Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | Coins rained down on to the stage , and accepting their payment caused her more embarrassment than the impromptu show she was putting on . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast , the awful realisation dawned . |
| 14 | Then as the electric doors swished open and three police officers jumped out on to the ballast , the awful realisation dawned . |
| 15 | The lawyer opened the packet and three envelopes fell out on to the floor . |
| 16 | On a raised dais in front of large windows looking out on to the agricultural college gardens sat the Inspector . |
| 17 | It was a room within a room , with windows looking out on to the cabin walls beyond . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The floor was stone-flagged , there was an enormous fireplace on the far side , and the windows looked out on to the gardens . |
| 22 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 23 | The humans spilled out on to the wide concrete space in front of the building . |
| 24 | The nearby door opened and two men came out on to the landing . |
| 25 | Their tusks were gnarled and they differed from the older Daurog in one remarkable and savage aspect : ridges of long , black spikes grew from the fronts of their bodies ; the central , vertical line of thorns ran down on to the twisting , restless sex organs that hung from their rotund bellies . |
| 26 | In winter some continued ashore , reinforcing their tents and huts for extra warmth , while others moved out on to the inshore sea ice , living in snow houses and feeding mostly on fish and seals . |
| 27 | The Winnipeg runners went out on to the track to bugle fanfares and cheers from the stands and were pony-escorted to the starting gate . |
| 28 | When the White House and Congress do reach a 1990 budget agreement ( no one is willing to predict when ) the spending cuts will be restored and the carriages lifted back on to the rails . |