Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 From the roof bar of the Pasha Inn , we gazed down on the harbour .
2 We met outside on the landing .
3 I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo .
4 If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent .
5 And then we got out on the course and we realized .
6 I think we got off on the right foot . ’
7 Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry .
8 She showed me a little bottle before we got back on the truck .
9 And er lovely with all the Egyptian markings on the inside of the wall and er then we got back on the barge and er we continued our journey to Khartoum north .
10 Though these constraints can be decisive in some ways , we concentrate here on the economic policies and some of the more specific policies like price controls that affect the investment climate for multinationals .
11 The latter , as the title suggests , deals solely with taxation , and we concentrate here on the Musgrave study , which covers both taxes and public spending .
12 If we concentrate only on the mythological representations and personifications of evil , we too easily relegate the Devil to our private worlds of personal torments and individual temptations .
13 It was April , and after a warmer in Poosie Nansie 's , another West of Scotland custom , we thrashed away on the Ayr , casting amongst chunks of ice floating down the river ; frozen stiff , getting colder and colder as the grey day grew older and older .
14 Beyond the moored boats and the fire we drew up on the bank for the night .
15 What I do n't like is that we went back did n't we , I do n't know if you saw my thing to David where we report back on a fax , report every month
16 Our intention was to reside half the year at Southall , and the remainder in London , and I remember we moved there on the 26th June , 1830 …
17 We mused quietly on the fact that we prosaic Brits do n't give our winds dramatic-sounding names like our cousins across the Channel .
18 We lined up on the foredeck to give the traditional three cheers for her Majesty at the appropriate moment .
19 When we 're talking to the people on the phone we home in on a thousand pound .
20 Once , before starting a new stage in the story , we catch up on the other branch of the family .
21 In this book we focus solely on a third set of questions : What impact is the new technology having on people at work ?
22 We hope that you will continue to provide us with this vital information as we embark together on the second piloting year .
23 Earlier this week we dropped in on a competitor who was going through erm all the motions of getting his erm display ready and we saw what was involved .
24 We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick .
25 We came here on the ninth of June nineteen fifty .
26 MH : Yes , we came out on a real high .
27 We came out on the waterfront into a gust of wind .
28 When we came out on the platform , he said , come round one day .
29 Because when we came home , we came home on a Friday night , I say , and oh , the traffic !
30 I think in next weekend possibly er if we drove down on the Sunday evening
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