Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er we , we did n't do an awful lot on commercial later on , we gave up that er thing we , we mostly concentrated on the private cars . |
| 2 | A sort of cat and mouse game followed , especially going up the long hill , but we eventually settled on a dead heat . |
| 3 | That we only lay on the ground and kissed . |
| 4 | We only realised on Monday Sunderland were likely to bring 6,000 fans with them . |
| 5 | ‘ We only stayed on the beach for a couple of hours or so , and there was a breeze . ’ |
| 6 | By the time we reached the Ava Bridge it had stopped raining and having got across , we just lay on the ground and got a few hours ' sleep . |
| 7 | And we just lay on the floor laughing because it was just getting from bad to worse . |
| 8 | We just touched on this on Tuesday night . |
| 9 | That we just connected on a kind of mental plane . |
| 10 | We just started on different things you know . |
| 11 | Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed . |
| 12 | We finally emerged on smiling white beaches , fringed with palms and the largest fleet of prahus we had ever seen . |
| 13 | ‘ We are now concentrating on handling the business we already had on our books — it 's basically a tidying up operation . |
| 14 | as if we jus cum on it |
| 15 | ‘ I was coming home with three lovely black horses which we always used on the road ; and I used to glory in trimming them up , because they wore the worsted — red , white and blue — and they used to look lovely . |
| 16 | We always depended on free transfers and Nigel has made some super captures . |
| 17 | I remember Christmas Eve 1930 , when we went as we always did on that day to the High Street to look at the lighted shops , seeing a little girl in a tattered dress and with bare feet , her nose pressed at the toy-shop window . |
| 18 | so that , when they have to go , they go very very fast and we were advised if we ever went on a bus to sit on the roof |
| 19 | In the north-east , we also saw on our televisions a gentleman — if one can call him that — being interviewed after the death of his son in a 90-mph crash involving a stolen car on the outskirts of Newcastle . |
| 20 | This year , we also insisted on a substantial strengthening of the nature of the health warnings put on packets and on any tobacco advertising . |
| 21 | Very often I dined on a banana split , which was enormous : it consisted of a whole banana , three scoops of ice cream , syrup and whipped cream and only cost 25 cents ; we also lived on delicatessen sandwiches and salads and were so excited with the automats where we put our money in and out popped coffee . |
| 22 | We also drew on survey evidence to show that temporary work provided an important source of new jobs for unemployed people , of whom perhaps a quarter took such work . |
| 23 | We also called on our Secretary of State to use this opportunity to introduce a comprehensive ‘ green ’ farming scheme for the whole of Wales open to every farmer . |
| 24 | Gilbert with his horn-rimmed glasses and walrus moustache was popular in Canada , but I did not get to know him well until we later met on at least half a dozen occasions for lunch in London . |
| 25 | We now had on the board : |
| 26 | The Lord Chamberlain was a very important man , close to the Queen , and we often put on plays for the Queen 's court , and in the houses of the great lords of England . |
| 27 | Well , we really got on well together , and when the bell rang for the first round we went on to the first tee and an official is there to check out which clubs and what type of ball Butch is using . |
| 28 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ In the second half it became increasingly difficult for them and we simply capitalised on our chances . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ In the second half it became increasingly difficult for them and we simply capitalised on our chances . ’ |