Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is overladen with tear-jerking moments , most of them centred on a big eyed calf that Crystal , roped in as mid- wife , delivers onscreen in the film 's only spot of blood and gore . |
| 2 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 3 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 4 | I caddied on a temporary basis for Nick in Los Angeles and in Kapalua . |
| 5 | So I reckoned on a quick Sunday journey out to Oxfordshire . |
| 6 | But as I discovered on a one-day introductory course , enjoyment is also a priority . |
| 7 | I pulled on a white coat and went in . |
| 8 | First , I worked on a rapid landscape sketch , using a technique that was not dissimilar from the one used previously . |
| 9 | She says : ‘ I worked on a local footballer and I was able to detect all his old injuries . |
| 10 | For a long time I have had a desire to understand better the behaviour and movements of wild birds and animals , and in the absence of the time ( and probably the dedication ) to undertake a proper study , I decided on a simple ploy which , I hoped , would get some results in the fullness of time . |
| 11 | Then , before it grew dark , I decided on a quick sprint up to the Narrow Neck , the area most vulnerable in times of storm . |
| 12 | I decided on a different approach , and I will explain that approach and why I adopted it . |
| 13 | I decided on a 30-day plan . |
| 14 | So I settled on a fine bouclé in a tan colour and an equally fine yarn with a slight ‘ whisker ’ in cream . |
| 15 | I lay on a thyme-covered slope above the bay , having come quietly through the trees , and watched the cottages below for any sign of unusual life . |
| 16 | From August 18–28th I went on a fabulous vacation in Maine , a canoe trip on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway . |
| 17 | On the 26th June 1989 I went on a primary school trip to the Isle of Wight . |
| 18 | ‘ I went on a nationwide tour of radio stations and did the same on Merseyside during Radio City 's Pete Price show . |
| 19 | But you see , you get a lot of these courses and , I went in for reflexology , I went on a lovely |
| 20 | WITH Martin Randall Travel I went on a thrilling journey in July called Country Houses of the Hapsburg Empire . |
| 21 | I abstained on a procedural matter because , as Opposition Members may recall , we had a reserve about the treaty base of the directive . |
| 22 | When it was all over I had on a wet blouse , but Shirnette had one on too . |
| 23 | I had on a white guipure lace dress and matching turban with a huge feather on the front . |
| 24 | When I got to higher ground , I sat on a long , flat slab of white rock in a salmon-pink sea . |
| 25 | I was drinking Monk and Monk was a heavy beer so fuck I gets out of the car and fucking oh fuck , but anyway said to me look I 'll go up , say my name , and I 'll bring you home , I was living with my sister at the time and I sat on a wee low wall , I 'm just the wall , fu fuck I , in the middle of the day , nobody , they were just drinking er Dawn this is way were , it 's fucking maybe twenty five years ago , twenty six and er fuck he sat me on the wall he had to s I could n't see he says to me er fucking I heard a voice , Raymond like this is the exam tonight you 'll have to sit there . |
| 26 | I sat on a large stone , shivering and looked north appealingly , shouting , ‘ Mick ! |
| 27 | I was , however , systematic about the 30 or so in-depth interviews that I conducted on a random sample basis by allocating each member of the movement in Britain a number which had an equal chance of being selected from a book of numbers especially prepared for such purposes . |
| 28 | I could hear the sound of rent cloth in my head , but I stood on a wooden chair while Lili pinned the seams closer , standing quietly like a broken horse to be saddled and bridled . |
| 29 | Marie was sure that this was because he did n't want to make his family out as ‘ better ’ than hers : he knew she lived on a scruffy council estate with a bad reputation . |
| 30 | Her mother had ideas about her going to university , but Sandy knew her limitations ; she planned on a two-year course at a catering college , and had diplomatically said nothing about it yet . |