Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch
2 The crossbow , most useful in defence when the crossbowman , who needed protection for the time required to wind up his weapon , could hide himself behind a wall , was an elitist weapon , most effective in the hands of Gascons , who fought in Wales for Edward I , and of Genoese , a large contingent of whom fought on the French side at Crécy .
3 The general assumption by everyone involved on the Allied side , from 5 Corps up to AFHQ , had been that , in terms of the Yalta repatriation agreement , the " Cossacks " were Soviet citizens , and on that basis the decision in Principle had been made that , however much this may have regretted by some people on humanitarian grounds , the British obligation was to hand them over .
4 The revenue settlement is matched by the substantial local government capital settlement for ninety four five which I announced on the thirtieth of November .
5 Now when er when I was coming down er , coming from , I lived on the Green then , to go to work , we used to met er a person and we used to call her Rosie .
6 All was going well until I knelt on the front overlap .
7 ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . )
8 I knelt on the wooden floor in the East Yorkshire winter praying , " Dear God if you exist let me be warmed . "
9 I knelt on the top step and poked my head through , near the bottom of the gap …
10 Very , very quickly , can I just say , that in the er , consultat in the , in the work I did in the , which led to the production of the report , and the many , many people I talked to , some of whom I , I see around the table , I found on the one hand , ample evidence throughout the county authorities , the health authority , the district councils , and the voluntary sector , of much evidence of recognition of improved collaboration between agencies in delivery of community care in Shropshire .
11 He was a most able officer , and I was able to hand over this part of the work to him with confidence , while I concentrated on the current activities of the department .
12 But when I concentrated on the postage-stamp-sized photographs bearing his name that had started to appear , I could no longer be certain that he and The Fat Controller were one and the same .
13 Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go .
14 I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day .
15 I banged on the front door for ten minutes , getting colder and colder .
16 Therefore , it was not surprising that when I intervened on the hon. Member for Newham , North-East he was a little coy about referring to his party 's record on unemployment .
17 The first one is the one I played on the entire record of ‘ Question And Answer ’ .
18 Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing .
19 I knocked on the front door , but there was no answer . ’
20 I knocked on the open door and strode into the front room trusting that Patterson was right behind me .
21 I remarked on the beautiful sympathy evinced in one speech by Sophia Stace ( Brothers and Sisters ) and in another by the terrible Matty ( A Family and a Fortune ) .
22 You probably guessed it already : I landed on the wrong runway .
23 It was only as I rapped on the open door of his office that I realized the plan was upside down .
24 ‘ I know whose voice I heard on the other end of the line . ’
25 I told him I worked on the Menai Suspension Bridge .
26 I decided on the latter and was again pleased when I managed to haul myself to safety at the top of the boulder .
27 Unsure whether I actually wanted to strike the rod and possibly miss another take or just enjoy the sound of the buzzer , I decided on the latter and leapt out of bed and grabbed the rod .
28 After three different versions I decided on the plain raincoat shape , tied with a belt . ’
29 Tod and I reclined on the wrung bedding as Irene advanced into the room , holding a tightly gripped paper tissue to her eyes and calling us a piece of shit .
30 Albert has two hotels and , there being nothing in the guidebook to distinguish them , I settled on the Grand Hôtel de la Paix , sight unseen .
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