Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she tried to hang on to the cash one man punched her in the face and they both escaped . |
| 2 | She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood . |
| 3 | Once she 'd stepped on to the platform , there was nothing to do but turn , step , step , turn and nowhere to look but straight ahead . |
| 4 | Strange that David should be coming along at that very moment that she 'd emerged on to the main road . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't you dare presume to tell me what I need ! ’ she spat , trembling as she began to clamber on to the quayside . |
| 6 | My er my sister worked in the grenade shop and erm after she ca she 'd been working at , on the manor , do you know the manor at Willenhall and then er she decided to go on with the war work and she was courting the man named , John and his father was the timekeeper , later H & T Hornes , but erm it fizzled out and anyway the romance did but erm |
| 7 | ‘ She kept going on about the fox and coughing . ’ |
| 8 | She meant to get on in the world . |
| 9 | Shelley looked at the date she had scribbled on to the surgery diary . |
| 10 | After buying fresh bread she had gone on to the fish market where boxes full of melting ice displayed what was left of the morning 's catch , much of which she did n't recognise . |
| 11 | She had gone on from the Noble Order of Lady Queen Bees ' meeting to a party given by one of the members , and was by now tired , cross and a little tipsy . |
| 12 | The object in question was Franca 's divan bed , the one she had slept on in the upstairs spare room when she had been looking after Patrick . |
| 13 | This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene . |
| 14 | Henrietta , tall for her age and spectacularly thin , stood by them in the bikini she had put on for the sunshine and the wand , hovering round the crowd , finally pointed at her . |
| 15 | If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she 'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions . |