Example sentences of "on [pers pn] and [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ganged up on me and nicked my harmonica . |
| 2 | We all four ducked , there was a vivid white flash , the road on which I was crouching split in several directions , deep black crevices , then stuff came down on me and numbed my back and head . |
| 3 | I only take on fit guys that do n't heart-attack on me and get their family and friends down here sueing . |
| 4 | The residents , a kind couple , took compassion on me and provided my needs , refusing payment . |
| 5 | Slaves , obey your earthly masters in everything ; and do it , not only when their eye is on you and to win their favour , but with sincerity of heart , and reverence for the Lord . |
| 6 | And do it not only when their eye is on you and to win their favour , but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord ’ ( Col. 3:22 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ She had been brought out to Romiley in a car by two men who had poured petrol on her and set her alight . ’ |
| 8 | And when the woman in the top bunk threw up again and the sour vomit splashed down on her and soaked her skirt , it was the last straw . |
| 9 | I met her once on one of my off-duty bookshop prowls , took pity on her and gave her lunch . |
| 10 | Before she could reply , before she could sort out the details , even , he launched himself on her and stopped her mouth with his . |
| 11 | Bosley and Hughes knelt on him and manacled his hands behind his back . |
| 12 | Clearly his first task was to call on him and announce his arrival . |
| 13 | They act on him and impair his ability to distinguish between thought and perception , between concepts and objects . |
| 14 | On the way home from school that afternoon she began to mull over the various possibilities , and when at last the germ of a brilliant idea hit her , she began to expand on it and lay her plans with the same kind of care the Duke of Wellington had done before the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 15 | Still , it was there , and occasionally you walked on it and banged your foot . |
| 16 | I rang Sorrel 's flat from Sergeant Purvis 's desk , and as he was out to lunch I sat on it and rearranged his pencils in a petty and thoroughly satisfying bit of vandalism . |
| 17 | A year later , a different student spread an American flag on the School 's floor and invited visitors to step on it and record their comments in a book . |
| 18 | He pressed his mouth down on hers and kissed her long and hard and without any kind of finesse until Robyn felt she 'd throw up if she had to endure the taste of him any longer . |