Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first US troops , heavily armed and with faces blackened , waded ashore and dug in on Mogadishu beaches early on Dec. 9 , to be met by media lights and scores of news reporters . |
| 2 | The canoes had to be carried across and put in on the other side of the dam , then we were given , mini lesson on the art of canoeing in swift water . |
| 3 | The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her . |
| 4 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ she says firmly and turns over on her side . |
| 5 | In the afternoons he sometimes helped with games , or stood in for Bill Muggeridge in the gym , if Bill wanted to go home and check up on his wife ( which he quite often did ) . |
| 6 | If they are unbalanced , that is you attack effectively but lose out on your defence , your opponent also will accrue points . |
| 7 | Take a 79 , 24 or a 51A , B or C , bus going southwards and get off on the South Circular Road , Kilmainham . |
| 8 | In such cases the extended family begins to look quite complex , but it is still essentially based upon the original pair , and when young do become fully adult they are driven away or wander off on their own to form separate pairs . |
| 9 | Zambia grunted uncomfortably and sat down on one of the couches . |
| 10 | Fall down and go right on the dodgems , go up and right through the wall , go down and collect the scroll , go up and push the crate right off the platform , fall down and push the crate left off the platform , fall down and push the crate right off the platform , push it left off the next platform , then right and left twice , jump on the big wheel on your right , jump off and at the bottom of the screen go right , collect the arrow , go left and up , go right and climb up on the platforms , go left and collect the star , fly right , up and right , push the crate right off the platform , push it left onto the button , go left , down and collect the star . |
| 11 | Not for the first time , Josh wondered how much use an aging and lame night watchman would be in an emergency , but he put this thought aside and set off on a tour of inspection . |
| 12 | After that , there seemed to be nothing to do , so she went upstairs and lay down on the bed . |
| 13 | ‘ I think the sense of camaraderie among rock musicians comes from the traditional thing of playing together and sitting in on sessions , ’ elaborates Liam . |
| 14 | He smiled contentedly and lay back on the couch . |
| 15 | This England did superbly and came out on top . |
| 16 | PAUL Gascoigne opted for Rome and a seat in the Lazio directors box yesterday and missed out on the White Hart Lane drama . |
| 17 | These go on every day in a Home — they wo n't be planned beforehand or written up on a board , they are the little things of everyday life : |
| 18 | As we pulled through a grove of bedraggled trees , the horse shied violently and stood up on its hind legs , neighing , between the shafts , so that we were tipped backwards . |
| 19 | In practice , moreover , treatments for such patients tend to be chosen empirically and worked through on a trial and error basis , whatever might be thought to be the underlying pathophysiology . |
| 20 | The blades caught , sparked wildly and crashed down on a head just showing through the welter of foam round their legs , knocking it under again . |