Example sentences of "i [vb past] on [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ May I ask , ’ he said , ‘ how you have done so well , since you and I met on those lonely marshes ? ’ |
| 2 | Gus Dudgeon , who I used on some earlier Deram sessions , said he 'd like to work with David , so here was his chance and I put the two of them together . ’ |
| 3 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |
| 4 | These cards I filed in alphabetical order , and I noted on each one details of new purchases and quantities . |
| 5 | ‘ And although all the travelling was tiresome , I played on some lovely grounds and got to visit many interesting places . |
| 6 | While they often helped me to gain a perspective on , and strength for , what I was doing , the one I played on this particular night enhanced my self-pity . |
| 7 | I said , Well Anne Avril and I knocked on eighty five doors on Thursday evening before we got one contact . |
| 8 | I landed on all fours , stayed on all fours , then scampered off into the blackness . |
| 9 | We passed it to port , and now I focused on that lone , spindly tree as its bearing came around . |
| 10 | She could discourse at great length on the history of Europe , illustrating how little I knew on this vast subject ( having ducked out of history lessons at the age of thirteen ) . |
| 11 | I looked on these two girls with awe , and shuddered to think what it would be like to be in their position . |
| 12 | I have never felt so unhappy in my life as I did on that short airlift to Dibrugarh , leaving Burma almost entirely in the hands of the Japanese , and knowing how many hundreds of people were stranded on the railway line below Myitkyina . |
| 13 | ‘ I had on this little dress , smock it was , with this pretty embroidery all over the bodice , sort of Heidi , and Mum and I did my pigtails . ’ |
| 14 | When I reflected on all this later I knew that I just should not have lost my temper . |
| 15 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I sat on that Select Committee , so I am aware of the circumstances which the Hon. |
| 16 | For it is true , when I stood on that high ledge this morning and viewed the land before me , I distinctly felt that rare , yet unmistakable feeling — the feeling that one is in the presence of greatness . |
| 17 | My mind cast back to the winter of last November when I stood on this same platform awaiting the arrival of a new intake . |