Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pos pn] [noun sg] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may sound bureaucratic and boring but without it there are bound to be anguishing problems of the kind : ‘ I handed in my work on time but it must have got lost in the pile ’ . |
| 2 | And I wonder if anybody can match that , I do n't mean match that , when she nearly set off her nightdress on fire |
| 3 | For all its brave talk of radicalism , the New Right depends emotionally on the attractions of the familiar and the known , constructing a romantic view of a mythical past to bolster up its attack on collectivism . |
| 4 | And if he was n't tempted now , how could he possibly act out his role on stage night after night without being affected ? |
| 5 | Taking a deep breath to calm his racing pulse , Grant stuck out his hand on impulse . |
| 6 | Harry Burrows rode round his house on Midsummer Eve in a white sheet pretending to be a ghost , we nearly died laughing when he told us — ’ |