Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their park was given over as a whole for building development , and laid out on the gridiron pattern in the middle decades of the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | ‘ I even have my dress all ready and laid out on the bed . ’ |
| 3 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 4 | Stopping the pipes and stepping out on the footpath at the side of the river I walked towards the Green Berets . |
| 5 | Yeah it it means that you can point out that it makes it a lot simpler for someone to just pop over for a night and crash out on the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , for me , I reckon I can run and swim , and make out on the shooting if I put my mind to it , but the riding — well — I do n't know about the riding . ’ |
| 7 | Their advice should probably have been to go down the High Street to a large newsagents and buy one or more magazines devoted to the PC and read up on the subject . |
| 8 | He said the key to SmithKline 's success was its ability to market and sell brands and cash in on the potential of new products . |
| 9 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 10 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 11 | The band failed to advise said fans , who have endured a five-year wait to see them play live in the UK , that tickets went on sale last Saturday , and sold out on the same day . |
| 12 | A white Volkswagen Beetle crawled towards me out of the fog and passed by on the left . |
| 13 | Stepping out of the stables , she opened the half-door of the Lagonda and got in on the driver 's side . |
| 14 | And Margot went thanks very much , and got back on the bus . |
| 15 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 16 | Anyway they would land down at our place most weekends , because we used to take the Darlington and Stockton Times , and they would all be smoking their pipes and talking , asking , ‘ What hast thou fresh , now ’ and catching up on the comings and goings of Baldersdale . |
| 17 | Well , it 's good to be back on the list and catching up on the mountain of messages . |
| 18 | Draws near and flops down on the seat . |
| 19 | The missiles would climb out of the atmosphere , using a two stage rocket motor , and home in on the heat emitted from a target satellite . |
| 20 | With the paperwork finished , it 's across to the Mess for a cup of tea and to catch up on the rest of the news . |
| 21 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 22 | It 's debatable whether PGA is the best golf game , but it 's certainly the easiest to get into without the fuss of reading pages of instructions and swatting up on the physics of the humble golf ball . |
| 23 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 24 | The Six agreed to hold an intergovernmental committee , to be headed by the tireless Paul-Henri Spaak , which would consider , flesh out and report back on the various proposals . |
| 25 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 26 | They came out of the circuit one by one and bore down on the SE5s , each of which was now heading for the balloon from a different quarter . |
| 27 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 28 | Hours of bending and stretching and twisting down on the prom in singlets and shorts while the wind whipped over us from the wintry sea . |
| 29 | At the same time they have re-examined ‘ respect for the individual ’ , and focussed back on the manager 's role in developing trust , justice , helping employees take ownership of their jobs . |
| 30 | What you have going for you is the ability to withstand whatever is dished up and to come out on the winning side . |