Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac . |
| 2 | Unfortunately this fell out on the third ascent . |
| 3 | Until the English clamped down on the custom my forefathers all used the prefix ‘ ap ’ in front of their names — the last king of South Wales , for instance , was Rhys ap Tewdwr . |
| 4 | She blinked at Shiona and half sat up on the bed . |
| 5 | However , Jacques Etienne never forgot his Hebridean origins and in 1826 set off on the long , difficult journey to his father 's home at Howbeg . |
| 6 | A faint glistening showed up on the surface of the carvings . |
| 7 | I could n't imagine what she expected to tell them if they all came back on the same day . |
| 8 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |
| 9 | ‘ What a lovely view , ’ breathed Mary , as they all stretched out on the grass . |
| 10 | We played in Los Angeles and New York and it was real good , because they all picked up on the fact that it was different . |
| 11 | Tessa first of all sat down on the edge of the bed , with her knees together , her feet crossed and slightly to one side , her back straight , and her cup and saucer at chest height , as she had learnt in Social Situation Training . |
| 12 | It tells us what happens at the edge of a capacitor and can also give a numerical estimate of the scattered capacitance ( by which the capacitance of a real capacitor differs from that worked out on the basis of the infinite-plate model ) . |
| 13 | Number 3 started out on the left wing with Nicholson again . |
| 14 | and these people , you know , er had a deputation and all this business and I think some of that rubbed off on the children and , and you 've |
| 15 | Only 25 of the forty aircraft entered were ready to start , and then several dropped out on the first leg due to mechanical problems . |
| 16 | They both pressed down on the pads . |
| 17 | Garth McCartney and Philip Young were the only drivers who could challenge Emerson but they both went out on the second stage , McCartney retiring with broken throttle linkage and Young crashing . |
| 18 | ‘ We both ended up on the bench and since neither of us were very happy , we just sat and moaned at each other ! |