on the bandwagon . |
| 3 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 4 | Yeah , I jus I skidded to stop on the back end of it . |
| 5 | I failed to turn on the light when the sky grew dark and heavy . |
| 6 | So I got caned on the palms of my hands . |
| 7 | I ended up having a fight with him , he broke my arm and I got hit on the head . |
| 8 | Erm , may I make a comment on neighbourhood watch , I went to er a job the other day , it was a theatre , I was off duty and er I got tapped on the shoulder by my local neighbourhood watch co-ordinator who said , nine months ago I resigned , I wrote a letter to headquarters , I wrote a letter to the divisional commander , and I wrote a letter to the local constable , and nobody 's replied to me and they still keep sending me papers are you gon na get your act together , now I I have brought this up before , we never ever have let a neighbourhood watch scheme lapse , it 's nothing to do with you , this is all before you came |
| 9 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 10 | I tried to play on the drums , I 'm not too good at that . |
| 11 | ‘ The amateurs do things you 'd never see in the commercial stuff , ’ I was told by one connoisseur of raunch , who I found sitting on the floor of a porn shop |
| 12 | ‘ The amateurs do things you 'd never see in the commercial stuff , ’ I was told by one connoisseur of raunch , an unemployed factory worker named Jesse who I found sitting on the floor of a porn shop in Manhattan 's Times Square , diligently sifting through dozens of the more hardcore amateur tapes . |
| 13 | You know if I 'd gone on the I said hello look here 's a mad man |
| 14 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 15 | I 'd heard on the grapevine it was nearly settled . ’ |
| 16 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 17 | I got there first , ordered a Scotch , and opened the evening paper that I 'd bought on the way . |
| 18 | Although I 'd rung on the Thursday and they said his kidneys were failing , it still came as a shock when they rang on the Saturday at 9.30 in the morning to say he 'd died . |
| 19 | My back , my great white back was scored with thirty or forty sharp red welts , regularly patterned , as if I 'd slept on a bed of nails . |
| 20 | It was then that I saw that the folder I 'd left on the coffee table was gone . |
| 21 | She 'd looked at me a bit strange , the woman in charge of the Bed-and-Breakfast , but I 'd paid on the nail and ordered in my refined accent , ‘ And a cooked breakfast , please ’ — so no hassle . |
| 22 | Cos I 'd parked on the top of this multi-storey car park at the offices , is it called ? |
| 23 | My peg was on a gravel point , it looked perfect for the stick float but as I was fishing for a good weight I opted to start on the feeder . |
| 24 | The wood-cuts were on display at the Rick Institute in Kilmanock , and I happened to visit on the day of the General Election . |
| 25 | One time when I turned to check on the arrow on the tree , I could n't see it . |
| 26 | A little calmer , I began to write on the ground with the stick , ‘ Howard is a nut ’ , but was distracted by a tiny blue van in the south and was determined not to let it go by . |
| 27 | I began to work on the dog with all I had . |
| 28 | I guessed I had no more than four minutes before he got back to base , so I began to count on the old one-and-one , two-and-two , and so on principle in order to concentrate on the job in hand without looking at my watch . |
| 29 | I enjoyed sitting on the hatch in the twilight with the crew , listening to their talk , a combination of profanity and sense . |
| 30 | That 's when I decided to gamble on the chance that you 'd soon be returning to the hotel to freshen up before the start of the evening . |