Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he pulls himself up or corrects his placing or step he beams on the audience as , for example , when he finishes with his back after a pirouette and hastily turns to face them . |
| 2 | Is it when a person needs help to lift a glass to his or her lips , or does it depend on the degree of dehydration ? |
| 3 | Or does it start on the approach side of the roundabout ? |
| 4 | The mechanism is operated by a metal or plastic ball or float which floats on the surface of the water : as the water level rises , the valve is closed , shutting off the supply . |
| 5 | ‘ Or have I stumbled on the trials of the Regiment 's new secret weapon ? |
| 6 | Nor did we reflect on the way in which work can be used by some people as a substitute for living an authentic life . |
| 7 | We 'll make your blood run cold and make you laugh on the Sinister side of your face at Women 's Wit and Wickedness . |
| 8 | I saw her twice between that Friday in Bamford and seeing her silhouetted on the blind on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 9 | Well i that was to sort of try and make you focus on the gifts of the Holy Spirit that we 're going to receive , that we receive through or that you have strengthened through Confirmation , rather than receiving because they 're already there . |
| 10 | He let me go up and made me sit on the divan and he put on some music and turned out the lights and the moon came through the window . |
| 11 | I walked inside , came upstairs … and found her lying on the bed . |
| 12 | The workhouse master was called to Connolly 's cell and found him lying on the floor . |
| 13 | The eggs , even before they hatch , require great care , reducing the time a parent bird can spend finding food for itself and keeping it sitting on the ground or in the branches of a tree where it is exposed to much more danger than it would be in the air . |
| 14 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 15 | On the third evening of the first week he sent one of his assistants into the dining hall and told him to get on the mike and chat to the campers/diners . |
| 16 | She jumped back onto the bed and noticed something lying on the pillow . |
| 17 | Collect the spray can then walk to Candy Most Dandy and spray the bin , grab the spray paint and let it rip on the plant pot . |
| 18 | Put yourself in the hands of our experts , who will transform your hair and make-up and let you try on the latest fashions . |
| 19 | They bought hot rolls and coffee in the little café , and ate them sitting on the sand dunes overlooking the sea , and then they wandered along the tideline searching for treasures . |
| 20 | She was able to roam further afield now , for Kit Everard felt he could gamble on her honour ( he hoped she was becoming attached to him too ) , and allowed her to walk on the beach by herself , and swim out to sea , even though he realised it meant she could slip out of the compound , for the sections of the stockade that he had left till last would enclose the shore . |
| 21 | Robinson believes Mallender is at his best when he cuts down his pace , and cites what happened on the slow Bath pitch . |
| 22 | And tell him to keep on the move . ’ |
| 23 | Billeting allocation was frequently chaotic : host families could be hostile ; children might be selected according to their good looks and manners ; in rural areas , farmers often gleefully snapped up the strongest boys and set them to work on the land . |
| 24 | After that , watched by her amused employer she emptied the pot of cold tea , scrupulously dried it , and set it to warm on the hotplates beside the fire , then placed a tea-caddy , ornamented with the features of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra , a souvenir of their coronation , on the table , ready to spoon the required amount into the pot . |
| 25 | Choose phones which have generously sized earmuffs as they will keep out the direct sound and allow you to concentrate on the audio signal itself . |
| 26 | Dot sat herself cross-legged on the bed and watched him perched on the chair by the window , blinking and twitching and fidgeting but never looking her way , then seeming to fall asleep and looking quite young , younger than Mr Brown anyhow , and certainly not at all like Sally 's dad who 'd been to Burma and eaten rats . |
| 27 | Then I come along and finds him sleepin' on the floor here like a big bebe an' I cover him up . ’ |
| 28 | of course , if the vacancy requirements fluctuate as well , as is the case with contractors , a kind of see-saw effect sets in with the recruitment team oscillating between periods of intense activity and chaos on the one hand , and having nothing to do on the other hand . |
| 29 | I says on a night-time , I said , you know , she ca n't leave her home now , I said , she ca n't manage to put coal on fire , and she ca n't manage to get up up to eat and drink and that , I said , I do n't mind dropping off and taking me turn on the night-time but I mean , but it 's hard , it 's hard with me with kids every night . |
| 30 | What good is an educational system which fools youngsters into thinking they are much cleverer than they really are and lets them loose on the working world ( not that there 's much work there ) with worthless qualifications ? |