Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when she wrote down ‘ I 'm afraid that if I find a man who loves me … , one evening , she was amazed to find words spilling out on to the paper . |
| 2 | A broad terrace ran round it with tufts of herbs growing on it and broken steps leading down on to the ruins of a lawn . |
| 3 | The offices faced out on to the wolf enclosure and as he looked at the pack huddled by the iron fence in the snow he thought how right they looked for once . |
| 4 | The servants had realized what was happening , and brought ladders to climb up on to the roof . |
| 5 | Some stores along trendy Melrose , still virtually untouched , are guarded by their owners , luxury cars pulled up on to the sidewalk to block the entrance . |
| 6 | As I drove further down the road there were computers thrown out on to the pavement and whole window frames completely blown out into the street . |
| 7 | Another point to be considered is that if a virtual memory operating system is to be used , once the data tree has reached a certain size ( known as the working set limit ) variables created early on in the initialization will be written out to disc . |
| 8 | The inner cities came seriously on to the political agenda and Michael Heseltine made a brave attempt to introduce new policies to tackle the undoubted deprivation . |
| 9 | So they put a torch to the Mason 's wagon and , as the flames swept through the wooden base , a shower of warped and molten coins cascaded out on to the ground . |
| 10 | Other days there would be the chase after a passing farm cart to grab its tail board , feet swung underneath on to the axle and a free ride to school . |
| 11 | The doors of its red brick terraced houses open straight on to the pavement . |
| 12 | Coins rained down on to the stage , and accepting their payment caused her more embarrassment than the impromptu show she was putting on . |
| 13 | They were off the cinder track now , walking down a hilly street where small , dark houses opened straight on to the pavement . |
| 14 | In our own case , at Universal Shipyards , for example , we have one of the most unsightly buildings facing directly on to the river . |
| 15 | Unprofessionally , I looked up , to see the iron net of the scaffolding bending , swaying and finally tipping towards me as bolts snapped and lights crashed down on to the floor of the stage . |
| 16 | We can never be a hundred per cent sure with security , we are , it is a public building , we do encourage er patients and their relatives to come up on to the children 's wards as part of the treatment er to make it a much more homely atmosphere . |
| 17 | He could have run at her , forced her to the ground and banged her stupid , glossy head until her brains spilled out on to the stupid , glossy floor . |
| 18 | The first was a scene where Johnny has just cheated on his girlfriend Yvonne , and a tell-tale pair of panties falls out on to the floor . |
| 19 | Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast , the awful realisation dawned . |
| 20 | Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast , the awful realisation dawned . |
| 21 | No front gardens in Paradise Street ; the flat-faced little houses fronted straight on to the road . |
| 22 | The lawyer opened the packet and three envelopes fell out on to the floor . |
| 23 | The general and flexible nature of the framework ensures that no design decisions made early on in the course of development are irrevocable at a later date . |
| 24 | On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector . |
| 25 | It was a room within a room , with windows looking out on to the cabin walls beyond . |
| 26 | ‘ Look , ’ he would say as they sat in one of those cafes with the plate glass windows looking out on to the beach and the sea , ‘ there 's a rocker over there . |
| 27 | Alexandra suddenly found she was crying , great gulping sobs , tears splashing down on to the kitchen counter , an aching sense of something very precious which she had discarded without even a second glance . |
| 28 | Mysteriously they were alone now , all the other people in the room had gone , with the breeze gently swirling the curtains of the French windows leading out on to the terrace . |
| 29 | The floor was stone-flagged , there was an enormous fireplace on the far side , and the windows looked out on to the gardens . |
| 30 | The yellowish-gray brick houses gave straight on to the street , which she had found only after turning out of another one , and then another . |