Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] on [art] [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 | His parachute was caught by turbulence as he came in to land on a school playing field . |
| 5 | Rob came over to perch on the corner of her desk . |
| 6 | John and wife Pam had written off to appear on the programme only to discover there were 10,000 applicants . |
| 7 | Remove and spread out to dry on a rack in an airy place ; if not thoroughly dry , it becomes mouldy later — then store in airtight containers between greaseproof paper . |
| 8 | Charlie 's going out to check on the territory and strike up a deal . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true . |
| 11 | She had just enough money left after selling up in Mexico to buy a small finca in Ibiza , where she settled in to survive on a war widow 's pension and the proceeds from her annual harvest of almonds . |
| 12 | Two cuckoos flew down to settle on the wire fence . |
| 13 | Tal gave a most unparrotlike crow and flew up to perch on the top of a monitor . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's obviously been brought up to look on the doctor as the bogey man . ’ |
| 15 | He went on to reflect on the foundation of new branches . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the Chairman 's Address by the Rev. Arnold Thomas quoted above he went on to expand on a definition of the Nonconformist Conscience and in so doing showed how social attitudes and religious arguments had become fused . |
| 20 | Successful candidates then go on to work on an MSc dissertation , or are recommended for registration for a PhD or MPhil . |
| 21 | We carried our own humble bags across the road , and lay down to sleep on a gravel slope in the lee of a hut . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And then she turned away , and went over to check on the stove . |
| 24 | Allitt went over to check on the boy and then shouted to a staff nurse to come quickly . |
| 25 | So I went over to knock on the door . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | We go out to win on the night , we 're playing tomorrow |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Soon she would get down to work on the garden ; it would be something to do at the weekends . |