Example sentences of "and [adv prt] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shadows wavered backwards through the green railings and down on to the sunken slipway leading to the chain-ferry . |
| 2 | The Doctor smiled at it , waited for it to approach — then whipped his hat through the air and down on to the table , neatly trapping the drone beneath it . |
| 3 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 4 | She let Cleo slide over her thigh and down on to the floor . |
| 5 | Travelling along the island 's one main road and off on to the dusty tracks we were amazed at how friendly the locals were . |
| 6 | Swirling in an army Chinook helicopter through wind and fog and over a sea of smouldering lava yesterday , it was easy to see why earlier plans to bomb or mine it off course and up on to the surface have been shelved . |
| 7 | This time I at least got past the lochan and up on to the boulder field that leads to the window . |
| 8 | With one concerted effort , they heaved the boar out of the water and up on to the bank . |
| 9 | Seeing the Man approach Creggan pulled away and with one final lunge of his beak at the flesh hopped back and up on to the branch across his cage . |
| 10 | I groped for its neighbour , found it , ducked through the gap and up on to the curved deck of the treadmill . |
| 11 | They 'd gone through the big field and up on to the common and the slope beyond which was where the wall was , half-ruined and easier to jump because of the gaps . |
| 12 | Okay this is light being transmitted through these colours and up on to the screen . |
| 13 | Off to the north here is a road that plunges with an astonishing directness down into the valley of the Ouzon and out on to the flat , south-east of Pau . |
| 14 | Through the air lock she went , down the metal steps , and out on to the Moon 's dusty surface . |
| 15 | So Joe , Mr Wopsle and I walked behind the men through the village and out on to the marshes . |
| 16 | Somehow , Reg Pybus , who is such a square he even has a mono Walkman , refused to drink with the match only hours away , and so managed to get the team into their kit and out on to the pitch . |
| 17 | Then she looked across at Burun , smiled brilliantly , and lashed the st'lyan across the barrel so that it charged away through the trees and out on to the plain . |
| 18 | Once we are through the mountains and out on to the plain of the Moistr ’ River we may split into smaller groups , but I will decide who will be given individual commands when that arises . ’ |
| 19 | Months and months of advance publicity , and newspaper articles about the seriousness and dedication of everyone involved — then the curtains parted , and out on to the stage walked a rather tubby little figure with a balding forehead and thin hair flying in the wind , who leaned anxiously forward and waved his arms about as he talked . |
| 20 | Fenella , who on Renascia had walked everywhere , found her breath snatched from her as her mount followed Caspar down the great avenue of beeches that guarded Tara and out on to the Tree-fringed high road . |
| 21 | She ran down the garden and out on to the tow-path . |
| 22 | She looked in the garden again and then went back through the house and out on to the road . |
| 23 | He climbed up the outside staircase past the fountains surrounded by black-veiled women filling their pots with water and out on to the little parapeted promenade which crowned the second storey . |
| 24 | Fran set her glass down , murmuring an apology as she made her way through the crowd and out on to the deck . |
| 25 | A5 southbound traffic will travel on the east side of the roundabout and back on to the A5 . |
| 26 | Without glancing at the two men , he drove out of the warehouse , through the metal gates and back on to the street . |
| 27 | He turned abruptly away and Willie followed him up the lane and back on to the main street . |
| 28 | Because now Cardiff was hauling them through the staircase door and back on to the first-floor landing . |
| 29 | In silence , he drove them out of the hollow and back on to the track . |
| 30 | They journeyed through Leighton , past the grisly scaffold with the freshly dug makeshift grave still visible at its foot , and back on to the Mile End Road . |