Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Mondays the wash was hung out to dry on the clotheslines at the end of the kitchen-garden nearest to the house . |
| 2 | When the gunmen climbed in to sit on the benches at the side they had to put their booted feet on the prisoners . |
| 3 | God damn Humber , I thought , and got up to write on the charts on the bed-table . |
| 4 | The terrier allowed himself to be dragged down to lie on the blankets , and Theda was able to see her new mistress in the light afforded by a lamp on her bedside table and a set of two candelabra resting on a nearby chest of drawers . |
| 5 | High on Victoria Peak , it overlooked the city through a faint mist , the sun breaking through to gleam on the skyscrapers and the bay below . |
| 6 | The little boy went back to sit on the stairs with his seven brothers . |
| 7 | They come out to feed on the insects and other invertebrates that swarm on the soft oozy surface of the mud . |
| 8 | Arthur Newsholme , the Chief Medical Officer to the Local Government Board , believed it would be ‘ folly ’ to infer from Campbell 's report that ‘ the industrial occupation of mothers is not a most injurious element in our social life ’ , and in 1919 the Women 's Employment Committee of the Ministry of Reconstruction , set up to advise on the opportunities for women 's employment after the war , expressed the hope that ‘ every inducement , direct or indirect , will be given to keep mothers at home ’ . |