Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably nothing turns on which plan |
| 2 | ‘ Last year I won the Julie Rose 10K in a time which was within 10 seconds of my track best for the season , which is indicative of how badly I ran on the track . |
| 3 | ‘ If you really want a cigarette very badly I think on the whole I should prefer you to have one , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 4 | ‘ Mostly I concentrate on the aerobics and swimming , both of which are available at this club , which also has snooker tables . |
| 5 | Eventually I fell on my knees and called him a fucking bastard , and he just laughed . |
| 6 | When speaking to him I made no reference to the writer to the Hebrews , to the apostle Paul , to Moses or to the apostle Peter , but rather I concentrated on what the Lord Jesus Christ had to say on the subject . |
| 7 | On Wednesdays or Saturdays you got two hours ( other days it was only thirty minutes ) so obviously everyone came on those days . |
| 8 | So everyone working on the door at Ronnie 's had a good laugh at us while Strummer was hustling to get us in . |
| 9 | ‘ Haply I think on thee , and then my state , like to the lark at break of day arising from sun and earth , sings hymns at Heaven 's gate : for thy sweet love remember 'd such wealth brings , that then I scorn to change my state with kings . ’ |
| 10 | No , er , I , apparently I saw on the Teletext last night |
| 11 | Suddenly someone bangs on the drum in the corner , and we all look up . |
| 12 | Perhaps I commented on this once too often ; perhaps I expressed my gratitude too sincerely . |
| 13 | So but there again if I get the enquiries fas I mean , that obviously is the enquiry came through to me so obviously I quoted on it but |
| 14 | So I came on the Monday night to the Guild and it , it was n't long after , only a matter of weeks , before this lady erm she er came back home from Canada seeing to some other woman and er she just sat down and died . |
| 15 | So I agreed on it . |
| 16 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 17 | The foot was too big to get a boot on so I put on two woolly socks and a plastic bag . |
| 18 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 19 | So I put on a coat . |
| 20 | So I put on courses and workshops for various groups involved with health in the district . |
| 21 | one , and one was sitting on my fence , there , so I banged on the window and said get off the fence ! |
| 22 | ‘ I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’ |
| 23 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 24 | So I played on this really , really heavy cut by Michael Bolton — it was really rockin' and it was really cool . |
| 25 | He knew exactly what he wanted and so I relied on him one hundred per cent . |
| 26 | So I go on me own |
| 27 | So I go on the same as er , weeks two to four an analysis written , and , or drawn or made of examples on one of these themes . |
| 28 | There is no deck chair for me so I sit on the lawn at Ma 's feet and draw some barley water up the straw , gently so as not to disturb Pa who is reading . |
| 29 | So I worked on the farm with Mr and Mrs Parks . |
| 30 | And so I worked on it as as a kid now . |