Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | In the third term they embark on a general survey of the History of Medicine and Science which allows them to put other subjects which the study into their historical context . |
| 3 | ‘ You would n't believe how many of our employees told me what a good deal they got on a car or a boat because they adopted Karrass ' strategies ’ says an executive of a major oil company . |
| 4 | AUDLEY LUMSDEN lines up on Oxford University 's right wing against Cambridge next Tuesday haunted by the chilling words he heard on a March Saturday in 1989 . |
| 5 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 6 | For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace . |
| 7 | With a sigh I went on a few steps further to George 's office and found him as I 'd expected , fully dressed , lightly napping , with worked-on forms pushed to one side beside an empty coffee cup . |
| 8 | Punters pay for the numbers of crosses they mark on a picture of a football match . |
| 9 | Skipper , Derek Hall got them going with his first ever goal for the club , so no wonder he went on a victory run . |
| 10 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 11 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 12 | Er Jim across , across the road , is it Jim you play on a Thursday so |
| 13 | The money you save on a hyped discount today will probably have to be passed on to the car 's next buyer as well , although discounts you negotiate privately may not be . |
| 14 | Towards the end of my primary school years I went on a holiday with my year to Kent with my friends and many other pupils and teachers . |
| 15 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 16 | Yeah because if you want to go to Southwell at the present moment you go on a bus and you got to wait two hours to get one back . |
| 17 | For the last two days we went on a two day expedition . |
| 18 | That evening we camped on a hill overlooking Beni Abbes . |
| 19 | The water had to be drawn up out of one of a battery of long-necked cisterns behind the cottage , and when we had done that and fed the plants we sat on a seat by the Priapus arbour , with the unusual smell , in summer Greece , of verdant wet earth all around us . |
| 20 | Usually she cries like the rain we had on a holiday once , up in Scotland — a soft , grey drizzle — but this time her body shook with real sobs . |
| 21 | So when he heard you were in town he hit on a plan to get rid of both of you . |
| 22 | From childhood he had been fascinated by natural history , and at Cambridge he decided on a career which would enable him to combine medical research with his interest in comparative biology . |
| 23 | In his room he pulled on a dressing-gown and sat down and waited . |
| 24 | The noise we hear on a Sunday , you know ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Meanwhile , I think you should consider a bone-marrow harvest , in case we decide on a transplant at some future date . ’ |
| 26 | Probably one of the most horrific things I remember on a cricket field . |
| 27 | ‘ You remind me of a medieval fresco I saw on a church in Donegal once . |
| 28 | In Biba she tried on a black , floppy hat and a midi-dress , and they browsed among tasselled lampshades and satin sheets ; but neither of them bought anything . |
| 29 | So she 'd been out all day to this cousin 's at Blakely She goes on a Monday now . |
| 30 | Barratt Developments takes £500 off every £25,000 you spend on a new home . |