Example sentences of "on to [art] pavement " in BNC.
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| 1 | For around £20 each we enjoyed the simple pleasures of being able to dance the Gay Gordons round a bonfire at midnight , vomit into a loch instead of on to a pavement , and stumble up hills for the remainder of the week walking off hangovers . |
| 2 | Cars tend to roll gravel on to the pavement . |
| 3 | Samantha Cullam scuttled out on to the pavement . |
| 4 | The car reels and swerves up on to the pavement , crashing into a shopfront and shattering itself and the window panes . |
| 5 | There was still a handful of people down there , identifiable only for brief seconds as they flitted through the pools of light thrown out on to the pavement from cafés and shops . |
| 6 | When her red boots stepped on to the pavement the shock which smacked into her was conveniently attributed to the cold . |
| 7 | As I drove further down the road there were computers thrown out on to the pavement and whole window frames completely blown out into the street . |
| 8 | Shards of glass were still falling 12 hours after the blast and computers had been blown on to the pavement . |
| 9 | A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea which blasted them the moment they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 10 | There was never a shortage of helpers to lift the bike up on to the pavement — over the school step and into the passage . |
| 11 | I was dragged down the hard , concrete steps on to the pavement . |
| 12 | I ran into the road , did a Highland fling and ran back on to the pavement . |
| 13 | The criminal replies , ‘ Have a look , mate ! ’ as he throws the heavy bag straight at the bobby , knocking him backwards on to the pavement . |
| 14 | The bag opens and the ‘ swag ’ from the previous night 's job spills on to the pavement : gold candlesticks , war trophies and silverware . |
| 15 | One bullet in the wrong place can cripple you for life or send your blood gushing on to the pavement . |
| 16 | He fell on to the pavement , out like a light . |
| 17 | When he got her on to the pavement , she sagged against the school wall and would not move . |
| 18 | Steve sprawled on to the pavement as Grimwood hurried down the hall . |
| 19 | She spat on to the pavement casually . |
| 20 | Chant fumbled for the handle , opened the door , and all but fell out on to the pavement . |
| 21 | At last the father fell down on to the pavement completely exhausted and convinced he was going to meet his maker there and then . |
| 22 | ‘ Rosa , ’ he said as we got out on to the pavement . |
| 23 | They were off the cinder track now , walking down a hilly street where small , dark houses opened straight on to the pavement . |
| 24 | Were brought back one early morning by a drunken cabman — his red plush waistcoat unbuttoned , white shiny hat toppling on to the pavement , when at last he delivered them . |
| 25 | Poor old long-suffering Dunbar , Aubrey thought , as Pogo climbed out on to the pavement and paid the driver . |
| 26 | Like this they bound slowly down the boulevard , with him laughing and kicking people 's hats awry as they come arcing back on to the pavement at the end of each step . |
| 27 | He kept rolling , still hanging on to his weapons , and fell over the front of the Jeep and on to the pavement outside . |
| 28 | With his other arm he wrenched the wheel to the right , forced the Audi on to the pavement and against the wall . |
| 29 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 30 | ‘ You cow , ’ cried Sam , without malice : only a few months ago she would have pressed the plum into her friend 's hair , but now she threw it on to the pavement where it lay easily among the cabbage stalks and traces of vomit . |