Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 2 | Now I might sit down on the beach and have a good blub . ’ |
| 3 | Really , well I , I think I might pop down on the roses next year . |
| 4 | I know what we 'll do ; I 'll go up on the dunes and you hit the bell with your bit of wood and we 'll see if I can hear it . |
| 5 | We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll go out on the square and into the city 's ear . |
| 7 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 8 | And I 'll focus in on the eighteen thirty and forty eight revolutions . |
| 9 | I say , I 'll pop in on the old . |
| 10 | So I said to the organist , whose name was Bobby Page , ‘ I 'll come up on the organ . ’ |
| 11 | I 'll lie down on the couch again as soon as I 've seen Mrs Porter . ’ |
| 12 | It 's J 's birthday on April 2nd & they are having a party ( at last ! ) so I 'll catch up on the news then — they are v. seldom at Gayfield St these days , so I never see them . |
| 13 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you . |
| 15 | I 'd come out on the simple camera-fetching errand without the complete zipped pouch of gadgets but I did have with me the belt holding my knife and the multi-purpose survival tool , and on the back of that tool there was a mirror . |
| 16 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 17 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 18 | I would sit down on the fishing stool , ready to eat , but then I would be up and down , in and out of the lockers , getting the fork I had forgotten , or the knife to peel the carrot , or even the carrot itself . |
| 19 | When I did spot the kestrel , I would sit down on the ground or the nearest bench and gaze in amazement . |
| 20 | But the ‘ equivalents are simply not as good , so I would splash out on the Rocon Digistat . |
| 21 | " I 'm afraid I 'm in something of a hurry but I was just passing and thought I would call in on the off-chance . |
| 22 | I shall home in on the social action programme and the declaration on racism and xenophobia , which was separate from the main treaty , but was signed at Maastricht . |
| 23 | I shall ride up on the Norton , ’ he told her , and there was a difficult pause in which she waited for him to suggest she should come up to Liverpool in the New Year . |
| 24 | ‘ I can go in on the morning bus with Flora , ’ Anna said , ‘ and home on the early-afternoon one to Quindale . |
| 25 | Well yeah , I 've had a come for one day , pay for a day and hope I can sneak in on the two day . |