Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 2 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Wondering what would happen I tried pulling up on the boom as I went into a turn . |
| 4 | I want to comment briefly on the Government 's proposals and to support wholeheartedly the new clauses and amendments tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 5 | However , I want to concentrate here on the technical work that the Faculty does on behalf , not only of its members , but of the Institute membership as a whole . |
| 6 | I 'd gone out on the boat |
| 7 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 8 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 9 | I happened to look in on the Private Office before going home in order to see whether there was anything I ought to take account of . |
| 10 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 11 | I like to get out on the road when I can or go to the studio . |
| 12 | I decided to go alone on the Sunday morning . |
| 13 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 14 | I try to get out on the hill for either a call-out or a practice at least once a month with my team — the Furness Mountain Rescue Team which deals with an area of the southern Lake District . |
| 15 | Then it was I thought to look about on the ground near me , recalling that strange visit — had it happened ? — in the night . |
| 16 | ‘ I keep falling in on the inside of the turn . ’ |
| 17 | but I think , I think if I did flunk out on the maths side |
| 18 | In my teens I had lived precariously on the lip of first class rugby by virtue of knowing every trick in the canon , evil and otherwise , by being a bad bad loser , but chiefly and perhaps only because I was very nippy off the mark . |
| 19 | ( Now was not the time to say that I had danced only on the boards of my Leeds bedroom … ) |
| 20 | This was a joy for me as I had puzzled often on the jumble of tops visible from the A82 and in the mass of high peaks this area contains . |
| 21 | I did not often take part in the passeggiata because soon after school ended I had to go home on the tram , but sometimes a schoolfriend of mine called Wilma used to invite me to stay the night if there was a lot of homework to be done . |
| 22 | I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't |
| 23 | I 've worked hard on the ‘ proper English ’ accent and with Kenneth 's help , got rid of the Yorkshire ‘ u ’ sound — as in bus — but had a little trouble with the ‘ ay ’ sound — as in fade . |
| 24 | Erm what I 've mentioned then on the handout is some stuff about um er the business of traumagenic dynamics and the possibility that some of the consequences of child sex abuse cold be thought of as as er post-traumatic stress disorder . |
| 25 | Can I explain all those booklets that I 've put out on the table ? |
| 26 | These are n't just people I 've picked up on the street and thought , Ooh let's show some kooky S&M now ! |
| 27 | Oh yeah , erm can I erm use a pen I need to write down on the log , on the log. shit it you wan na know , I give you it . |
| 28 | I have survived only on the fantastic loyalty of players and fans . |
| 29 | ‘ Having studied my chemistry in the steam age ’ , he writes , ‘ presumably I have missed out on the new ‘ water ’ . |
| 30 | I have drawn up on the attached sheet the numbers of staff required in my estimation to deal with Council Tax in the future . |