Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then clutching his suitcase , he tottered down on to the platform . |
| 2 | He swooped down on to the grass and took stance by it . |
| 3 | This right should accordingly be amended as follows : The right to free passage and running ( subject to temporary interruption for repair alteration or replacement ) of water sewage gas electricity telephone and all other services or supplies to and from the Premises in and through the Pipes that now ( or at any time during the Term ) serve the Premises presently ( or at any time during the Term ) laid in on under or over other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property ( in common with the Landlord and other persons having a like right ) together with the right to enter the other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to make connections to the Pipes and to inspect and repair such connections |
| 4 | At the moment he 'd still have time to drive down on to the autobahn — providing the freezing fog came no closer . |
| 5 | Passengers poked their heads out of the doors like rabbits testing the wind and , deciding it was safe , hopped down on to the station platform where a sign read : " Cook , Queen of the Nullarbor . |
| 6 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 7 | They pushed their way through the morning crowd : monks , friars , hucksters and pedlars , ignoring the shouts and screams of the city as they turned into Fish Hill Street which led down on to London Bridge . |
| 8 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 9 | Hectographic carbon paper is placed with its coated surface upwards and the glossy surface of the special paper is placed down on to it . |
| 10 | The only way I can get across is to jump down on to the track again . |
| 11 | Now he saw his chance and desperation forced him to take the risk of climbing down on to the line in the darkness . |
| 12 | Robyn sank down on to a chair . |
| 13 | He sank down on to one . |
| 14 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 15 | Carefully , she inserted the thick blunt object into the entrance of her slippery tube : and sank down on to it . |
| 16 | She held the tip of it just inside her pouting snatch , and only sank down on to it when she saw the door opening . |
| 17 | They sank down on to the leopardette sofa and he slipped off the crisp lacy briefs . |
| 18 | Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room . |
| 19 | She sank down on to the sofa , breathing deeply to steady herself . |
| 20 | He sank down on to a convenient chair and shook his head dolefully . |
| 21 | Once he had gone , Shiona sank down on to the bed and kicked off her shoes , glad to be alone for a few minutes . |
| 22 | She sank down on to the bed and glanced at the writing pad that she 'd tossed there after a brief effort to write to Arnie . |
| 23 | I was feeling so tired that I just sank down on to a bench , and — ’ |
| 24 | He sank down on to the edge of her bed , and she scurried over towards the wall , taking every inch of her covers with her . |
| 25 | Caroline sank down on to the edge of the bed and shut her eyes tightly , trying to block out the humiliating scene , but it was impossible . |
| 26 | just after the third stile , path goes over footbridge and drops down on to shore , where turn left . |
| 27 | Alexandra was standing on a chair and most of her hair had come down on to her shoulders . |
| 28 | He also liked to make people do press-ups , but with their rifles stretched across the tops of their hands ; he would then stand on the rifles so that his entire weight was pressing down on to their fists . |
| 29 | They home in on to anything damp , even the moisture in something 's body . |
| 30 | ‘ Has that any special significance ? ’ she asked bravely as she crumpled down on to the blanket and gazed up at him . |