Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way . |
| 2 | But I had my heart set on training a bird . |
| 3 | They were having an intense and appropriately heated discussion on the problems of cold-spots ( as evinced by the fact that their first attempts came out looking like braille roundels ) , and on the unfortunate instability of three poppadoms balanced together — caused not so much by the jerk they received when the turntable started up as by their movements while they cooked and swelled — but eventually my flatmates settled on the concept of standing the things up individually on the glass turntable , and so instigated what they termed a ‘ brainstorming session ’ in an attempt to find a suitable support mechanism . |
| 4 | As I try to sleep , my mattress raised on corrugated iron sheeting to discourage the rats from running over me , I hear a familiar sound : click-click , click-click , click-click . |
| 5 | I left my cases parked on the quay , and made my way into the post office . |
| 6 | Gustave did n't understand this , could n't see that my talent depended on the swift moment , the sudden feeling , the unexpected meeting : on life , that 's what I 'm saying . |
| 7 | In the shadow of the bus , a vulture wheeling overhead , I kept my eyes fixed on the bush behind us . |
| 8 | I keep my eyes fixed on my script . |
| 9 | I revolve about you , dazed and unhappy , with my eyes fixed on you helplessly . |
| 10 | I sat , dozed , slurped from the wineskin , said a few prayers and kept my eyes fastened on the Lady Chapel . |
| 11 | Without moving and keeping my eyes focused on the page , I thought ‘ dinner , Sorrel ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 13 | Drinking — and not training weekends — meant my weight stuck on 12 stones ; trying to race on 20 miles a week , plus the drinking , was not on . ’ |
| 14 | Shifting my weight left on the layoff to get a better grip I pulled again . |
| 15 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 16 | The accelerator cable broke in the middle of nowhere so we had to tie some string to it and while I drove , my girlfriend pulled on the string . |
| 17 | I was always getting my feet caught on my hems . |
| 18 | All my attention focused on the commissioning fee , which I regarded as derisory . |
| 19 | It was , but he had the sheet in front of him , which had my targets set on it . |
| 20 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 21 | ‘ I read your review of my article based on your review of my novel derived from Dickens … ’ ' |
| 22 | He went down on a loose ball and my boot landed on him . |
| 23 | Because my head landed on his teeth it hurt me more than if I 'd smacked down on the bridge of his nose . |
| 24 | My head banged on a rock and everything went black . |
| 25 | We had reorganisations there , you know , every time they had a reorganisation a patch got bigger , and the workload got heavier , er , and in the last ten months of my period there , I did sort of thirty five thousand miles and a job as well , so I thought , blimey I 'm into mortality tables , if somebody else 's car had got my name written on it , so I decided to take a change . |
| 26 | He would say little more for my questions infringed on what he considered Laura 's private domain . |
| 27 | Well last Wednesday my supervisor put on my clock card A A. |
| 28 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't stand him dinner if my life depended on it . ’ |
| 30 | My life depended on my coolness , and I fought to control my murderous passions . |