Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | It was perfectly possible to see how Billy could have vaulted the fence , got on to the kitchen roof via one of the barrels and from there on to the main roof and all the connecting ones down to Sunil 's house . |
| 3 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 4 | The factory which was in Leith had what would now he called a creche where the children could it and play and he looked after whilst the mothers got on with the ground sheets … and the war . |
| 5 | If you have a modem you can log on to a bulletin board and download it . |
| 6 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 7 | We live on the fourth floor of one building , in what , by Chinese standards , are luxurious conditions : we each have our own bedroom , living room , and bathroom , with drinking water , cigarettes , and thermos flasks of hot water ( for making Chinese tea ) laid on in the living room . |
| 8 | Our chalet was spacious and the meals laid on by the live-in girl were cordon bleu quality . |
| 9 | Firstly , CACI can build on to the shopping centres additional information relating to those outlets in a particular retail sector — this might be in terms of floorspace allocations , number of outlets or other attractiveness measures . |
| 10 | On Nov. 25 a programme agreed on by the coalition partners was announced in the National Assembly . |
| 11 | The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point . |
| 12 | These are not paintings employing the wonderful accidental effects of free watercolour washes that so many artists adopt , though most of this goes on with the underneath base washes . |
| 13 | A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid . |
| 14 | with primer on , spraying inside and the outside , taking off both the wings and bump bit where the bonnet goes on to the slam pan , got ta take the er the wings out , I mean the , the lights out anyway . |
| 15 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 16 | Stephen Silk turns vigilante and is amazed at what goes on beside the railroad tracks |
| 17 | ’ We ca n't attend their committee meetings which is where all the real decisions are made , and we ca n't get information about what goes on in a committee meeting . |
| 18 | Further , a family member may find it difficult to " let go " of the primary sufferer while he or she is in treatment and may still want to find out everything that goes on in a treatment centre on a day-to-day basis and there by continue to " fix " by proxy . |
| 19 | How how can we tell , because as an officer , and this is this is Richard 's point , as an officer how do you know what goes on in the barrack room ? |
| 20 | The law is too rigid and recognises too little of what goes on in the housing estates and back alleys of industrial towns . |
| 21 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 22 | Or , though the process or institution may be , so to speak , on the doorstep , its accessibility may be limited : what goes on inside a defence research establishment or a Masonic Lodge are obvious examples . |
| 23 | Most of the exchange of information goes on before the Christmas holiday — like yesterday and today when 12 people were at their computers . |
| 24 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 25 | It required the outbreak of war and the threatened imminence of defeat to produce the power-sharing of 1940 , which led on to the power transference of 1945 . |
| 26 | The path , waymarked and cleared , led on through a boulder field . |
| 27 | Lucifer pointed out to Eve the forbidden apple on the flat tree painted on to the back panel of the cart . |
| 28 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 29 | A group of businessmen and politicians decided on Sept. 21 to carry on with the referendum proposal and on Sept. 26 began collecting signatures in favour of the referendum . |
| 30 | Mellor told Mr Major he felt unable to carry on in a phone call early yesterday morning . |