Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has jumped on the bus without paying and now the whole transport system is going under . |
| 2 | That underrated favourite of Martin Scorsese , Harvey Keitel , appears in Reservoir Dogs , a tense thriller about a diamond heist that goes badly wrong because someone has grassed on the top thieves . |
| 3 | You know if I 'd gone on the I said hello look here 's a mad man |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'd heard on the grapevine it was nearly settled . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | I got there first , ordered a Scotch , and opened the evening paper that I 'd bought on the way . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was then that I saw that the folder I 'd left on the coffee table was gone . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Cos I 'd parked on the top of this multi-storey car park at the offices , is it called ? |
| 12 | I did my best to produce an attractive synopsis , embellishing it with some of the sketches I had made on the spot . |
| 13 | One of these blows actually ricked my neck and I had to lie on the floor beneath the table until it was okay to come up again . |
| 14 | I had to kneel on the floor to reach it and her fingers fastened in my hair . |
| 15 | When I went home in the school holidays I had to sleep on the bed-settee in the ‘ front room ’ . |
| 16 | I ran two personal bests , 10.33 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.79 seconds for the 200 , which was further encouragement for me and compensation for the traumas I had suffered on the West London track throughout the long , cold , seemingly never-ending winter . |
| 17 | I felt I had stumbled on the city 's ghetto quarter . |
| 18 | I woke again , I had to put on the light . |
| 19 | According to a picture I had seen on the wall of the Royal Hotel , this Priory had been founded by King Felin O'Connor of Connaught , whose burial place it became . |
| 20 | Before I go any further , I should tell you that the briefing I had received on the field was as follows : 1000 metres grass , obstructions at both ends , wind sock on the northerly edge . |
| 21 | If I had landed on the ski-track , which was hard-packed and icy , I 'd have probably broken my neck , but I seemed to swerve off centre and thus landed in a soft snow-bank and lay panting , stunned and breathless , for a few minutes . |
| 22 | I had noticed on the way in that Jefferson 's office was alongside the boardroom and , as the last visitor went through into the factory , I turned sharp left and entered his office . |
| 23 | And the two things that I had noticed on the first day were still left hanging there … |
| 24 | If I had stayed on the pitch who knows what might have happened . |
| 25 | I had to stall on the . |
| 26 | Supposing I had said on the stairs , do what you like with me , but do n't send me away ? |
| 27 | Feeling that anything I had to say on the subject would drive passengers to reach for the inflight discomfort receptacle , I asked my spellchecker to do it instead . |
| 28 | I moved on from that then I was fifteen then , and me Dad was he was a butty and er so er I had to go on the face then . |
| 29 | And of course I had to go on the carpet about that , for laughing . |
| 30 | On the return journey from Fairbanks to Edmonton I enjoyed a two-day stopover in Whitehorse where the manager of the new cinema , whom I had met on the way north , looked me up . |