Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those things do n't sound fearsome — till you see them used on a man 's body . ’ |
| 2 | I asked on a hunch . |
| 3 | Near a tombstone-memorial by the wayside , I gazed on a crowd of boys . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been brushing up on my Italian , ’ Molly 's father went on , ‘ with the aid of an extremely sexy-sounding signorina I got on a tape from the Fulham Public Library . |
| 5 | ‘ I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’ |
| 6 | There I got on a bus that took me to Le Hospitalet près l'Andorre , and through the frontier post at Pas de la Casa , over the Envalira pass and down into a land whose mountainous beauty at once put me under a spell I shall never forget . |
| 7 | I got on a bus and grudgingly paid my fare to the King 's Road . |
| 8 | At last I got on a bus , which trundled quite briskly to the far end of the King 's Road , but after World 's End , where the streets were darker , the fog seemed to close in and the bus was forced to nose its way cautiously along in first gear . |
| 9 | I hopped on a bus to King 's Cross and then took a tube round to Leicester Square , missing out Covent Garden station as the lifts were out of action again . |
| 10 | Very often I dined on a banana split , which was enormous : it consisted of a whole banana , three scoops of ice cream , syrup and whipped cream and only cost 25 cents ; we also lived on delicatessen sandwiches and salads and were so excited with the automats where we put our money in and out popped coffee . |
| 11 | I wandered on a yard or two , pretending to look elsewhere . |
| 12 | My attempts to look like a normal human being again were evidently not too successful — at one point in my journey , I came on a man crouching over a small brook from which he was trying to drink . |
| 13 | I came on a train here today from London in South Africa if you are black and you got on a train it would n't be as comfortable and there would be crowds in it but you would n't know whether you reached the other end because at some station a group of people would get on and shoot you indiscriminately , and get off again leaving that scene of massacre . |
| 14 | Several years ago , I embarked on a course in life drawing at a reputable London college , where the tutor would often make comments such as , ‘ Splash it on , art is purely self-indulgence ! ’ |
| 15 | Several years ago , I embarked on a course in life drawing at a reputable London college , where the tutor would often make comments such as , ‘ Splash it on , art is purely self-indulgence ! ’ |
| 16 | Tony and I embarked on a consideration of Child Benefit but before many minutes had gone by a note was sent in informing us that Peter Carrington had resigned . |
| 17 | and I walked on a couple , two or three and picked up this bloody carton out of the road and I was right next to Linda 's car |
| 18 | I stepped on a twig which made a noise that seemed as loud as thunder and I ran back across to my hiding place . |
| 19 | I could have navigated to In Salah , regardless of the piste , unless I stepped on a cobra or got my throat cut , but it was no use getting there alone . |
| 20 | ‘ I landed on a lump of wood , felt another crash on to my face and was just getting up when a huge piece of glass fell where my neck had been . |
| 21 | I pulled on a sweater and trousers and crept down the stairs in bare feet . |
| 22 | I worked on a farm … ’ |
| 23 | I worked on a farm . |
| 24 | I decided on a story with some happiness — well , just a little — struggle , hardship , occasional success , ultimate failure , sadness . |
| 25 | As I walked across the gravel to the colonnade , where I could see Conchis was already sitting , his back to me , I decided on a course of action — or rather , of reaction . |
| 26 | When the break in the dull , rainy weather came I decided on a day 's search of the river foreshore . |
| 27 | To drink , I settled on a half bottle of Passetoutgrain . |
| 28 | If I started on a catalogue of what is going wrong with the world , let alone what we might do to put it right , there would be no end . |
| 29 | I saw on a church bill-board recently the familiar statement , ‘ Wise men still seek Christ ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ You remind me of a medieval fresco I saw on a church in Donegal once . |