Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] on my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't let the success of the club stand or fail on my stage appearances , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 4 | ‘ Come and sit on my knee . ’ |
| 5 | Come over 'ere and sit on my face and go to sleep . ’ |
| 6 | I went at it with pleasure , front-pointing happily and resting on my ski poles , watching Liena 's progress with concern . |
| 7 | So I sat on this stool thing and Marie pulled the curtain and the light flashed twice and then Marie leaps in and sits on my lap , and it flashes again . |
| 8 | I notified the police on site and passed on my phone number to all diving parties present . |
| 9 | But if you change your mind , feel free to come and knock on my door . ’ |
| 10 | When I was 12 , my great hero was Van Cliburn because he 'd just won the Tchaikovsky Competition , so he was invited over and played on my spinet . ’ |
| 11 | We 'd be sitting or standing watching the traffic go by , Dawn alternately flapping about desperately trying to get away and perching on my glove letting me stroke and soothe her . |
| 12 | I pull back the candlewick bedspread and lie on my back with my manuscript . |
| 13 | Coolly I ordered another drink , and swivelled on my stool . |
| 14 | I 'm gulping hot coffee and pulling on my coat ; my bag 's sitting on the reception desk in the hotel lobby and Andy 's standing , hunched and blinking and bleary-eyed , watching me stuff toast into my mouth and slurp coffee from a handle-free mug . |
| 15 | I shall have a Tune and get on my way ! |
| 16 | The obstetrician pulled out the feet , then the bottom , then suddenly i had this huge sinking feeling as my bump disappeared and most of the baby shot out and landed on my tummy . |
| 17 | In an attempt to retrieve it gracefully , I did a half turn ; the backs of my knees hit the arm of one of a pair of chairs and I toppled backwards over the chair and landed on my hat , wedged between the chairs with my legs in the air . |
| 18 | The situation had become embarrassing , so I laid my rod in the rest , with the hook hanging from the butt-ring , and tied on my mate 's hook for him . |
| 19 | My aching muscles were slow to obey as I soaped and towelled myself and pulled on my shirt . |
| 20 | While she was looking for her other shoe , I stuffed my feet into trainers — no socks — and pulled on my Steel Wheels Tour sweatshirt . |
| 21 | Instead , I sent him one of me that I took one weekend , with the sun coming in the window and shining on my hair . |
| 22 | Then I went down to my dressing room and there was this big , long note that somebody had written and stuck on my dresser , saying , ‘ How dare you bask in the reflected glory of others ’ and stuff like that . |
| 23 | And then we get through customs , and the two of us are having a laugh because we 're safely back , and suddenly this drunk in a chauffeur 's cap throws himself at us and nearly puts out my eye with a cardboard sign and treads on my foot into the bargain . |
| 24 | When the jobs were done , I switched off my torch and lay on my back listening to a gerbil skidding up and down the tent under the fly-sheet . |
| 25 | I know Gary what chop my neck Gary and go on my neck is it ? what then ? |
| 26 | ‘ And go on my signal — now ! ’ |
| 27 | I had to sit and hold on my lap like a baby ! |
| 28 | Then I paid the woman the five shillings she asked for her hospitality and went on my way . |
| 29 | I wrapped up a bottle of Grand Moulas in a newspaper for safety , put it in one of the panniers and went on my way . |
| 30 | I looked at my clock to find that it was nine thirty so I dragged myself out of bed and put on my dressing gown . |