Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [conj] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not a superstitious man , but even he must have been encouraged by the good omens that visited him while on board the Potentate . |
| 2 | According to the family he rarely used it except on Sundays when he spent the afternoon and evening with an old chap who used to work for the firm and now lives in sheltered accommodation at Carbis Bay . |
| 3 | The Countess told me that on arrival at the hospital after his death , she spent half an hour alone , sitting by his bed , just talking to him . |
| 4 | Now Mr Jaggers turned to me and told me that on Monday I would go to Matthew Pocket 's house to start my studies , but until then I would stay with his son , Herbert , who lived nearby . |
| 5 | We ordered them while on holiday there last Summer : an enforced break from the building — but we managed some fabulous flying in the sun whilst we were away . |