Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pron] on " in BNC.

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1 They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison .
2 He broke free of the lieutenant and threw himself on top of me .
3 Lean forward as you rise As in the beach start , by leaning down on a straight front arm you are taking the weight off the back of the board and putting it on the mast foot .
4 I remember boiling the milk and pouring it on the tea leaves .
5 and he said and if he sells the car and keeps all the money and spends it on himself he says that 's gon na look , he 's gon na look really bad
6 His Dad found the certificate and pinned it on the board , levelling the pins in the corners .
7 He stepped into the kitchen and put something on the table .
8 Jessamy picked them up , wandered through to the kitchen and put them on the table .
9 After a quick wash she dragged on an old pair of jeans and an equally ancient navy sweater before emptying the bucket and replacing it on the dresser .
10 He looked round for the instrument and saw it on top of one of the presses .
11 As soon as they knew that Bella had been assigned to her , the other two trainees cornered Marie in the canteen and briefed her on what to expect .
12 Firstly , jump up and collect the shield , then go left , jump on the platform to your left and then the platform on your right , grab the weight , climb the right wall and throw the weight on the switch , jump/fly up onto the block on the wall , go left and cross the gap on the swing , fly up two platforms and run right , go under the guillotine , jump up the pipe and collect a weight , walk left and fall off the last platform , throw the weight on the switch , go left and use the fly to climb up the platform , take the weight and throw it on the switch above you .
13 On Oct. 5 the deputy Defence Minister , Gen. Muhammad Nabi Azimi , confirmed the defeat and blamed it on interference by Pakistan 's Inter-Services Intelligence agency ( ISI ) , which , it was alleged , had been " supplying new weapons to the armed extremists in a bid to capture one of the cities inside Afghanistan " .
14 Oh we used to have phosphate and sulphur , potash , coal , granite you name it anything , general cargo we 've had , loaded everything , even dead bodies , we sent , there was one young , one young person , he got drowned up the coast there and they and he had to go back to Holland and they brought that from out the warehouse and put it on the stern of our ship , his coffin , they sent that back and they erm export er pigs to Poland , all live pigs , pedigree pigs .
15 If not , I would like to apologise for the oversight and thank you on behalf of CPRW .
16 This is merely the reaction time required in picking up the card and placing it on a pile without making any choice based on the value of the card .
17 Ensure that the initiating member is kept informed of the progress of the engagement and copy him on all relevant correspondence .
18 Brian had not merely hated the cockerel but feared it since it had got through the fence and bitten him on the leg .
19 He was sufficiently troubled by Malcolm 's bouncer to stand frozen at the crease and take it on the helmet , but sufficiently brave to try to hook the inevitable follow-up .
20 Council members mostly agreed they are a hazard , and Peter pointed out that if the car that hit him on a roundabout had been fitted with them , he would n't be here now .
21 They then bundled him out of the car and left him on the road .
22 I was brought rudely back to the real world by Tony 's tripod coming off the top of the pile of clatch ( odds and ends ) piled up above the seat and hitting me on the head as the truck lurched to a halt , diving itself into a drift of deep snow .
23 ‘ It tripped on the rein and lamed itself on a tree-root , ’ said Crane .
24 Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side .
25 He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest .
26 He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor .
27 ‘ The vessel , from Bangor Marina , was half-sunk , but the Hummer and the lifeboat managed to tow it into the harbour and beach it on a mud bank , ’ the spokesman said .
28 Then , with the right side of the garment facing the machine , pick up the stitches around the neck and place them on the machine .
29 The boom is the pole running across the bottom of the sail , designed to swing across the boat and hit you on the head when you try to turn .
30 As Maggie took the things from the tray and set them on the table she said , ‘ I know what you 're thinking : we 're slightly barmy . ’
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