Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know , ’ he said tersely , then , slowing down , he asked , ‘ Which would you rather do — go back to the party or drive up on to the Downs overlooking the sea and take a little stroll ? ’ |
| 2 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 3 | It slipped into the water , disappeared beneath the surface and , fifteen seconds later , bobbed up again and hopped back on to the rock . |
| 4 | Now he has had a chance to regroup and fall back on to the kind of terrain of which he is master — the written minute . |
| 5 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 6 | The famous chandelier , with its thousand lights , broke away from its ropes and crashed down on to the people below . |
| 7 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 8 | And with that she reversed the van , turned it round and drove back on to the road . |
| 9 | The car reels and swerves up on to the pavement , crashing into a shopfront and shattering itself and the window panes . |
| 10 | The General rose from behind his enormous mahogany desk , without visibly gaining in stature , and came out on to the veranda to see us off . |
| 11 | He was holding a light in his hand and looking out on to the moor . |
| 12 | I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker . |
| 13 | We reached the edge of the cliff and flopped down on to the soft turf . |
| 14 | He kicked his holdall out of the way and flopped down on to the sofa , quite exhausted by whatever he had been up to since the day he left . |
| 15 | Each morning trucks from the factory bumped along a dust road and turned down on to the low gravel bank where we were moored . |
| 16 | A sense that what had just happened involved her in some way made her pull herself together and run down on to the course where racecourse attendants were already putting up a screen . |
| 17 | There he pulled off his white turban and let his long black hair coil over his shoulder and drop down on to the ground . |
| 18 | When she came out leading Violet by the bridle , she went over to the mounting block and climbed up on to the horse . |
| 19 | At Ladbroke Grove a boy called Dean Miller , whom the rest of them knew and had teamed up with on the platform at Royal Oak , opened the door at the end of the car and climbed up on to the roof . |
| 20 | Wu Tsai shrugged , and climbed up on to the bank . |
| 21 | The child looked at her and climbed up on to the seat . |
| 22 | She pushed all serious thoughts to the back of her mind and climbed back on to the helter-skelter of excitement and self-confidence induced by the undisguised admiration of Karl Gesner . |
| 23 | ‘ There ought to be a law against it , ’ replied Dorothy emphatically , as she banged knives and forks down on to the table . |
| 24 | Ellwood shrugged and swung up on to the bed , his shoulders against the headboard , his boots on the counterpane . |
| 25 | But at least I had the sense to keep my mouth shut , and shortly afterwards we were able to leave the railway and get back on to the road . |
| 26 | But when she pushed open the door and walked out on to the terrace the only car to be seen was their family-sized four-door saloon hired from Pisa airport . |
| 27 | She strode to the panelling , searched , found and stepped through on to the dilapidated back staircase landing , just as the Bishop and Lord Cumbermound were entering the room . |
| 28 | Elisabeth opened the window and stepped out on to the balcony . |
| 29 | Susan and Breeze seized their meagre luggage and stepped out on to the tiny wooden platform . |
| 30 | He pushed aside the recollection and stepped out on to the dock . |