Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 2 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 3 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 4 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
| 5 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
| 6 | I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her . |
| 7 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |
| 8 | Now that the troops are gone , I sit back on the chaise-longue , that Japanese fish-tailed thing , and close the fan beside me , blocking the street and the living-room . |
| 9 | They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines . |
| 10 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 11 | At four and a half thousand pound of sales we start to pay extra fift in fact at four thousand pound we start but it 's only a small bonus so I home in on the bigger one . |
| 12 | And it is , I put up on the screen there where the depots are so they know what they 're looking for , and I say , now what I want you to is tell me where the depots are . |
| 13 | If I look back on the people who have led me very well in the past , it was those who were able to create and sustain just such a sense of challenge . |
| 14 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
| 15 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 16 | Well that 's that 's er and I look down on no one actually . |
| 17 | Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold . |
| 18 | I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy . |
| 19 | Maha followed them but Hussa and I threw ourselves face down on the warm , white sand , both of us smiling at the success of the project . |
| 20 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
| 21 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 22 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 23 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 24 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 25 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 26 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 27 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 28 | I turn up on the set with twenty pages of notes . |
| 29 | So good am I that I turn round on the runners to photograph Tony . |
| 30 | I know how busy they are when I come off the road off a night , and I know busy because they are before I go out on a morning , and erm , it seems like they 're never likely to get stuck from time to time though . |