Example sentences of "[verb] on [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was always surprised that things did n't fall on her from the sky more often , considering how much was up there these days . |
| 2 | That conflict of views has its fierce advocates on both sides , and I am neither well informed nor dispassionate enough to comment on it From the presumed perspective of John Howard , the Ellis-Beto administrations overall emerge with credit , because they did insist on the publication of official rules , and that was a big breakthrough . |
| 3 | Cowards — preferring to spy on him from the shadows and whisper lies . |
| 4 | The Blox had run the whisker pole to maximum height on its track , suspended it from the main halyard , and were swinging on it from the pulpit far out over the harbour and letting go . |
| 5 | His golden shadow fell on her from the lamp . |
| 6 | The beginner will do well to ponder on it from the start . |
| 7 | Even while it was registering on her from the newspapers in his hands that he was no lie-a-bed but was up and had been out for his paper , he was taking in the damp , startled look of her and , feigning surprise himself , ‘ It 's a mermaid ! ’ he declared . |