Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a brief , appalled glance at Lydia , Mrs Molesworth ( Lil ) sat down on a corner of the sofa and asked the doctor a question about the imminent agricultural show designed to exclude Lydia from the conversation , to reveal her close knowledge of this event and therefore to illustrate her important position in the local community . |
| 2 | Mr Gillis seemed to delight in slamming it down on the top of the tousled head below . |
| 3 | I wrote it down on the top of the table with my pencil . |
| 4 | He wandered towards the piano and very gently turned the picture of Captain Dawson face down on the top of the instrument . |
| 5 | You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders . |
| 6 | He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table , causing some of the bottles to topple over . |
| 7 | On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream . |
| 8 | In course of time McKenzie did just that and the four divers slipped over the side , touching down on the deck of the Delos just over an hour after leaving the Ariadne . |
| 9 | It eventually settles down on the bottom of the sea and grows into a tiny flower-like organism called a polyp . |
| 10 | I had got myself down on the floor of the Superdome Convention Hall to make a video . |
| 11 | Gould remembers following the driver and lying down on the floor of the car face down , waiting for the ambush to pass . |
| 12 | 1After the first few days , when I come into the room , Birdie is down on the floor of the cage , running back and forth , looking out over the barrier that holds in the gravel . |
| 13 | Some of it , notably the spa buildings and the generous park that goes with them , is down on the floor of the valley , the rest of it up on a terrace to the west , so that from the little square in the middle of the upper town you get quite large views of the mountains . |
| 14 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 15 | An instant later , the butt of Larsen 's gun slammed down on the back of the man 's head , and he crumpled to the floor in a senseless heap . |
| 16 | Big Momma settled herself down on the ceiling of the bathroom in number 31 , St George 's Road , Solihull , Birmingham , England . |
| 17 | The entire village closed down on the day of the funeral , and the trickle of early-season trippers found themselves looking around bemused at the drawn curtains in the houses and the handwritten notes in the shop windows before shrugging to themselves and passing on through . |
| 18 | Sitting down on the edge of the bed , he began to draw circles in the air with the toes of his left foot . |
| 19 | Marie felt her legs give way beneath her , she sat down on the edge of the pavement , feet in the gutter , doubled-up , sick and winded as if someone had punched her in the stomach . |
| 20 | She sat down on the edge of the worktop . |
| 21 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 22 | He came in carrying a bunch of black grapes , and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 23 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 24 | And he actually sat down on the edge of the bath and pulled off his right shoe and thrust it under my nose . |
| 25 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and drank the mineral water , very slowly . |
| 26 | Then still holding it , she went to the toilet and , just as she was , she sat down on the edge of the seat and , bending forward , she went through the motion of wringing out the cloth once again . |
| 27 | Joe sat down on the edge of the bed , taking note of the wallet . |
| 28 | After replacing the receiver she sat down on the edge of the coffee table and smiled to herself . |
| 29 | She sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled off her flat shoes . |
| 30 | " But you lived in a brothel , " Jane said , disbelief in her voice , sitting down on the edge of the bed and rubbing vigorously at her hair . |