Example sentences of "i [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Now fill me in on a few of these files . ’
2 ‘ I 've been thinking about Simon , ’ he said , as he began to eat , ‘ and I 'd be grateful if you could fill me in on a few things . ’
3 I was drawn lower and lower ; a wall of flesh surrounded me and hemmed me in on every side , yet the pressure was not painful and the flesh easily gave way like soft india-rubber before my slightest movement .
4 De Burgh hems me in on every side but where the sea is , save only Chester , where I thank God for Earl Ranulf .
5 ‘ They let me in on the secret quite early — then people started joking about it .
6 Well , now that I 've tracked you down , perhaps you would n't mind letting me in on the key to all this mystery .
7 He made the mistake of letting me in on the ground floor when he was offering a Pissarro .
8 So let me in on the secret .
9 Iain filled me in on the essential details while I was devouring that gargantuan breakfast .
10 " Fill me in on the tits , Slick .
11 I wanted her to fill me in on the blank spots , and I wanted to hear it from her , not anybody else .
12 They vied with each other to fill me in on the gruesome details .
13 ‘ All you have to do , Sorrel dear , is fill me in on the gossip about Simon Cawthorne .
14 People keep mentioning this Peter Barnes guy , could someone please let me in on the joke .
15 ‘ You 'd better fill me in on the details , ’ he said .
16 Azar called me over and with a flourish sat me down on a plastic deckchair at the front of the ring of spectators .
17 Waiting for me down on the sands — a great hulking shape , crouching there , darker than darkness .
18 I protested , but only weakly ; I was hysterical , and , I suppose , rather excited too : even when he had me down on the floor , jammed in an uncomfortable position with my head stuck between the pedestal of the wash basin and a slimy floor cloth someone had left lying against the wall , I could still do nothing but laugh .
19 Just dragged me into the building , threw me down on the floor , made a lot of noise and left . ’
20 One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies .
21 The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks .
22 Ye 'll find me down on the quay looking at her .
23 ‘ I 'll go ahead , and you can join me down on the beach . ’
24 Back inside I felt sick and my stomach gurgled , starting me off on a worry about the absence of toilet facilities .
25 The Land Rover dropped me off on the edge of the town , surprisingly on a tarmac road , and I arranged to meet the lads nine miles further on .
26 He saw me off on the bus .
27 ‘ At the house — he dropped me off on the way .
28 And dad could knock me off on the way to get the papers .
29 I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite .
30 Someone rang me up on a phone-in programme , and he said ‘ I read your book , I think it 's absolutely disgusting . ’
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