Example sentences of "[adv prt] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the morning they found him dead , face down on a bare spot , not far from the town . |
| 2 | A seven-spot ladybird bears down on a group of hapless aphids |
| 3 | In an allegedly animal-friendly society , where the rules for pets in public places are generally blurred and often very bad , it 's pleasing to put your head down on a strange pillow knowing your pet is just a pat away . |
| 4 | A video image of Dale Kunzler , 10 , from Todmorden , West Yorkshire , is projected upside down on a screen behind him during a video workshop at the ‘ Let's Make A Film ’ Festival held at the National Museum of Photography , Film and Television in Bradford at the weekend . |
| 5 | Shown here is the Queen Mother looking at the display relating to Frank Griffiths , the sole survivor of a Halifax that was shot down on a supply mission , and who was successfully hidden by the local Resistance . |
| 6 | In 1944 our Lancaster of 57 Sqn , piloted by Flt Lt Bulcraig was shot down on a raid on Revigny , Northern France , killing the pilot , Bomb Aimer Fg Off Robson , Flt Eng Sgt Gale and W/Op Sgt Loughlin . |
| 7 | Remove any damaged outer leaves from the lettuce , cut it in half , then place cut side down on a board and thinly shred each half , using a sharp knife . |
| 8 | I 'm feeling real heavy and tired and my feet 's aching so I have a sit down on a wall and swing my legs for a bit . |
| 9 | There 's these springy sort of things bouncing up and down on a string like they 're alive . |
| 10 | Both men were expelled ‘ for gross political mistakes in tackling social tension , especially the events of November 17 , 1989 ’ , when police clamped down on a pro-democracy demonstration . |
| 11 | I 'd also taken stock of just how deep the ravine was a yard or so to my right — on a previous visit to this rocky Brecon summit I 'd looked down on a pair of RAF Tornadoes streaking through on a high-adrenalin exercise . |
| 12 | A tiny spider floated down on a thread from a purple-headed thistle and scuttled over her hand . |
| 13 | However , you do not need to invest in expensive gadgets in order to find if you are fat around the middle : sit down on a seat , relax , do not pull your tummy in , and pinch the fat just above your waist . |
| 14 | Alix sat down on a stool , put her head on one side . |
| 15 | They squatted down on a narrow ice ledge . |
| 16 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 17 | In this small picture , you look down on a couple of hundred thousand people and their bodies are as invisible as microbes . |
| 18 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 19 | Someone else came into the room and sat down on a plain wooden chair to watch him struggle . |
| 20 | ‘ When , one month after German monetary union , East Germany 's state run economy showed signs of breaking down on a massive scale , Chancellor Kohl … called in the top bankers of the land . |
| 21 | None came and still under the drug 's influence at dawn , he found himself looking out from the top of a forty-foot tree — he had no memory of climbing it — and looking down on a vast meadow , flecked with patterns of multi-coloured light and rocks which turned into horses , all of which filled him with ‘ tremendous emotions ’ . |
| 22 | She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair . |
| 23 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 24 | She sat down on a chair in the hall beside the telephone . |
| 25 | Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes . |
| 26 | Luch had laid her own doll down on a stool , lifted the child from the cot , and was cuddling him softly , singing in a tiny , sweet voice to him till he quietened . |
| 27 | Marion 's legs collapsed under her ; she sank down on a rock , and wept . |
| 28 | The blades caught , sparked wildly and crashed down on a head just showing through the welter of foam round their legs , knocking it under again . |
| 29 | White as any linen , she had sunk down on a rock . |
| 30 | She welcomed them politely , sat Muriella down on a stone by the fire , gave her warmed water to clean off the blood . |