Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was stuff piled up in it till it 'd spilled over on to the pathway . |
| 2 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 3 | With his free hand he started shaking his wallet until the money began to fall out on to the desk . |
| 4 | They did not make any hurry about it and Balor writhed and flailed helplessly and blood began to run out on to the ground beneath him . |
| 5 | He put his hand round his neck , made a strange sound , and fell face down on to the floor . |
| 6 | With this , she released Belinda abruptly , and the chicken dinner went slopping over on to the tray again . |
| 7 | Perhaps the train in Aunt Louise 's mind had jumped back on to the rail for a while because it was then , in quite a conversational voice , that she began to speak of her daughter . |
| 8 | Then my granny had to come out on to the verandah and interfere . |
| 9 | One of the soldiers had come up on to the cabin top . |
| 10 | Jilly Jonathan was sitting just as she had been ever since they had come out on to the terrace . |
| 11 | Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own . |
| 12 | In the less than half light Owen saw that Georgiades had come out on to the gallery . |
| 13 | Denholm , who had moved out on to the starboard wing , returned , lowering his binoculars . |
| 14 | Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet . |
| 15 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |
| 16 | The Muslim 's bird had gone back on to the offensive , swooping down with its spurs and ripping a great gash along its enemy 's cheek . |
| 17 | Some weeks beforehand , I think perhaps when we were in Japan , I had read an article that Carl had written in which he said that in the Zurich race in August , when he had trounced Ben , he had not deliberately tried to race anybody but had gone out on to the track to run his own race , do his own thing . |
| 18 | When Rohmer and Duvall had stepped down on to the top of the basement landing , Cardiff followed them , carefully letting the door close behind him . |
| 19 | One Fascist who had climbed out on to the ledge prudently withdrew , and the windows were closed . |
| 20 | But the men gave way , because they had no choice , and the next minute the car had bounced out on to the road , turning left , away from the village and up towards the dale head . |
| 21 | The official explanation was that a finish flag had blown down on to the mechanism and the timing had run on . |
| 22 | At West Kensington Lee wanted to get out on to the roof and sledge to Gloucester Road but Dean , who had assumed the position of expert adviser , said he was n't sure about the tunnels . |