Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 RINGO Starr is going back on the road , but unlike his fellow former Beatle , George Harrison , his performances will have nothing to do with Transcendental Meditation , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent .
2 Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags .
3 Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner .
4 Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees .
5 John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret .
6 John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret .
7 Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep , pretending to watch out for something in the sky .
8 ‘ Shortly after it returned , Pete was rolling around on the carpet and found a titbit , ’ Andrew explained .
9 In fact the Ravenscraig , present Ravenscraig was built up on the first place from a steelworks known then as Corral Steelworks .
10 Frank was lying back on the pillows with his eyes closed .
11 Fortunately she had managed to read quickly through her own piece , which looked really professional , but she wondered what J.D. was thundering about on the editorial page .
12 But Donald was doubled up on the sofa .
13 The Tote was the only legal means of off-course betting for decades but off-course betting did not thrive until Ladbrokes was allowed in on the act .
14 Carwyn Williams was sitting out on the balcony watching the waves .
15 He told them about Mahmoud being put back on the case .
16 Drafted into the final eleven when Hooper was ruled out on the morning of the match with a hairline fracture of the finger sustained in the nets , the 24-year old Adams would soon be called on to intervene on his team 's behalf with the bat .
17 Menzies was crouching back on the bench , his legs braced , like a cornered hare frozen in a last effort to baffle the enemy .
18 The Hague Linker is getting in on the act .
19 Mrs Sweet was holding out on the police .
20 Peter was lying back on the sofa , doing nothing in particular .
21 Daihatsu is cashing in on the leisure boom in Japan with the latest addition to its minicar line up , the Mira RV-4 ( below ) .
22 Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems .
23 Elizabeth was propped up on the pillows , with the baby lying in the cradle by the bed .
24 Carolyn was picking up on the movements of the three women , which had seemed so mysteriously random at first .
25 Ardglass were squeezed out on the final card .
26 This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks …
27 She had spotted it when Stella was laid out on the sofa .
28 Even Volkswagen was getting in on the act with its two concept Varios ( see separate story ) , which could bring four-wheel-drive recreational motoring to a much wider audience .
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