Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staring at him worriedly , she slowly sank down to sit on the edge of the bed . |
| 2 | The dual carriageway is just of the motorway and people are gearing up to go on the motorway . |
| 3 | While the so-called ‘ superminis ’ — cars like the Peugeot 205 and the new Ford Fiesta — grow larger and more expensive , the Eastern bloc car makers have quietly crept in to capitalise on the market for more affordable transport . |
| 4 | Rob came over to perch on the corner of her desk . |
| 5 | John and wife Pam had written off to appear on the programme only to discover there were 10,000 applicants . |
| 6 | Charlie 's going out to check on the territory and strike up a deal . |
| 7 | But he opposed any suggestion that representatives of the environmental movement might sit on the technical committees set up to decide on the safety of any release of genetically manipulated organisms into the environment . |
| 8 | But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true . |
| 9 | Two cuckoos flew down to settle on the wire fence . |
| 10 | Tal gave a most unparrotlike crow and flew up to perch on the top of a monitor . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's obviously been brought up to look on the doctor as the bogey man . ’ |
| 12 | He went on to reflect on the foundation of new branches . |
| 13 | After loudly supporting an often-uncomfortable Jackson campaign again in the primary , Fulani went on to run on the NAP ticket , winning 240,000 votes in the general election — a considerable performance for a minor party . |
| 14 | The report went on to comment on the absence of objective criteria for setting health priorities and to emphasise the need for health service research to be multidisciplinary . |
| 15 | McIlvanney went on to work on the Scotsman as a news reporter and feature writer , though with his passion for football and boxing , the attraction towards sports was inevitable . |
| 16 | Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench . |
| 17 | And then she turned away , and went over to check on the stove . |
| 18 | Allitt went over to check on the boy and then shouted to a staff nurse to come quickly . |
| 19 | So I went over to knock on the door . |
| 20 | We lay on the hard , orange clay and went through the different procedures that we would use when we went off to fire on the shooting range . |
| 21 | We go out to win on the night , we 're playing tomorrow |
| 22 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 23 | The brown egg struck the wall behind Delaney 's head with a clang and whirled back to bounce on the top of the radio bench . |
| 24 | Soon she would get down to work on the garden ; it would be something to do at the weekends . |
| 25 | He leaned back to tap on the glass partition and then slid it open . |
| 26 | Trying to convince people the project was worth pursuing was not easy , and over a long period personal time had to be carved out to work on the project from time allocated to a variety of other activities ranging from textile fibres to films and even to electronics . |
| 27 | There is also a health visitor who comes in to teach on the childcare course and to discuss any health problems , and a doctor who visits monthly to give inoculations and deal with any other aspects of health care . |