Example sentences of "on [pron] and [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind him , Prentice looked at the ceiling and squirmed with pleasure as Mrs T put an armlock on me and began to walk us both down the corridor . |
| 2 | I think they gave up on me and started looking for Finlayson instead . |
| 3 | The woman , tight-lipped , turned her back on them and began to slap the milk vigorously with a peeled wand spiked at one end where smaller branches had been lopped off . |
| 4 | No one has ever looked on them and lived to tell of it , for they are greedy for the souls of Humans . |
| 5 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 6 | And when Gittel cut my pride and my heart into pieces with her little sharp fingernails , and I let loose the dybbuk on her and got punished for it , I was neither one thing nor the other , once again . ’ |
| 7 | Luke dropped his grip on her and turned to glance at the door , as if he intended to go and put his question to the man himself . |
| 8 | She worked mainly with men , and got on with most of them , but she did not enjoy it when Alec Ardis , the son of the firm 's owner , one day came into her office and , without any encouragement from her and despite his married status , made an assault on her and refused to take ‘ no ’ for an answer . |
| 9 | My mother took pity on him and agreed to keep him for as long as she could . |
| 10 | When he returned home very tired on the Saturday evening she turned on him and began nagging him again about the possibility of a separation and that he should make proper commitment to her . |
| 11 | He saw her curious eyes on him and appeared to change tack . |
| 12 | Maggie fastened her eyes on him and tried to get control of her temper and her very stupidly lingering disappointment . |
| 13 | The impression of division given by Benn 's lengthy and vocal campaign , however , did immense damage to the party and the shambling , duffel-coated figure of Michael Foot walked straight into the delighted arms of the Tory press , which instantly fell on him and started taking him apart . |
| 14 | Erm the old on that you know , took me two years to get the bearings approved and er you know but then having to wait a year and a half cos had a year and a half 's worth of orders on 'em and promised to hold the price for three years is that 's what it took for them to use them up , er has run out , new orders have been put on but I 've got the chance of taking the business . |
| 15 | He lifted her bag out but , instead of handing it to her , he kept a firm grip on it and began to walk towards the house . |
| 16 | His dissertation was nearly finished but for the last six months he had almost stopped work on it and had devoted himself entirely to his passion , a crusade against nuclear power . |
| 17 | She felt them go round her , strong and decided against her dress , beneath her coat , and then he put his mouth on hers and began to kiss her , and for a moment she felt that she was flying , and the next minute she was clawing herself free with the superhuman strength of panic and stumbling for the door . |