Example sentences of "['s] [noun] and [verb] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Univel has recently signed some 25 distributors around the world to handle UnixWare ( UX No 398 ) by simply piggybacking on to Novell 's base and expanding on their existing Novell contracts . |
| 2 | His opponent was clumsily getting to his feet as Fleury snatched a violin from a rack of worm-eaten instruments ( the survivors of an attempt by the Collector to start a symphony orchestra in the cantonment ) , snapped it over his knee and leapt on to the sepoy 's back , at the same time whipping the violin strings tightly round the sepoy 's neck and dragging on them like reins . |
| 3 | David Reynolds passed through , dropping the horse-dope file onto Cotterell 's desk and pulling on his jacket . |
| 4 | This resolute action secured the surrender of the ANA 's entire command , which announced the ANA 's dissolution and called on its members to lay down their arms . |
| 5 | The morning stirred in the trees and interrupted the sleep of stem and leaf and fruit and blossom as gently and efficiently as a mother lifting the cover from her child 's bed and blowing on her face in play to wake her . |
| 6 | He half rose and the Bishop , looking round , found a chair higher than his wife 's stool and sat on it . |
| 7 | Rose contented herself with stealing half of Evelyn 's breakfast and stamping on her foot , but her heart was n't really in it . |
| 8 | It is the club 's notepaper and written on it are these words : |
| 9 | Being ‘ dog people ’ they were interested in the poodles ' performance and commented on what lovely dogs , ‘ Pity you do n't know how to show them to their best advantage . ’ |