Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] on [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she comes in to see me on her way home from work |
| 2 | Up to the day before I had hoped he would come with me at least as far as Perpignan , to see me on my way ; now there was no question of that , and indeed I could hardly wait to get away from him . |
| 3 | She was in fact very thin but had this huge wire frame around her ’ It turned out that she 'd been coming in a couple of times a week , stealing hundreds of pounds worth of clothes , hanging them on her frame then walking out . |
| 4 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 5 | We had seen and sensed them on our way up , their tentative postures , their unanimity of hesitation . |
| 6 | I would ask you to point out this dramatic increase to the people of your parish and to thank them on my behalf for their generous efforts . |
| 7 | She was always cutting pictures out of magazines and sticking them on her wall . |
| 8 | As one farmer put it , ‘ Time allows me to be interested only in what is going to affect me on my farm — making up the numbers is not the answer ’ . |
| 9 | Conversations such as this can help children see the point : Penny : " I love giraffes — I love stroking them on my lap — I 'd love to have one for a pet . " |
| 10 | Mrs Clamp shook her head once more , went to the sink , reached up and over while on her tip-toes , turned on the hot water , rinsed her hands , wiped them on her blue-check , bri-nylon work-coat and took some cheese from the bike . |
| 11 | As I wiped them on my pinafore Mr Vulcan asked what was wrong with me . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh yes — but I 'm careful not to wear them on my sleeve ! ’ |
| 13 | I had joined them on their route marches out of the concentration area at Southampton . |
| 14 | Has he consulted them on their right to choose another landlord under the Government 's new Tenants Choice ? |
| 15 | And inwardly she thanked fate that , after all , Jake had stopped them on their flight to London . |
| 16 | In a letter to Dr Bennett in Sydney from the ‘ Upper part of the Torrens ’ on 23 June 1839 , Gould remarked , ‘ Capt. Sturt has just joined me on our way to the Murray … |
| 17 | But the patient was okay , it was a false alarm , please thank them and send them on their way . |
| 18 | You 'd see two fellows fighting in the street — you 'd pull them up and send them on their way . |
| 19 | Get full statements from them and send them on their way . ’ |
| 20 | My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence . |
| 21 | His contempt shrivelled them on her tongue . |
| 22 | Perched them on his nose . |
| 23 | There they would line Hollins Hill as the walkers toiled up and cheer them on their way . |
| 24 | Believe it or not , Robyn , but some women are quite pleased to find me on their doorstep at midnight . ’ |
| 25 | I see now that it was just his way of keeping me on my mettle and making sure I did n't get big-headed . |
| 26 | Mummy touch me on my arm and keep going on I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm I 'm dreaming of a white white white white white white white white white white . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like a pair of shoes , fit them on my bairn and we 'll take them ’ . |
| 28 | And he 'd bounce me on my bed and make a ‘ little nest ’ by tucking the ends of the eiderdown under my pillow until all but my face was cocooned . |
| 29 | She caught me on my way to the back door . |
| 30 | He explains : ‘ This is because Alex Ferguson helped me on my way in football when I was 14 years old , and taught me most of the things I took with me from Aberdeen . ’ |