Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I cut back on my intake , |
| 2 | I live there and I walk around on it all the time , it 's a way of life for me now . ’ |
| 3 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 4 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |
| 5 | So Tom , the A to Z and I set out on ‘ a voyage of discovery into the vast unknown ’ … |
| 6 | A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it . |
| 7 | Well that 's that 's er and I look down on no one actually . |
| 8 | The peak we did that day was the Ober Gabelhorn , and I look back on it now with no embarrassment . |
| 9 | When I was in Jordan in nineteen sixty five studying Arabic , I helped the Save The Children Fund operation there for a few months and this was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable and interesting short periods of my life and I look back on it with great warmth and affection and as your Royal Highness knows , it happens also that many , many years ago before you were our president , my father occupied your office and I therefore come to this meeting today with some knowledge of the fund 's activities and with great admiration and respect for all the that the fund has achieved . |
| 10 | And I look back on that and you know , nineteen |
| 11 | It 's only when you are on the top floor and you look down on life on the bottom floor that everything down there looks smaller than normal . ’ |
| 12 | Take breakfast at the Hotel Concordia and you look out on unrivalled views of Venice . |
| 13 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 14 | stay Saturday night and Sunday night and we go back on Monday |
| 15 | And we come back on the thirteenth . |
| 16 | Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot . |
| 17 | because they just go in in the day and they come out on the |
| 18 | There are some male here who never develop antlers , they look just like females , and they hang about on the edge of harems , acting like females . |
| 19 | They say goodbye to wives who wear curlers , and they ride off on bikes with their scarves trailing behind like pennants . |