Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then clutching his suitcase , he tottered down on to the platform . |
| 2 | He swooped down on to the grass and took stance by it . |
| 3 | At the moment he 'd still have time to drive down on to the autobahn — providing the freezing fog came no closer . |
| 4 | Passengers poked their heads out of the doors like rabbits testing the wind and , deciding it was safe , hopped down on to the station platform where a sign read : " Cook , Queen of the Nullarbor . |
| 5 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 6 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 7 | The only way I can get across is to jump down on to the track again . |
| 8 | Now he saw his chance and desperation forced him to take the risk of climbing down on to the line in the darkness . |
| 9 | They sank down on to the leopardette sofa and he slipped off the crisp lacy briefs . |
| 10 | She sank down on to the sofa , breathing deeply to steady herself . |
| 11 | Once he had gone , Shiona sank down on to the bed and kicked off her shoes , glad to be alone for a few minutes . |
| 12 | She sank down on to the bed and glanced at the writing pad that she 'd tossed there after a brief effort to write to Arnie . |
| 13 | He sank down on to the edge of her bed , and she scurried over towards the wall , taking every inch of her covers with her . |
| 14 | Caroline sank down on to the edge of the bed and shut her eyes tightly , trying to block out the humiliating scene , but it was impossible . |
| 15 | ‘ Has that any special significance ? ’ she asked bravely as she crumpled down on to the blanket and gazed up at him . |
| 16 | He was rather looked down on by the Trebetherick set . |
| 17 | On the other hand , public relations is often looked down on by the media as messengers with stories that hold no interest and which will be presented in the wrong way at the wrong time and in the wrong situation . |
| 18 | Unprofessionally , I looked up , to see the iron net of the scaffolding bending , swaying and finally tipping towards me as bolts snapped and lights crashed down on to the floor of the stage . |
| 19 | The famous chandelier , with its thousand lights , broke away from its ropes and crashed down on to the people below . |
| 20 | The cab crashed down on to the street and there was a bit of a hush . |
| 21 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 22 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 23 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 24 | One of the soldiers had come up on to the cabin top . |
| 25 | We can never be a hundred per cent sure with security , we are , it is a public building , we do encourage er patients and their relatives to come up on to the children 's wards as part of the treatment er to make it a much more homely atmosphere . |
| 26 | Other scullions were running in with ladders and lengths of rope , climbing up on to the big stove and scrambling up to the messy lip of the vat in which , judging by the amount of splashing and screaming , the small attendant still survived . |
| 27 | well from the rough of off road racing we 're driving back on to the fairways for the start of our action round up this week … for a success story from the Broome Manor club at swindon … |
| 28 | There seemed nothing at all , no way of climbing back on to the free wheel of conversation they had somehow set going the other night . |
| 29 | Mathers span the wheel with the heel of his hand and they bounced back on to the approach road . |
| 30 | There was a thump as the lorry hit the bank , heeled over , and then bounced back on to the lane . |