Example sentences of "and [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Madeirans describe the voyage as uphill to Porto Santo and downhill on the return journey , as the outward journey from Madeira is always rougher . |
| 2 | Similarly for ‘ punchball ’ , the predominant way of signing it was threefold : shape ( ball on a stick ) , movement ( springs to and fro on a pivot ) and how a person interacts with it ( hands punching alternately ) ; these three are salient features . |
| 3 | While they waited , Lissa made hot drinks , then stood apart and listened as Rourke spoke quietly with the woman , who still rocked slowly to and fro on the settee . |
| 4 | First , what happens to a site or cell in our lattice depends on the neighbours ' scores , and thence on the state of the neighbours ' neighbours . |
| 5 | Sec. suggested that the main trip be by BR from Newtown , Powys to Towyn and thence on the Talyllyn narrow Gauge railway . |
| 6 | His Canadian passport was beautifully forged and had brought him effortlessly into the Republic of Ireland and thence on the ferry to England . |
| 7 | ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour . |
| 8 | Then , Higueras noticed Chang 's ability to use his head , think smart and flexibly on the court during match play . |
| 9 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |
| 10 | Next door to each other , and right on the water 's edge , the family run ‘ Şah ’ and ‘ Yali Han ’ Hotels look after our guests with a friendly style of service that 's difficult to beat . |
| 11 | A ‘ tump ’ is n't punctual , whereas women poets are ‘ businesslike , able , /good dri vers , and right on the ball ’ and despite her pose as a loser in love and dieting , Cope is as good as her word . |
| 12 | The visitors reduced the arrears with a try on twenty minutes scored by Colin Vynal and converted by Neil Smith , and right on the interval took the lead with another try , this time from skipper , Simon Grater erm again converted by Neil Smith following a mistake in the Old Boys ' defence . |
| 13 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 14 | And right on the doorstep of the Convention and Exhibition Centre . |
| 15 | It 's the ideal offensive weapon , and right on the spot . ’ |
| 16 | You 're listening to B B C Radio Oxford and Talking Sport , twenty six minutes past five it is ; we 're going to change sports now and have a little chat about speedway , because one or two things have happened nationally and locally on the speedway scene . |
| 17 | This puts the Law literally and metaphorically on the side of the blacks , who are also deemed ‘ out of order ’ for having broken the rules of a fair fight . |
| 18 | If its enemy is still not daunted and picks up the toad in its teeth , the poison acts so swiftly and powerfully on the mucous membranes of the mouth that the attacker drops the toad almost immediately . |
| 19 | And so on the bottom On the bottom we 've got three left over . |
| 20 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 21 | Physically they are amazing , you can jump up and down on a cockroach , and they still get up and walk away . |
| 22 | The clothes were boiled in a copper over a wood fire , rubbed up and down on a wash board , then squeezed through a hand-turned mangle . |
| 23 | Anthea was told to interview someone while bouncing up and down on a trampoline . |
| 24 | Even if you are not a great fan of exercise-to-music and think stepping up and down on a bench is n't exactly going to be a barrel laughs , you may still find this fun . |
| 25 | Off home to jump up and down on a picture of Long John Silver . |
| 26 | There 's these springy sort of things bouncing up and down on a string like they 're alive . |
| 27 | Spence later caused £681 worth of damage when he jumped up and down on an Escort . |
| 28 | " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench . |
| 29 | He laughs violently , excitedly , hammering his hand up and down on the desk . |
| 30 | The player relies on his feel for putting , and all that bobbing up and down on the green , as if in supplication , is really only confirmation of what the player is reading as the borrow anyway . |