Example sentences of "i [vb past] [noun prp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met Morag on the step . |
| 2 | Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . |
| 3 | I met Susan on the stairs . |
| 4 | When I met Francis on the first occasion in that throne room , life had not turned sour for him . |
| 5 | As I met Charlotte on the path , |
| 6 | I passed Morpurgo on the way . |
| 7 | I was out of the flat before she could turn her head and as I passed Springsteen on the stairs , I said : ‘ You 're on your own , kid . ’ |
| 8 | I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street . |
| 9 | Watched she sing ? , when I got Silcott on the |
| 10 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
| 11 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 12 | So I phoned Derek on the car phone and erm he says oh we 'll get some taken elsewhere . |
| 13 | ‘ I told Wickham on the telephone , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I parked Armstrong on the road and walked down the short drive to the impressive Gothic porch around the front door . |
| 15 | When I heard Richard on the stairs , I emptied the ash tray into a drawer : he never smoked himself and disliked my doing so . |
| 16 | I heard Duncan on the 606 show and he made the classic comment about Jimmy Armfield that ‘ the manager 's indecision is final ’ . |
| 17 | It 's looking extremely wet of course , I heard Mike on the news say there 'll be some heavy bursts of rain , we 've just had one and er everybody coming into the ground is saturated . |
| 18 | I heard Silver on the phone last night and could n't quite belive my ears . |
| 19 | I called Ollie on the black phone , the secure phone , to find out what was going on , to fill in my knowledge a little bit more . |
| 20 | I rang Otto on the off-chance . |
| 21 | I almost dropped the flowers when I saw Lisabeth on the phone in the hallway as I kicked the door shut . |
| 22 | ‘ I saw Celia on the other side of the road and ran across to her . |
| 23 | ‘ I saw Gabriel on the cover of a magazine , and David Mellor was on the cover of something else and I thought , who 's looking funkier ? |
| 24 | I tapped Martin on the shoulder and signalled a cut by drawing a finger across my throat . |
| 25 | I tapped Connors on the arm . |
| 26 | My right foot hovered over the accelerator pedal and I balanced Armstrong on the clutch . |
| 27 | The tide was certainly making now , and if I kept to midstream as near as I could judge it , I should be safe enough — if I put Joanna on the mud , the making tide would soon get her off . |
| 28 | Yeah I know , I had Maureen on the phone to me last week |
| 29 | ‘ I had Charles on the blower this morning . |
| 30 | That was why I shot Balbindor on the spot . |