Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frogs and reptiles gather beside the exits snapping at the insects as they flock out on to the ramps . |
| 2 | Mathers span the wheel with the heel of his hand and they bounced back on to the approach road . |
| 3 | They sank down on to the leopardette sofa and he slipped off the crisp lacy briefs . |
| 4 | Several more aircraft were set ablaze , and as they drove back on to the road without a shot having been fired against them , Stirling and Mayne were cock-a-hoop . |
| 5 | They were both crying now and holding each other tightly , but when they flopped down on to the couch their tears turned to laughter and Victoria , wiping her face , said , ‘ Do you know something , girl ? |
| 6 | Carefully , slowly , not at all certain why , they plopped down on to the branch . |
| 7 | Then , when they turned out on to the main road , Luke overtook her with an authoritative toot . |
| 8 | As they walked out on to the street Polly took in a lungful of crisp cool air , savouring her freedom . |
| 9 | When they stepped out on to the track some twenty paces from him he only turned his head slowly to glance at them and made no other movement . |
| 10 | As they stepped out on to the pavement Charlie bade his partner goodnight with an exaggerated bow . |
| 11 | If you go out shoving them off they go up on to the roof of the house , and as soon as you turn your back they 're back again . |
| 12 | ‘ I hate you ! ’ she whispered as they fell back on to the bed . |
| 13 | They went up on to the cliff road , then turned inland , driving between wooded banks . |
| 14 | They went up on to the platform , and took a quick look into the Porter 's room . |
| 15 | Presently they went out on to the verandah where it was cooler . |
| 16 | When they had finished , they went out on to the terrace to drink their coffee . |
| 17 | The doors opened ; she stood , and as he got to his feet , as they went out on to the platform , he grinned confidently and shook his head . |
| 18 | He came through the door , and he was laughing , he took Rosalba in his arms and kissed her and they went down on to the sheepskin with soft cooing giggles and sucked and licked and flowed together in the nest like a mother cat and her kittens . |
| 19 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 20 | They come down on to the ground and immediately their wings break off close to the thorax . |