Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 2 | If you are using guitar machine heads ( far more easily adjusted than pegs , which also require special tools to fit them accurately ) it is more convenient to modify the shape of the head and fit them only on the left ( if you are right-handed ) in the manner of Fender guitars . |
| 3 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 4 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore . |
| 5 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 6 | The man ducked , weaving to his left so that Trent 's fist caught him high on the right cheek . |
| 7 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 8 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 9 | We try and slip him in on the sly when we think we 've got them hooked . |
| 10 | He used it more on the unknown Hoffman than on the others . |
| 11 | For the tribal stage , in particular , they base themselves only on the vaguest generalization as gathered probably from philosophical treatises . |
| 12 | When he finally got on his feet , Roger seemed unduly keen , and I found myself unexpectedly on the defensive . |
| 13 | Iain filled me in on the essential details while I was devouring that gargantuan breakfast . |
| 14 | So basically all I would have to do is take them with me and I 'd bring them home on the same day . |
| 15 | Maybe that 'll bring them back on the next plane . ’ |
| 16 | She felt him pushing her backwards on the overstuffed settee and she let him . |
| 17 | Back at the office , Schellenberg changed into a light grey flannel suit in the bathroom , speaking through the other door to Ilse Huber as he dressed , filling her in on the whole business . |
| 18 | Nicky Henderson 's Wont Be Gone Long ( 2.20 ) has top weight but is not badly treated considering he beat Lockwood Prince by 15 lengths at Chepstow last May and meets him here on the same terms . |
| 19 | Nicky Henderson 's Wont Be Gone Long ( 2.20 ) has top weight but is not badly treated considering he beat Lockwood Prince by 15 lengths at Chepstow last May and meets him here on the same terms . |
| 20 | Jack filled him in on the scanty information they had already obtained . |
| 21 | After you have a lot , spread it evenly on the inside disk . |
| 22 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 23 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 24 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |
| 25 | And when you score a cracker of a goal , you can watch it again on the slow-motion replay ( this can be turned off ) . |
| 26 | He meets us over on the far side of the town at nine thirty P.M. ’ |
| 27 | It 's very good good erm good thing for the party and they 're usually quite starved of practical campaigning ideas and so we regularly try every at least every year to go and do a tour and erm we 've been giving them we we 're trying to rope them in on the various activities because they 're crying out for |
| 28 | Drain thoroughly and then slice them thinly on the diagonal . |
| 29 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 30 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |