Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even among the backward and traditional , two kinds of country people were the major pillars of the ancient ways — the old and the women , whose ‘ old wives ’ tales ' passed them on to new generations , and occasionally , for the benefit of city men , to collectors of folklore and folksong . |
| 2 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 3 | Ripley ‘ became servant to this miserable female ’ , helped her on with borrowed clothes , ‘ lifted up my eyes to Heaven , and asked , Why is this not me Lord ? ’ |
| 4 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 5 | No I had a Group Manager who actually introduced me to this , I erm , I work out with him , but , he brought a , actually what turned me on to this was the fact that erm , where he is , he 's thirty six now , and erm , he 's got no mortgages , he 's got a , he paid eleven thousand pounds for a , a Kawasaki Z Z eleven hundred R super bike , worth that is |
| 6 | ‘ I had a tough childhood and it spurred me on to great heights . ’ |
| 7 | Right and then others followed you on after that did they ? |
| 8 | Today we meet young comedienne Lois Waters and her dad Denny , and tomorrow Chris Boardman talks about the man who spurred him on to Olympic fame . |
| 9 | It had to be Travis , and that spurred her on to reckless speed , putting too much weight on her much tried ankle , until it could only do one thing — collapse under her . |
| 10 | These were being lowered to the roof-top , where Repo Men guided them on to powered sleds and steered them into the lift . |
| 11 | Rapt , ecstatic , she willed me on to ever-greater feats of ardour . |
| 12 | Picking her up as if she were a doll , he placed her on to unsteady feet . |
| 13 | And they took me on in nineteen thirty six to help them you see . |
| 14 | The present landlady , Mrs Margaret Saunders took it on in 1941 when Polish servicemen from a nearby camp were regulars . |
| 15 | Had their father — the thought aroused crazy laughter — passed it on from some episode in his youth ? |
| 16 | Ultimately the Marino family surrendered the site to the governor who sold it on to another Milanese businessman , Carlo Omodeo , who did at least allow a member of the Marino family to live in part of it — at an agreed rent . |
| 17 | ‘ The Yard put me on to six other McCloys all more or less in the hardware business or on its fringes . |
| 18 | He sank into the part with total conviction or — just the opposite — he put it on with open contempt and boredom . |
| 19 | So well we could go out there anyway to see whether they 've got any er you see if they carried it on for another month |
| 20 | Tony had it on with this Delight Clover Light . |
| 21 | One of his strange exploits among other frolics , was having a coffin made of copper ( which one of his mines had that year produced ) , and placed in the great hall , and instead of his making use of it as a monitor that might have made him ashamed and terrified at his past life , and induce him to make amends in future , it was filled with punch , and he and his comrades soon made themselves incapable of any sort of reflection ; this was often repeated , and hurried him on to that awful moment he had so much reason to dread . |