Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd managed to track her down on the Friday evening , waiting for several minutes as she was summoned to the communal phone in the hall where she was now a deputy warden . |
| 2 | Despite his strange dealings in the transfer market up to now , I 'm still one of the pro-Wilko group , and I 'm not going to start slagging him off on the basis of rumours about what he might conceivably do . |
| 3 | He had been incensed by the guy on the comer [ who had said ‘ Fucking bastards ’ as they drove past ] and I felt wanted to take it out on somebody . |
| 4 | If you get any more you 've got to put one back on the bottom of the pile |
| 5 | Sorry I 've got to throw you out on time , but I 've got another appointment at four . |
| 6 | You 've got to work it out on the basis of ten miles not on the basis of five miles . |
| 7 | He had had to stand her up on their second date . |
| 8 | Helen had agreed to help us out on this day of days , and she and I rescued the trolley and staggered around , heaving Changez 's junk into the back of the big Rover . |
| 9 | Millions would have loved to have taken her up on her offer . |
| 10 | Although he was pleased that they had managed to set everything up on time , he continued to mutter about the remaining android being alive , threatening them from somewhere on the planet . |
| 11 | notes you have made to fill you in on the background and performance of the company : |
| 12 | If you have already started down the route on your own and missed out some ( or all ) of the steps you will begin to realise what remedial action you need to take to put everything back on course . |