Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 2 | They took turns to walk around inside and sit on the bunks and then George left to go home for tea . |
| 3 | This was vividly illustrated in one household we visited where the bedroom was so damp that clothes stored in the cupboard had to be removed daily and spread on a clothes-horse in front of the fire to dry out . |
| 4 | IN MID-SUMMER , contemplating a day on the beach , Truronians will cast an eye skywards and decide on the instant whether to head for the north coast or the south . |
| 5 | Two minutes later , a truly magnificent swan , as white as snow , came swooping in and landed on a branch nearby . |
| 6 | All the windows were broken and came in and landed on the people working . ’ |
| 7 | Before anyone goes in and sits on the dentist 's chair which forms the centrepiece of the cage , Dr Tydeman will first monitor them using some external equipment . |
| 8 | Every kind of wonderful bird was flying in and perching on the branches of the great tree , and as soon as one landed a Minpin would climb onto its back and off they would go . |
| 9 | Sister Cooney came in and snapped on the light . |
| 10 | For instance to er to put in this lottery , and put in the new system that we just converted , recently , a couple of days ago err takes tens and tens of millions of millions of dollars , and most companies who come in and work on a percentage of sales , do n't get their capital investment back until several years into the contract . |
| 11 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 12 | Down on the dark grey beach there was a collection of glaucous gulls and a few purple sandpipers , and then to my delight a snow white ivory gull flew in and settled on the shingle , giving me the chance to stalk and photograph one of the world 's rarer gulls . |
| 13 | but I never pushed in and stood on the stage , look I 've done all this ! |
| 14 | He said that unless Niki gave in and raced on the terms offered , he was going to go with Keke the following year . |
| 15 | ‘ A monkey came in and perched on a table . |
| 16 | Jamie came in and sat on the couch next to my chair . |
| 17 | Anne reached in and turned on the lights . |
| 18 | A third-year nurse came in and turned on the radio . |
| 19 | Knocker 's bored looking battered features brightened as Yanto walked in and leaned on the well used but polished bar . |
| 20 | Later Beatrice was carried in and laid on the sofa , sobered by the experience , her breasts daubed in blood . |
| 21 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |
| 22 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 23 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 24 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 25 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 26 | The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds . |
| 27 | She 's like , she 's like tearing the wall down and collapsing on the floor with hysterics . |
| 28 | They hailed down and clinked on the ramparts . |
| 29 | You must then perform a small conjuring trick — holding all the layers of the picture firmly together , turn the frame and picture upside down and place on the table , then fix on the hardboard back . |
| 30 | I stepped down and sat on the thwart opposite to him . |