Example sentences of "[vb past] on [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned on me with one of his nastiest looks . |
| 2 | Len , as he was known to his legion of friends , was elected to Selkirk Town Council in 1956 and served on it for 18 years , as well as on the then county council for 14 years . |
| 3 | The possibilities of amplified vibration first dawned on me in 1972 when James Yates , who had become totally deafened , was referred to Link . |
| 4 | This Romanesque triple portico is sculptured by Master Mateo ( who is buried in the church ) and who worked on it from 1168–88 . |
| 5 | Also sitting at Robin 's table was the brilliant surgeon Mr Alan Crockard who operated on him in 1988 to save his life . |
| 6 | She said nothing and a moment or two of silence fell on them like one of the Moor 's deadly mists . |
| 7 | She moved the chair and leaned on it with one hand . |
| 8 | His life aboard was entirely idle ; the others waited on him like two wives , catering to his needs and bolstering his ego . |
| 9 | Around 1920 when Eliot , with anthropological ideas in the forefront of his mind , had attacked Gilbert Murray 's translations of Euripides , Pound tried to persuade him to translate Aeschylus ' Agamemnon , but Eliot ‘ sat on it for eight months or some longer period ’ . |