Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get this bit right on the back ! |
| 2 | " What about , " Graham said , pointing one finger at Slater , who pursed his lips and tapped his foot impatiently on the fire-surround , " those people who like Barry Manilow and John Cage ? " |
| 3 | Always put the hook in on the carriage side , knit the row and then put in the other hook . |
| 4 | It 's election constantly on the telly . |
| 5 | William Clark put his resignation in on the day of the ceasefire . |
| 6 | But the females compete for males because the male has a pouch literally on the front of his , of his belly , you know what a sea horse looks like , he looks like a horse actually , not surprisingly , you know they have this kind of , they have a kind of tail and they have this kind of pouch . |
| 7 | Among the many booksellers and publishers whom I spotted letting their hair down on the dance floor was independent publisher Christopher Hurst . |
| 8 | Ronan Rafferty : " I let Christy down on the greens . |
| 9 | They were on the brow of a little hill and Sara walked farther on to look down on the county spread in front of her , idly trying to recognise familiar landmarks — It was a travel-ad view — neat lush fields , trim hedgerows , a farmhouse nestling in amongst its windbreak of trees , a sheet of yellow on the far hills where a field of mustard was in bloom , and for the rest , a thousand different shades of the greens of high summer , a piece of England basking in the sun and as beautiful as any foreign strand . |
| 10 | His voice was offhand , as he strode in and put his neat briefcase down on the desk . |
| 11 | At last Couville put his goblet down on the floor beside him . |
| 12 | Clinton put his goblet down on the table , bade us good night and walked softly away . |
| 13 | Three months into the financial year — for which the directors were forecasting 25 per cent growth in turnover , to £4 million — Tozer admits sales are ‘ a bit down on the plans to date ’ . |
| 14 | We have been eating together quite a bit , and also travelling to the University together on the bus — the University being about 8 miles from the city centre . |
| 15 | Yeah they put additional money in on the pilots but |
| 16 | When we were kill-pricking we used to put a sack down on the floor and lie on our bellies using a bodkin to clear holes . |
| 17 | I lay the bike down on the grass , turn back to the shed , slowly push open the door … peer inside … without entering . |
| 18 | If I wanted to have something like that , I 'd get a good programmer in on the project . |
| 19 | ( 4 ) In an action for personal injuries ; ( a ) the number of expert witnesses shall be limited in any case to two medical experts and one expert of any other kind ; ( b ) nothing in para ( 1 ) above shall require a party to produce a further medical report if he proposes to rely at the trial only on the report provided pursuant to Ord 6 , r 1(5) or ( 6 ) but , where a further report is disclosed , that report shall be accompanied by an amended statement of the special damages claimed , if appropriate . |
| 20 | As paragraph 16.1 of Code C makes clear , the police officer is obliged to charge a suspect as soon as he believes that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecution to succeed , but nobody could expect the police simply to cease work on the case and rely at the trial only on the material revealed up to the moment of charging . |
| 21 | ‘ Honestly , Reg … ’ began Bob , trying to get one foot down on the floor behind him . |
| 22 | I watched the cars stopping to pay their money at the toll-house and wondered if any of the drivers were tempted to put their foot down on the accelerator and go Zoom-Crash ! down to the bottom of the gorge . |
| 23 | The thought of Norman 's discomfiture at finding her gone cheered her a little and she pressed her foot down on the accelerator , anxious to distance herself from the three of them , to reach the safety of home . |
| 24 | He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked . |
| 25 | Pushing his foot down on the accelerator , Anthony thrust the car forward . |
| 26 | The man pocketed the wallet , and jabbed his foot down on the accelerator . |
| 27 | ‘ They 're on to us , ’ he groaned , wondering whether he should put his foot down on the accelerator instead . |
| 28 | The engine fired and she pushed her foot down on the accelerator so that the fierce roar echoed her feelings of pent-up frustration . |
| 29 | He jammed his foot down on the accelerator and the car shot forward . |
| 30 | He rammed his foot down on the brake and sent the car into a fizzing convulsion of rev and whinny . |