Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They squeezed into the little , bright cubicle and Keith put a piece of paper down on the shelf . |
| 2 | I quickly exhaust my quota of courage out on the roads when seated on something flighty . |
| 3 | And then dropping out of it when I was twelve or thirteen , getting sidetracked by hormonal changes and the need to , like , butt heads with people out on the grass for a while … |
| 4 | A bit of activity out on the water catches my attention next and I bring the ‘ scope out ; it is a small party of long-tailed duck in their handsome winter plumage , the long tail-streamers of the drakes showing clearly as they display to the females . |
| 5 | Out there is a whole world full of garbage and it gives me ulcers to throw one more shred of scum back on the heap . ’ |
| 6 | In the mood of schoolboys off on an expedition to plant stinkbombs on speechday , the party set off from Westminster Pier , shadowed by two police launches . |
| 7 | I could make out the tracery of blonde down on the edge of her cheek . |
| 8 | When the Headmaster showed him around parts of Hardside he put little pieces of cloth down on the ground and stood on these to protect his shoes . |
| 9 | I saw parties feeding on the seed-heads of thrift in the middle of a gannet colony , on the seeds of rushes out on the windswept moors , and in my own garden where they quickly cleaned up the remaining rowan berries . |
| 10 | Brilliant weather from the end of May through into June , particularly on the west coast , saw hordes of climbers up on the big mountain routes , particularly on Ben Nevis . |
| 11 | The year has been particularly difficult for the Wedgwood Group with sales down on the previous year at IR£197.3 million ( 1991 : IR£219.1 million ) . |
| 12 | A chef would never leave a kitchen with food out on the worktops at the end of the day , and front desk is always tidied at the end of a shift , but how many managers do more than simply turn off the computer and go home at the end of a session with their spreadsheet or word processor ? |
| 13 | I 've scanned the relevant stuff for ffl in on a Mac scanner . |
| 14 | There was the hum of cars up on the main road . |
| 15 | The pound has recently traded at DM2.40 to 2.45 , 12% to 15% down on its former ERM floor and 15% to 18% down on the old DM2.95 central rate . |
| 16 | Beyond , a lane — called Long Lane — branches left and comes to an end after two miles with Clapham Beck down on the left and the limestone scars of Norber up on the right . |
| 17 | The microwave chimed and she hauled a still half-frozen block of chilli out on a big plate ; she started breaking it up with a large wooden spoon . |
| 18 | Otley came tearing back down the stairs white as a sheet and put the mug of cocoa down on the table . |
| 19 | Sergeant Morrison put his mug of tea down on the greasy bar and turned . |
| 20 | These do not seem like promising beginnings : English was merely to be an extra accomplishment for young middle-class women — a ‘ convenient sort of non-subject to palm off on the ladies ’ as Eagleton puts it ; and a substitute for a classical education for the discontented working classes . |
| 21 | Triumphantly , he slapped a wodge of notes down on the polished mahogany counter , as if anxious to be rid of it , and snatching a 12 bore from the gunsmith , he strode out into the square . |
| 22 | I can see a dark figure , a barely visible silhouette against the backdrop of trees over on the grassy knoll beyond the car park . |
| 23 | The porter threw one venomous look at Ranulf , slammed the jack of ale down on the bench , grumblingly unlocked the postern door and led them out on to the white , dusty forest track which snaked between the trees down to Godstowe village . |
| 24 | I thought you would Chairman , take it later I see a lot of hands up on the other side . |
| 25 | Then , unseen at first , a small but subsequently vociferous crowd of lads out on the piss gathers at the corner of the bar . |
| 26 | It is possible to argue that he wrote in the proportion to which each location claimed or received his spans of time and attention — and as he spent more than twice the length of time out on the islands as he did getting there , the greater part of his book addresses the west . |
| 27 | The ‘ billow ’ or cone shape which develops in the sail under air flow couples with sweep back on the leading edges to offer a natural washout . |
| 28 | He had then put the bottle of whisky out on the table , in the hope that after a couple of shots , Pat Milligan 's rage would abate , and they could talk instead about the Red Sox 's chances in next week 's match against the New York Giants . |
| 29 | Write the letters of CHRISTMAS down on a sheet of paper , then try to think of as many things as possible to do with the Christmas season which begin with each of the letters . |
| 30 | He slammed a pile of papers down on the table . |