Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 she said , so she goes up on the step now , goes to this
2 Mum , I do n't want that one then she goes back on the three , goes , yeah ?
3 Tilda appeared with a ball of oozing clay in her arms which she flung down on the table .
4 There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features .
5 When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word .
6 She got down on the floor and ran her arm under the bookcase .
7 So she had to ride back on the she rode back on the
8 She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins
9 Indeed Laura often said so : ‘ Twin souls , Matt , ’ she would drawl , as she lolled back on the velvet cushions which covered the floor of her apartment .
10 She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house .
11 As for you , boy ’ — she bore down on the student — ‘ are you one of my new dressers today ?
12 She bore down on the hybrids and , with her claws , she killed them almost before they realized .
13 She knelt down on the cushion , placed her ungloved hands together , closed her eyes and appeared to be either thinking or sleeping in an upright kneeling position .
14 Today , as Patricia , now 17 , sets about rebuilding her life , she looks back on the experience with a mixture of hatred , bitterness , anger and irony .
15 Spurs , Chaps and a Stetson are all she needs out on the range .
16 She sank down on the bed .
17 She watched him go back to the kitchen and when he had shut the living room door firmly , she sank down on the rug in front of the gas fire with her back propped against the armchair and sipped gloomily at the wine .
18 She sank down on the bed with the photograph gripped so tightly in her hands that the paper buckled .
19 The quiet click of the latch sounded like a death-knell in the silent room , and she sank down on the bed , her mind and heart devoid of hope .
20 With a small sigh that sounded distinctly apologetic , she sank down on the edge of the armchair opposite him .
21 Robbie 's legs gave way and she sank down on the side of the bed .
22 Several times in the night she had this bad dream and once she woke up on the floor .
23 Then she came back on the line and faithfully repeated everything I 'd told her , and everything I 'd asked .
24 But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo !
25 After a moment she came out on the landing and she was dressing .
26 When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath .
27 She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated .
28 She turned over on the bed and sat up .
29 Hoping that nothing had gone wrong with the course of her friend 's romance , she turned around on the piano stool as she heard hard , firm footsteps walking along the terrace .
30 But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available !
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