English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "On" in Example Sentences
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1415525	The Belo Monte dam in Brazil is a controversial project because of its impact on the environment and native people.	Spamster
347794	A man touched down on the moon. A wall came down in Berlin. A world was connected by our own science and imagination.	CM
1684	If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.	Nero
1093803	Tom had seen Mary with John on more than one occasion before and finally figured out that they were seeing each other.	CK
266991	A friend I went with on our first trip abroad had his wallet pickpocketed. I don't think it left a very good impression.	CM
239281	He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator.	CM
918923	Obviously, Tom had a lot on his mind, but I had no choice but to ask him to spend some time helping us with our problems.	CK
325648	Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?	Nero
3269845	Tom and Mary are deeply religious and are horrified that their son wants to get married on a beach, rather than in a church.	patgfisher
1153265	Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.	CK
552220	Singer and actress Selena Gomez started her career at age seven on the children's public television show "Barney and Friends."	American
1836239	That man standing near the door and that woman on the opposite side of the room next to the window have photographic memories.	CK
918603	Earlier, as I was walking down the sidewalk, a car drove by and splashed water on me. Look at this! My skirt and shoes are all muddy.	CK
1969205	He told me that she will not tell him what happened to me on the day he saw me talking about the story about the girl who got killed.	Pengaterch
881938	Blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson would have been 100 years old on May 8th of 2011 if he hadn't died when he was 27 years old.	CK
918407	You can't easily put photos on an iPad from more than one computer. However, you can email photos to yourself from various computers and download these photos to your iPad.	CK
918414	You can't view Flash content on an iPad. However, you can easily email yourself the URLs of these web pages and view that content on your regular computer when you get home.	CK
912384	Five tremors in excess of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale have shaken Japan just this week, but scientists are warning that the largest expected aftershock has yet to hit.	Source_VOA
3020392	After the iron had cooled off, Mary wrapped the electrical cord around the iron, put the iron back on the shelf, folded up the ironing board, and put it away back in the closet.	Delian
940411	As a prank, some students let three goats loose inside their school after painting the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on the sides of the goats. The teachers spent most of the day looking for goat number 3.	CK
954270	Since there are usually multiple websites on any given topic, I usually just click the back button when I arrive on any webpage that has pop-up advertising. I just go to the next page found by Google and hope for something less irritating.	CK