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 . ’ |