Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I got my schooling on the hoof . ’ |
2 | You say you met my daughter on the train to Boston , that she was running away from home , that she ended up on your doorstep when her brother refused to house her ? ’ |
3 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
4 | She once asked my advice on a birthday gift , so I suggested a book . |
5 | He went up and clapped my master on the shoulder . |
6 | Having doubts about this picture 's authenticity and surmising that it might be the same picture he had seen several years before , he again sought my opinion on the basis of a good photograph . |
7 | The Boyfriends haunted my stay on the North Shore . |
8 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
9 | I built my life on a lie . |
10 | We have had the house painted , and I caught my dress on a door . |
11 | I fixed my attention on the tower of the library which the priest , Sauniere , had built on the edge of a precipice overlooking the distant village of Esperaza . |
12 | I practiced my trade , I simplified my life , I was on my way to becoming the " Compleat Airman " , I also felt that I should get an overseas tour out of the way , and was quite pleased when I found my name on the PWR+ ; I then awaited eagerly to learn where . |
13 | I bumped my head on the door moving your mattress through the laundry , ’ said Tom . |
14 | The Iranian government maintained its neutrality on the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37696 ] , reacting cautiously to news of the allied attack on Iraq on Jan. 16 . |
15 | The Inspectorate maintained their attack on the ‘ unacceptable variety ’ of curricular provision in their Aspects of Secondary Education ( 1979 ) and again in A View of the Curriculum ( 1980 ) . |
16 | Eleanor Thorne jerked her head on the pillow and opened her eyes , awakening in time to hear the echo of her own voice . |
17 | Wincing at the stiffness in her fingers , she loosened her grip on the steering-wheel and was amazed at how much more responsive the boat felt . |
18 | After two months she loosened her grasp on the subject like a drowning man giving himself up to the sea . |
19 | She promised her support on the condition that Mays and Berthon were sidelined and Rudd was given his chance . |
20 | Eleanor Thorne moved her head on the pillow . |
21 | She swung her arms above her head and cracked her hand on a low beam . |
22 | Refusing to shut her eyes in case she succumbed again , Sarella fixed her gaze on a point over his shoulder on the scarlet wall opposite . |
23 | The latter case found its way on the front page of the Sunday People under the headline BEAUTY QUEEN 'S LIFE OF CRIME Terrorised wife 's story . |
24 | Lindsey concentrated her gaze on the monitor screen she had flicked into life . |
25 | Ada Neumann shook her head in resignation and once again concentrated her attention on the speaker . |
26 | Quickly , Caroline scrawled her signature on the proffered form . |
27 | On one embarrassing occasion Queen Mary caught her earring on the beard of the plumber who was showing her that the lavatory cistern really worked . |
28 | She caught her head on the corner of the hearth . |
29 | Suddenly Sophie caught her breath on a sob and her eyes filled with tears . |
30 | ‘ Either at the request of some lady because it disturbed their bouncing on the royal bed . |