Example sentences of "on [pos pn] [adj] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listen to the slosh-slosh-slosh , feel the rocking motion floating through me as if I 'm part of it — close my eyes — I 'm on my rocking chair and I 'm … |
| 2 | One thousand three on my right standing and I 'll sell at one thousand three hundred pounds . |
| 3 | They relied on my good sense and I did n't let them down . |
| 4 | ‘ Bradford sells itself on its friendly image and I still believe that if we can get kids on to the campus , we will improve recruitment , ’ she says . |
| 5 | A wooden scooter he 'd made tipped me over the handlebars on its maiden voyage and he picked it up and smashed it to smithereens against a lamp-post , as if it were a cobra that had just delivered a fatal bite . |
| 6 | Slide through an alleyway that seems to have history inscribed on its cobbled stones and we 've reached the first stop . |
| 7 | He slapped the water buffalo on its massive rump and we headed down towards the beach . |
| 8 | Civilisation was encroaching on her dreamy state and she resented it . |
| 9 | A path into the woods appeared on her right-hand side and she stepped on to it gladly . |
| 10 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 11 | Theodora complimented him on his orderly yard and he enquired where she had learnt to ride . |
| 12 | Simon was in the back on his tartan rug and he kept licking my suitcase . |
| 13 | Someone jumped on his right leg and he was kicked four or five times on the head before the three men ran away . |
| 14 | Sally arranged herself on his other side and they walked him away , throwing questions at him . |
| 15 | My tears fell on his tiny cheeks and I thought , ‘ He looks just like Park ’ . |
| 16 | And then he gets up on his high horse and he says , ‘ Rico has no daughters , Rico only has sons . |
| 17 | On an early visit there , my father stopped to call on his old friend and he left my younger brother Roy and me in the trap . |
| 18 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 19 | ‘ That incident was where we had a free-kick on our half-way line and he was just marking me tight , and there was a bit of bantering going on between us . |
| 20 | We 've used it all up country dancing in the gloaming , kissing by moonlight , eating shellfish while the sun shatters on our upturned fork and we make the bon point . |
| 21 | Unless he knocked on your front door and you did n't hear . |
| 22 | ‘ Then all your family worries descended on your lovely shoulders and I decided not to add to that burden . |
| 23 | It tells you which files belonging to which programs are on your hard disk and it can also compress files . |