Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’
2 Under the old community the harvest was the climax of the rural year , not merely an incident in the more mechanical and depersonalized round on the farm as it has become today .
3 ‘ And if one man did just what you say is impossible and slipped in on the darkside ? ’
4 The times of retiring and getting up on the next morning were noted on the diary sheet and marked electronically by pushing the appropriate buttons on the recording unit .
5 They were prints from some medieval Book of Hours that William had had framed and stuck up on the walls .
6 One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep .
7 The reduction in the numbers visiting the gardens has allowed the grass to remain green and cut down on the amount of litter dropped and graffiti scribbled .
8 Constantly at war with my vertigo , I decided not to be pathetic and strode off on the flat , step-like slabs that top the crest of the ridge .
9 ‘ I even have my dress all ready and laid out on the bed . ’
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