Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 2 | He knew exactly what he wanted and so I relied on him one hundred per cent . |
| 3 | So I go on me own |
| 4 | So I turned on my electric torch and there was nobody there . |
| 5 | So she concentrated on his last remark . |
| 6 | Perhaps he relied on our personal friendship to override whatever my political views or personal interest had become . |
| 7 | But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind . |
| 8 | Away it went on its long trip to the moon . |
| 9 | So then I freed myself and had my first lesbian relationship and now I live on my own . ’ |
| 10 | But whether we like it or not now we depend on our European partners . |
| 11 | Two years ago I left on my third African consultancy — this one to propose an anti-AIDS programme for Uganda . |
| 12 | remember the last time Linda was here she came on her own and her father |
| 13 | Well if you think that then you go on your own ! |
| 14 | Silently she brooded on her own thoughts , unwilling to admit to herself that he presented a challenge . |
| 15 | But then he embarked on his main thesis , which was that the entire Western intelligence system in Britain , France , Germany and America had been deeply penetrated by the KGB and systematically manipulated with clever disinformation put out by Moscow . |
| 16 | Instead I put on my best British Empire District Commissioner look of authority while Sergeant Nafi begins to search . |
| 17 | well I said that 's up to you , but I said if you want a bed back in our room , you 'll have to fetch it I 'm not and yet she sleeps on her own at your house does n't she ? |
| 18 | Once again they dined on their bland diet of soup , meat and biscuits . |
| 19 | And afterwards she left on her own . ’ |