Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She flared up on the instant , turning on him and almost yelling , ‘ You bought a boat , that does n't mean you bought me . |
| 32 | She writhed about on the floor in agony . |
| 33 | When she found out , she walked out on the 15-year marriage , taking daughters Katie , 13 , and Alexis , eight , with her . |
| 34 | Unconsciously , she stepped down on the accelerator and pulled ahead of the saloon again . |
| 35 | She slumps back on the floor , still finding it nearly impossible to speak as every word that emerges takes on new lives and dimensions of its own . |
| 36 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 37 | So she pressed down on the button more firmly . |
| 38 | She started out on the Friday evening with suppressed excitement , timing her arrival long before he was likely to make the now nightly telephone call . |
| 39 | Marie Wilkes had to make that decision when she broke down on the M50 in the Summer of 1988 . |
| 40 | She curled up on the other side of the bed . |
| 41 | She curled up on the floor and leaned against the arm of Morris 's chair . |
| 42 | ‘ Well , ’ she curled up on the deep sill and wrapped the duvet more tightly around herself , leaving him to find a seat of his own as she knew he was going to , ‘ that sounds like life — so what ? ’ |
| 43 | She settled back on the pillow . |
| 44 | She rang up on the morning with breathless excuses about having to practise a particularly beastly new piece for a concert tomorrow . |
| 45 | She rang in on the fifth day to say she was no better and did n't feel she was getting anywhere . |
| 46 | With one fluid movement she reached down on the bed and picked up her T-shirt , putting it on . |
| 47 | Did she go up on the bus ? ’ |
| 48 | She bit down on the glojo capsule , and the pain went away . |
| 49 | Drawing the curtain across the windows she looked out on the gloomy , almost deserted street . |
| 50 | Almost touch them with my hand , thought Jenny Dale as she looked out on the skyscrapers , then turned her attention to flying the small , six-seater , twin-engined Piper Seneca on to the final approach . |
| 51 | From above Burtness Wood she looked down on the lake and watched the two men fishing throughout most of the morning … |
| 52 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 53 | She looked down on the men 's masks and costumes , listening to their chatter , and stayed silent . |
| 54 | She looked back on the transformation in herself with a kind of helpless resignation . |
| 55 | She looked back on the whole expanse of land |
| 56 | She fell down on the mattress and went instantly to death . |
| 57 | ‘ That 's where she fell down on the sidewalk , and cried and cried and cried … ’ |
| 58 | Then suddenly she was so exhausted she fell back on the bed and went to sleep . |
| 59 | Then she fell back on the turf and stared at the sky until she deemed it time to go home . |
| 60 | Then she fell back on the pillows . |