Example sentences of "[adv prt] on all " in BNC.

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1 Now , in the dream influence of the moon , Fenna told Maggie to look down on all the kingdoms of the world , and across China she saw the snaking of the Great Wall .
2 ‘ With the Government slowly clamping down on all media coverage , unless I moved fast any chance of filming within South Africa would be gone and I did want the accuracy and flavour of the country itself to come through in the film . ’
3 ‘ Getting down on all fours , ’ went on Henry , ‘ and being rogered by a complete stranger in the open air .
4 Thus , in lighter winds , it should be kept down on all points of sailing .
5 Michael himself was now in the choir balcony beside Jock Lennox letting Maria look down on all the heads below them .
6 Cut down on all fats , particularly those from animal sources especially lard , suet , double cream and full-fat cheeses .
7 But later , from the end of the Triassic onwards , certain species within the genus began to drop down on all fours , although this does not mean that the quadrupedal forms descended from bipedal forms — or merely got tired of walking on two legs .
8 On a clear day there are magnificent views from all along this road as well as from the summit , and you can look down on all sides of the island , even to Porto Santo .
9 I sinned and brought shame down on all of us .
10 Press the rice into the tin , cover it with foil and press down on all sides until it is compressed .
11 The boy was down on all fours , his face hideously ugly , the features distorted with rage , the chin thrust forward aggressively , his round , dark eyes filled with animal menace .
12 I do n't want to cut down on all his drinks , and I do n't really want to start ‘ lifting ’ him to the toilet .
13 If he cracks down on you , London would crack down on all the fringe people who go in and out of the Soviet network there .
14 I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner .
15 Sir John released him and the fellow slumped down on all fours , retching and coughing .
16 I 've cut down on all the exercise I felt necessary to do and always have fourth helpings but nothing can bring back my third chin , I do n't know what to do , ’ said the man .
17 So we 're way down on all the others ! so , that then falls three hundred thousand pound short of what is required to er , give ministers an increase to twelve thousand next year .
18 And he 's coming down on all the way through there and he landed just across there and landed , I think he very .
19 It 's got it down on all these adult educational classes that even though .
20 When that happened , he could imagine the pines closing in on all sides , sealing the locomotive and the carriages in a green tomb ; invisible even from the air .
21 Turning on Mungo , Mr Cottle paused to blow his nose , a signal for the trees to edge in on all sides , shutting out the sky .
22 They were hemmed in on all sides by thick heavy stone , but still the wind managed to snake in through innumerable cracks and crannies .
23 Then it became darker , the trees denser , thicker , hemming them in on all sides as Thomas guided their horses along some secret path known only to him .
24 Barred by law from taking an official Cabinet job , the next First Lady Hillary is sitting in on all the meetings of her husband 's transition team , helping to map out policy and pick his Cabinet .
25 So while it is a good idea to move in on all your slow payers as quickly as possible , it is an even better idea to concentrate your efforts on your biggest accounts first rather than spreading them more thinly and less effectively over all your customers .
26 Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions .
27 This will remain constant throughout the design no matter what order the colours appear in on all succeeding lines and is also the order for colours to be used in the colour changer when knitting .
28 With this kind of work in mind , I obtained permission from the headteacher and the governors to sit in on all appointments that occurred in Bishop McGregor School during my fieldwork between 1983 and 1985 .
29 From a technical point of view this is mainly nip and tuck stuff , but Microsoft is betting that the innovative use of existing technology will be a winner and is finally cashing in on all the application programming interfaces , dynamic data exchange , object linking and embedding facilities that it has been burying in its applications and operating systems for the last couple of years .
30 A minute later Sabrina swung the Renault into a narrow alleyway beside the house and emerged into a cobbled courtyard closed in on all sides by faded white walls , the paint peeling off in unsightly flakes to reveal greyish plaster underneath .
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