Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main . |
| 2 | It had once been the master bedroom and looked out on the woods to the east . |
| 3 | When he had gone , Jessamy wandered into the small bedroom and sat down on the bed , because her legs felt as if they just would n't hold her up any longer . |
| 4 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 5 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 6 | Magee leapt into the driver 's seat and pressed down on the accelerator , heading away from the scene of carnage , his own brow furrowed . |
| 7 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
| 8 | The dark-haired vibrancer moved back to the couch and sat down on the floor again . |
| 9 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |
| 10 | I remember one day on the 8th there was a little dinghy turned over on the lake and he hooked his tee-shot , hit the boat and came out on the fairway — the shape of things to come ! |
| 11 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 12 | As they rounded the hump and came out on the broad , gentler seaward slope they saw a uniformed policeman standing on the cliff edge , and when they joined him he pointed to the rocky shore below . |
| 13 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 14 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 15 | He regularly donned a wig and women 's clothing and went out on the town as Diane . |
| 16 | Moving very , very slowly , she wrapped her arms around her waist and sat down on the bench . |
| 17 | He glanced at Tock then climbed slowly up the steps to the basket and sat down on the little seat provided . |
| 18 | The incident of the Karin B , a ship carrying toxic wastes from Europe , illegally imported to Nigeria , which could not find a home and landed up on the south coast of England in the summer of 1987 , demonstrated that millions of tonnes of highly toxic waste are being shipped around the globe . |
| 19 | Their advice should probably have been to go down the High Street to a large newsagents and buy one or more magazines devoted to the PC and read up on the subject . |
| 20 | She stubbed out her cigarette with an air of decision and sat down on the bed , leaning back against the plumped pillows . |
| 21 | Athelstan silently prayed for patience and sat down on the stool opposite Sir John . |
| 22 | Gilly dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back . |
| 23 | However , Nicol failed to capitalise on his lead and went out on the second match ball . |
| 24 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 25 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 26 | She escaped to her own room and sat down on the bed , huddling in her damp raincoat and picking at the stitches of the band on her arm . |
| 27 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 28 | . Daryl was utterly taken about , what in the wide world did Sally mean , she watched the girl go out of the room and sat down on the form completely bewildered . |
| 29 | He hopped out of the water and sat down on the bank next to Anabelle . |
| 30 | In return , the Royal Navy gloried in the title of the Senior Service and looked down on the Army and the Royal Air Force . |