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Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] on a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in .
2	Such an alternator would be of great use in a motorcaravan conversion I intend doing on a V8 Land Rover .
3	I propose to broadcast on a world-wide scale , a message to the good folk of this fair planet . ’
4	‘ I want to ride on a horse . ’
5	erm I want to ride on a bike
6	What am I expected to do on a regular basis ?
7	My back , my great white back was scored with thirty or forty sharp red welts , regularly patterned , as if I 'd slept on a bed of nails .
8	I 'd , I 'm find it quite offensive sometimes , and particularly , I happen to work on a , a project that 's to do with poverty and I 'm very aware of the kind of pe pressures that that sort of consumerism can
9	I recall embarking on a ‘ What do you think of your local buses and trains ? ’ encounter in the Cornish town of Falmouth in early spring .
10	I would n't of thought so I would of sa I would of said well if I bloody ju good enough for living with I bleeding come on a I do n't think she 'd want him on holiday with her anyway and her sister said is she had n't got enough money , she 'd pay for it .
11	‘ Buying paper in rolls in economical and , because I like to work on a large scale , provides greater potential for expression .
12	Oh I said , yes she said , I like going on a boat , she said not that I 've been on one she said she 's never been on a boat across
13	Do I have to put on a special overall or something ?
14	In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time .
15	And I used to get in when I was a young boy and see them when I started working on a farm I always to see them .
16	I managed to get on a bus at sort of five-ish .
17	Last night Dr Clarke 's election agent Kevin Scott said : ‘ One of our supporters lives in Vine Street and Donald and I went knocking on a few doors .
18	I love going on a nice train journey !
19	I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy .
20	‘ And anyway , what am I meant to do on a Sunday ? ’
21	Afterwards , I had to lie on a bed in a dark room .
22	But data stores , I had stumbled on a case of data suppression .
23	I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I was not worried , but when he appeared I was shocked at how much he had changed even in such a short time .
24	Indeed , my father 's face had gone a dull reddish colour , like no colour I had seen on a living being .
25	‘ For me , I was in the place which I had seen on a globe as a girl — where the pin went through it !
26	In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days .
27	I was also misled by work I had done on a simple model of the universe in which the collapsing phase looked like the time reverse of the expanding phase .
28	It was during the filming of the opening titles for the last ‘ Marti ’ series for the B.B.C. Dressed in a red chiffon evening gown , high heels and lead-weighted knickers , I had to sit on a rock at the bottom of a tank full of sharks , smiling and brushing my hair , while Duncan swam past with a plywood plaice bearing the immortal words ‘ End of Part One ’ ( it could have been the end of several parts ! ) .
29	We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip .
30	The only problem with the job was that I had to work on a lot of Saturdays , which naturally interfered with my athletics , though the company were quite generous in giving me time off .