Example sentences of "a [noun] and [verb] on [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lit up a Woodbine and puffed on it serenely . |
| 2 | Then it 's all too easy for a baby to chew off a chunk and choke on it . |
| 3 | Dexter explained in his nasal twang that an unknown woman had passed Nowak 's bed the previous evening during visiting hours , tripped over a chair and fallen on him . |
| 4 | The Diggorys each pulled out a chair and perched on it , obviously uncomfortable . |
| 5 | He falls in a heap , and as they pass every dog on the right of the line raises a leg and pees on him . |
| 6 | Wendell lit a cigar and puffed on it thoughtfully for a few minutes before saying , ‘ Those guardians of yours , Harry — the ones who filched your father 's legacy from you . |
| 7 | The seneschal stooped slightly as the under-cook borrowed a stool and stood on it to whisper something into his master 's ear . |
| 8 | The boy was holding a magnifying glass over a postcard and writing on it in the tiniest hand . |
| 9 | So you 've got to build up gradually doing each little bit at a time and working on it . |