Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When federalists bleat on about how interdependent the world is , one wonders what world they live in . |
| 2 | I persisted , rather surprised that somebody who really had done something was so reticent , when there are people , like me for instance , who bleat on about the most tawdry experiences . |
| 3 | The play tottered on like this for a quarter of an hour . |
| 4 | Jean-Paul looked down at his own oiled body , then spat on to his palm for added lubrication . |
| 5 | As they passed through the town of Isserre , spots of rain spat on to the windscreen . |
| 6 | They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted . |
| 7 | In a fiery encounter , he claimed that on five occasions his players were grabbed by the testicles and , on more than one occasion , were spat on by their opponents . |
| 8 | As he progressed over the cobbled stretches of roads that give the race its title ‘ Hell of the North ’ , he was cheered on by police and public alike . |
| 9 | Cheered on by a large crowd , they added two more goals . |
| 10 | The cycling is cheered on by town crowds outside the cafes and brasseries , eating chips with mussels or andouillettes , the spiced sausages made of pigs ' chitterlings , all washed down with beer : the Artois lagers or the rich dark malts of Belgium . |
| 11 | He will be on the wing for Oxford this afternoon and will be cheered on by his father Malcolm , the last South African to win an Olympic medal before isolation ( the 400m bronze in Rome in 1960 ) . |
| 12 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 13 | However , players excel and quality rises when one 's team is being cheered on by four or five thousand enthusiastic fans and even the hundred plus that turn up here every week can lift a team , so , please , continue your support in the forthcoming season . |
| 14 | Food , of course , remains a topic of passionate concern — the focus of minor complaints and disagreements which rumble on for long periods — and outbursts of contentment which are extremely short-lived . |
| 15 | But the scent was so fresh , it was obvious the beasts would be unwilling to leave for a while , so Grant decided to ignore them and push on with the next stage of their operation . |
| 16 | While police in Strathclyde push on with their high-profile weapons amnesty , Operation Blade , the Lothian force has adopted a lower key approach in keeping with the scale of the problem . |
| 17 | These trays take four or six PP3s ( depending on the model of detector ) which push on to snap terminals in the bottom of the tray . |
| 18 | He wants to go back to the base camp before we push on towards Finland . |
| 19 | There was also , he said , ‘ already enough vehicular access points on to the common without more being introduced ’ he said . |
| 20 | A number of significant changes have occurred in British society since 1979 , and the one centred on in this book has been the emergence of an underclass . |
| 21 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 22 | Secure the long bullrush leaves around the pond , sticking on with a little fondant . |
| 23 | Sticking on with a little royal icing or glue , wrap the strip carefully around the edge of the roof , scalloped edge upwards . |
| 24 | Wear on leather soled shoes was saved by sticking on over soles made from pieces of old tyre inner tubes . |
| 25 | Innocently replying ‘ yes ’ , he found himself propelled on to the committee and later into the vice-chairmanship . |
| 26 | But she could n't forget , as the lights twinkled on around the entire hillside , that this man owned them all , every last apartment , every cypress , every swimming-pool and tennis court . |
| 27 | The rest of the breakfasters , who had been gazing on with fascination , returned also to their newspapers , with the exception of Fishbane , on whom Gooseneck now turned . |
| 28 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |
| 29 | Without thinking , she drank deeply from her glass , all the time her eyes riveted on to those early leaders as the brandy burnt its way down her throat . |
| 30 | What we concentrate on in Britain , is earth observation . |