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Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When the car bumped out on to the tarmac he swung the wheel hard across and turned the car around to face towards his chosen village .
2	I rubbed the creature 's tiny wrist against the broken glass so that blood poured down on to the bed .
3	Benin turned back to Vasili then gripped the cassette in both hands and snapped it in half , allowing the tape to spill out on to the road .
4	We saw with horror the blood running out on to the ground from his head .
5	We saw with horror the blood running out on to the ground from his head .
6	When the child shrank back against the edge of the bed and made no attempt to climb up on to the mattress , Aggie put a hand to her head before muttering , ‘ I 'm sorry .
7	Besides , Adam had said it was a long detour to get back on to the main road , if this lane was cut off .
8	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 .
9	Guido had switched on the engine , and now , with a soft purr , the car headed out on to the road .
10	Instantly , the car leaped back on to the roadway .
11	Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first .
12	Some experts say that even if the eruption stopped today , the sheer pressure of lava piled up behind for six miles would bring debris cascading down on to the town anyway .
13	The girl stepped back on to the terrace , laughing .
14	Police vans cruised , and sometimes the law leapt out on to the street to grab kids by the hair and smash their heads against walls .
15	The window looked out on to the cobbled yard .
16	But this morning , while I was driving that car through the village , the entire engine fell out on to the road !
17	Some were open to reveal rolls of parchment spilling out on to the floor .
18	A few minutes later , installed in the office , a small room looking out on to the quarantine quarters , Sophie tried to find a topic of conversation that would keep things on a professional basis .
19	Plants being potted on — removed into larger containers — can be taken out of pots , by up-ending them , and knocking the rim on the working surface , at the same time putting the other hand under the plant across the compost surface so that the root-ball falls out on to the palm of the hand .
20	But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck .
21	Graham Park stepped out on to the broad grey pavement outside the School and during a break in the traffic jogged across Theobald 's Road to its north side .
22	The cab crashed down on to the street and there was a bit of a hush .
23	They had to walk down the long straight street past Shea 's pub with its sour smell of drink coming out on to the street from behind its dark windows , past Birdie Mac 's sweet shop where they had spent so much time choosing from jars all their school life .
24	Lee , startled to see Philip , moved and the helmet which he had on the back of his head fell off on to the flagged floor .
25	The Duke marched out on to the stage which , as everyone knows , represents the world , closely followed by the Duchess , still holding a piece of the Bishop 's Palace .
26	Pieces of yellow crystal dropped out on to the roof like strange sweets .
27	He drove with fierce concentration , and sometimes his fierceness spilled over on to the passengers — especially on to Barbara , who sat beside him and navigated .
28	It will be a strange feeling running out on to the Maine Road pitch in another team 's colours .
29	At last the father fell down on to the pavement completely exhausted and convinced he was going to meet his maker there and then .
30	Oscar sat inside his parked truck at the top of the slip road leading down on to the E 35 for traffic heading along the autobahn to Freiburg and Basle .