Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main . |
| 2 | It had once been the master bedroom and looked out on the woods to the east . |
| 3 | When he had gone , Jessamy wandered into the small bedroom and sat down on the bed , because her legs felt as if they just would n't hold her up any longer . |
| 4 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 5 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 6 | Magee leapt into the driver 's seat and pressed down on the accelerator , heading away from the scene of carnage , his own brow furrowed . |
| 7 | With the paperwork finished , it 's across to the Mess for a cup of tea and to catch up on the rest of the news . |
| 8 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
| 9 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |
| 10 | The dark-haired vibrancer moved back to the couch and sat down on the floor again . |
| 11 | Consultants say most children with cancer have a good chance of recovery , but this new service , costing £750,000 a year , aims to improve treatment and research and cut down on the time spent on the ward . |
| 12 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |
| 13 | I remember one day on the 8th there was a little dinghy turned over on the lake and he hooked his tee-shot , hit the boat and came out on the fairway — the shape of things to come ! |
| 14 | Change hands , push to where you were sitting , crouch in the middle of the boat and straighten up on the new course . |
| 15 | The Headless Horseman appears on the carriage and swoops down on the adventurers . |
| 16 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 17 | These are again flakes that can be lifted out of dry gravel and float off on the surface of the water . |
| 18 | As they rounded the hump and came out on the broad , gentler seaward slope they saw a uniformed policeman standing on the cliff edge , and when they joined him he pointed to the rocky shore below . |
| 19 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 20 | With a burgeoning caseload , too few judges , and increasing delays the courts may be tempted to block the further development of the law and to cut back on the advances already made . |
| 21 | And all he had to do was to stay in the sun and turn up on the lot when a suitable — or unsuitable ( he was used to taking the rough with the smooth ) — script came up . |
| 22 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 23 | He regularly donned a wig and women 's clothing and went out on the town as Diane . |
| 24 | Moving very , very slowly , she wrapped her arms around her waist and sat down on the bench . |
| 25 | Somehow the guidebook will always find a chink in this armoury and creep out on the crux move , to wheel and flutter its way to the boulders below . |
| 26 | He glanced at Tock then climbed slowly up the steps to the basket and sat down on the little seat provided . |
| 27 | At the end of this road , walk a short way over the grassy hillside and look down on the turquoise waters of the bay ( Baia de Abra ) . |
| 28 | The incident of the Karin B , a ship carrying toxic wastes from Europe , illegally imported to Nigeria , which could not find a home and landed up on the south coast of England in the summer of 1987 , demonstrated that millions of tonnes of highly toxic waste are being shipped around the globe . |
| 29 | Then , to Perdita 's squirming embarrassment , he replayed the clip of her rowing with the umpire three times , freezing the frame of her yelling with her mouth wide open , until her teammates were howling with laughter and rolling round on the floor . |
| 30 | and we 're , we 're going on the Friday afternoon and coming back on the Monday afternoon . |