Example sentences of "[vb past] on [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say that if you stood it up-ended on your roof it would look like a television aerial . |
| 2 | I noticed on your card she called him Daniel David and then behold he 's going to be just Daniel . |
| 3 | And Miss Streep duly arrived on her bicycle which she chained confidently to the theatre railings . |
| 4 | If they guessed on which side it fell , he handed over £100 cash . |
| 5 | As I feasted on my drink I sensed the hum , the confectionery of a feminine presence . |
| 6 | As she began on her soup she tried to think of what possible sin she could have committed to change his attitude towards her . |
| 7 | When he embarked on his enquiry he was clearly favoured by the government , but his report of his findings , Community Care : Agenda for Action , published in early 1988 , created government consternation . |
| 8 | As he worked on his script he kept himself to himself . |
| 9 | they got on my nerves them |
| 10 | That he let her go , and that she was free of him so easily was a great relief , but she was shaken from the unwanted experience , and as he swiftly went on his way she turned round — but only to collide with someone else . |
| 11 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |
| 12 | If I was walking down a street and some scaffolding fell on my head I would n't say ‘ oh dear ’ . ' |
| 13 | He was out on his feet , though , and when Dawn Run appeared on his right he had no answer . |
| 14 | As he put on his coat he smiled . |
| 15 | At the moment when she suddenly needed to say something important to her boy and had no words for it , that gesture came to life and said on her behalf what she herself was unable to say . |
| 16 | While the adults sat on their forms we sat ourselves down on an assortment of broken chairs borrowed from the neighbours . |
| 17 | She sat on my bed her face strained her hands clenched . |