Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 2 | Badoglio lost no time in advancing on the capital , Addis Ababa — from which the Emperor , Haile Selassie , had already fled to Britain — and entered it triumphantly on 5 May 1936 . |
| 3 | ‘ He drove you home on that night ? ’ |
| 4 | I noticed it especially on one occasion when I was beset with problems which had made me very unhappy . |
| 5 | I noticed it yesterday on that side . |
| 6 | They showed it live on that German satellite channel . |
| 7 | Before they had time to say a word , she had rushed across the room , enveloped Dimity in a bear-hug and kissed her soundly on each cheek . |
| 8 | He kissed her warmly on both cheeks and caught again that elusive scent that was special to her . |
| 9 | He seated her firmly on one of the lights , and , without mistake or apology , put each of her feet into one of the clean boots . |
| 10 | I met her once on one of my off-duty bookshop prowls , took pity on her and gave her lunch . |
| 11 | , , or , Roger ( fl. 1660–1685 ) , gardener and nurseryman , was in charge of the garden of William Cecil , second Earl of Salisbury [ q.v. ] at Hatfield in 1661 , when Samuel Pepys [ q.v. ] met him there on 22 July . |
| 12 | but kept me behind on some half-baked errand |
| 13 | In one of these early lessons he was very lucky in his teacher ; Miss Public House took him home on one of his first nights — she who usually never could be bothered — and in one exhausting night Miss P taught him everything he knew about how to make love without getting hurt or hurting anybody ( remember that in those days we were still getting used to the idea and still elaborating our repertoires of what you could and could n't do , which was very hard for us , for me anyway , since we had spent so long trying to forget the very word could n't ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Fashion , ’ he 'd rant , when they sent him home on short time from the stocking factory . |
| 15 | Though the conditions made it nigh on impossible to tell anyone apart anyway . |
| 16 | Asking for " Miss " Whalby actually , but I put him right on that one . " |