Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sang-froid comes so naturally that , when death seems imminent , he remarks : ‘ It seems too bad that just when we get to where there 's a fortune in diamonds , the mountain should decide to sit down on it . ’ |
| 2 | We jostled our way through the multitudes until we found a patch of grass to sit down on . |
| 3 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 4 | Stepping back from the display cabinets , hoping to sit down on the window-seat , she made a false move and bumped into something cold . |
| 5 | She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair . |
| 6 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 7 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
| 8 | Place chairs round in a circle and ask one sex , say the girls , to sit down on the chairs . |
| 9 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 10 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 11 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 12 | She had to sit down on the ground . |
| 13 | He urged her to sit down on one of the hard , gilded sofas for a moment . |
| 14 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 15 | Jane Pargeter said , nodding towards her open drinks cabinet , even before Blanche and Dexter had time to sit down on the black leather armchairs in her sitting-room . |
| 16 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 17 | Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered . |
| 18 | Resentfully Kate took it from him before moving to sit down on one of the sofas . |
| 19 | ‘ He made his way along the road until a colleague told him to sit down on the pavement . |
| 20 | He now stepped backwards , pulling her away from the piano and into the middle of the room towards the couch , and he had almost to force her to get her stiff body to sit down on it . |
| 21 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 22 | They had been briefed to report in on their mobile telephone at certain checkpoints en route , and to inform the Ops Room of any suspicious incidents , but their main task was to stop and talk to locals , in order to make their presence known in as friendly a way as possible . |
| 23 | to remove existing 80-metre fence at west end and replace with new fence to allow full 2-metre width ( old fence to be removed at start of works ; new fence to go in on completion , to allow dumpers to manoevre while work is in progress . |
| 24 | I should need to go in on the eleventh to clear up I expect . |
| 25 | I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't |
| 26 | this one , look at the back , I think the reason it 's so big is to go in on the sockets at the back , put , you can put two tapes on it |
| 27 | Because I did n't want the kids saying , ah , you have n't got to And I did n't want to go in on Saturday morning either did I ? |
| 28 | Opening the meeting of the Economic Planning Council , the Chairman , Lord Hampshire , surprised members by announcing that the Prime Minister intended to sit in on the transport debate , which was the subject of a White Paper about to be discussed on the floor of the House . |
| 29 | During this same period , the trainee may also be asked to sit in on interviews in their bureau . |
| 30 | The ability to visit libraries and information services , to sit in on programmes etc permits a sound basis for a valid advisory and consultancy role . |