Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 She turns quickly on the balls of her feet to meet the advance . |
| 2 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 3 | And very much more recently , Lord Shuttleworth who is the chairman of the rural development commission , and this he said actually on the sixteenth of November this year , said , There is a severe lack of affordable housing in the countryside which obviously does n't improve the situation . |
| 4 | One of the first questions you get asked of anybody when they first come on a training course here , er , certainly a sort of foundation course , is that somebody writes up on the board there T N T , and says what does that stand for ? |
| 5 | The rising cost of living affects horses as well as humans , and if you dare to sit down and work out how much you spend even on the basics you will probably be horrified . |
| 6 | PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander . |
| 7 | Then suddenly she was so exhausted she fell back on the bed and went to sleep . |
| 8 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 9 | You go to church so fine and holy and when your neighbour fall down sick you pass by on the other side ! |
| 10 | If you wish to join in London , please make sure you indicate so on the booking form on page 16 . |
| 11 | Spurs , Chaps and a Stetson are all she needs out on the range . |
| 12 | So today at RAF Lyneham they made sure everything went right on the ground before they got in the air . |
| 13 | In the thick of a stubborn recession , his Government portfolio is a tricky one to carry around on the General Election campaign . |
| 14 | Now offer the niche to the hole , making sure it sits correctly on the base section |
| 15 | Before Taczek could say anything more someone tapped rapidly on the door . |
| 16 | Swings were highest amongst those who relied more on television than the press for help in deciding how to vote , rather lower amongst those who relied more on the press , and lowest of all amongst the 40 per cent of the electorate who found television and the press equally useful . |
| 17 | Those who go regularly on the hill become aware of the system which has evolved ( as the best of a bad situation ) and accept its necessity . |
| 18 | Between them , the Quakers and the Christian Council looked after about twenty per cent of those who came over on the Kindertransporte . |
| 19 | Today the new Little People , those who dance nightly on the television screen , have ousted the old . |
| 20 | However , a new problem arises — that of selection due to differential recruitment of those receiving or not receiving X. For example if , after a TV programme on violence in society , we sample to compare the opinions of those who watched it with those who did not on the question of bringing back corporal punishment , can we assume that the subpopulations of watchers and non-watchers are otherwise similar ? |
| 21 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 22 | If you 're unlucky , you will be the only one to end up on the ground . |
| 23 | Every time some new one comes out on the market he always calls up the maker and tells them about the small pools win he 's just had . ’ |
| 24 | At four he lost only on the first and last outings ( beaten narrowly on both occasions ) of a sixteen-race campaign . |
| 25 | Then at last she knocked loudly on the floor . |
| 26 | But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo ! |
| 27 | When at last he hauled back on the stick the ground was close and rushing up . |