Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 2 | She could sense his eyes on her and felt a sudden bashfulness . |
| 3 | ‘ Tapestries Slashed ’ , ran a dramatic headline in one paper ; in fact , the would-be vandal had scarcely taken her scissors out of her pocket before Mrs Gardner swooped on her and called the police . |
| 4 | I turned my back on him and took a step or two away . |
| 5 | He circled above it , watching , in case there was anything he could do ; until a passing Albatros fell on him and hammered a dozen bullets into his engine . |
| 6 | As Hess approached the plane , Karlheinz trained the movie camera on him and turned the little switch . |
| 7 | I sat on it and smoked a cigarette before falling asleep in the long grass . |
| 8 | Another thing that tickled me about that game was that when vinny had got his second he went over to one of the hoardings that had ‘ Alexei Sayle ’ written on it and kicked the shit out of it for some reason ( same goal I think as above ) |
| 9 | She booked a seat on it and took a taxi to the terminus . |
| 10 | Tom placed a rubber sheet on it and made the bed over it , Willie helping him when he was able . |
| 11 | The old man dropped the line and put his foot on it and lifted the harpoon as high as he could and drove it down with all his strength , and more strength he had just summoned , into the fish 's side just behind the great chest fill that rose high in the air to the altitude of the man 's chest . |
| 12 | He settled himself comfortably on it and lit a cigarette . |
| 13 | In spite of the more sophisticated pleasures of town life the period spent at Number Five made the greater impression on us and provided the picture of Lewis that we shall always retain . |