Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
| 2 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 3 | I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus . |
| 4 | You may have watched er , certain chat shows on the , on the television , or heard them on the radio , and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and it 's the interviewer who is really being put through it it 's the , it 's the person being interviewed who is in charge of the situation and that was the case here with Jesus . |
| 5 | He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’ |
| 6 | Kozyrev highlighted the spirit of co-operation between the two sides : " We worked as friends and allies standing on one side of the barricade of all the problems that beset us on the other . " |
| 7 | The walk that defeated me on the way up seemed to take about five minutes coming down , and despite the forced cheery countenance of my friends , I knew I had ruined the day . |
| 8 | As he tried to grab me , I feinted , slipped back to make him follow me , knowing he would think I was afraid , and then I let him have a classic straight left that hit him on the point of the jaw . |
| 9 | Philip Tufnell is welcomed back to Test cricket after his appendix operation by a Waqar Younis yorker that hit him on the foot |
| 10 | ‘ I can not say why , precisely , but for hundreds , thousands — an infinite number of reasons — you fascinated me , and that fascination encouraged in me the desire to live , something that abandoned me on the death of my sister . |
| 11 | Bashful Barry believes it was his failure with girls as a schoolboy that set him on the path to fame as a film buff . |
| 12 | As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it . |
| 13 | But also the , the being inferred to , that enlightened them on the Hebrew did n't it ? |
| 14 | It had been alleged that after hiring Mr Mullan 's taxi for a journey from Gourock to Greenock , he produced a hunting knife and stabbed him on the chest . |
| 15 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 16 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
| 17 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 18 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
| 19 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 20 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 21 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 22 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 23 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 24 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 25 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 26 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 27 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 28 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 29 | Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair . |
| 30 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |