Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain confessed as much when Shildon checked up on her progress . |
| 2 | All positive stuff , as Madeleine Kingsley points out on page 82 , if only you approach it in the right way . |
| 3 | Nutty got back on Midnight , swung round and glared at them . |
| 4 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 5 | A study by Tahira Hira carried out on 400 CAB debt cases in Scotland between 1984 and 1987 points to interesting trends . |
| 6 | COHSE members coming out on strike because of their refusal to take a little boy into the theatre for an operation , pin-ups being removed from the Yorkshire miners ' newspaper , painkillers being laced with poison in the US , John Nott walking out on Robin Day in front of the TV cameras , Helmut Kohl taking over from ( crash ) Helmut Schmidt and public service pay rises being kept down to 3 ½ per cent , every single event being , in some eyes , a disaster . |
| 7 | This set Jean Powers off on a torrent of exclamations and denials so that Helen could not have got a word in had she wished to ; she stood and looked at Giles Carnaby and tried to be calm . |
| 8 | Second row Paul Warwick got in on the act and full-back David Rowledge stretched the lead to 27–11 with a penalty to add to his earlier conversions . |
| 9 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 10 | Oxfordshire 's Artweek kicks off on May 16 , with venues in and around Oxford , such as individual homes , studios , university buildings , shops and galleries throwing open their doors to exhibiting artists . |
| 11 | Oxfordshire 's Artweek kicks off on May 16 , with venues in and around Oxford , such as individual homes , studios , university buildings , shops and galleries throwing open their doors to exhibiting artists . |
| 12 | Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys , making mistakes throughout the bag before settling down to birdie the fifth and sixth and reach the turn in 38 . |
| 13 | And Bella sank back on her pillows , exhausted by pain , by her long story and by the growing suspicion , nagging away obsessively in her head , that , once they had her in here , they would see that her condition was worsening and they would never , ever let her go home again . |
| 14 | ‘ The next day , ’ says Futch , ‘ I drove out to the course , which was covered in snow , to find Riddick chugging along on his own . |
| 15 | Tipped off by Harry Solomon of Hillsdown , Mr Lever moved in on Spong Holdings , an ailing shell with a stock market listing in 1989 . |
| 16 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 17 | The favour was reciprocated when Dire Straits were re-formed to play at the Nelson Mandela birthday concert at Wembley Stadium , where Clapton helped out on guitar . |
| 18 | Hari sank down on the bench beside him . |
| 19 | And now — ’ Jagatan sank back on the couch . |
| 20 | Aggie had taken her hat and coat off and had dropped on to the settle , and as he entered the room she said immediately , ‘ Somethin' will have to be … ’ but paused as Millie came in on Ben 's heels , and she nodded towards her saying , ‘ Go and take your things off and set the tray . ’ |
| 21 | But Vivienne came down on me like a dragon . |
| 22 | The arrival of flight IB 640 from Tenerife came up on the screen . |
| 23 | Many years later , Kevin MacLean and Edward Scott zeroed in on pebbles and stones as they investigated their own kind of erosion , this time that of the landscape seen in close-up . |
| 24 | The voice at the other end of the line obliged and Donna pressed down on the cradle to sever the connection before ringing the new number . |
| 25 | Only two minutes left when Richard Walker popped up on the proverbial back stick , sounds painful does n't it , and it was for Portsmouth . |
| 26 | The United States cut back on government spending and on financial support to its former allies , despite the fact that the allies were economically devastated and desperate for dollars both because of fiscal conservatism and the leftist nature of the new European governments . |
| 27 | Mo gets up on the top of them stands right up the top , spreads around there 's ! |
| 28 | The drumming of hoofs was loud in their ears as Molly wriggled through on her stomach . |
| 29 | At least he and Ari get off on each other . |
| 30 | Then , when he simply smiled in response , she added , ‘ It would serve you right if Jeff walked out on you . |