Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | George moved to stand on my foot just as Katy discovered a pound coin and Christopher yelled it was his . |
| 2 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |
| 3 | New Zealand I hope to visit myself probably on my way home as we come round the Horn and thereby circumnavigate the globe ! ! ! |
| 4 | Bob Calder grinned and put a steadying hand on her arm just as Nicolo reached them . |
| 5 | She found another bathroom , which was important , because the champagne was acting on her stomach just as she 'd been afraid it would . |
| 6 | It tells of a butcher returning home empty-handed from a market , and looking for lodgings in a village that lies on his route homewards as it is too late at night for him to reach home . |
| 7 | He showed his surprise on his face now as she leaned still further over the counter and whispered , ‘ The sleeping beauty 's at a loose end : she 's off from three . ’ |
| 8 | Vice-president MacFarlane will have plenty on his plate now as he tries to pull all the ideas together into the first draft paper on the way to creating the eventual plan for formal consideration in November . |