Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touching down on the main wheels first , the Ercoupe twitched into line ; they even tried it with the rudder pedals locked , flying on elevator and aileron only , but found the feeling ‘ rather disconcerting ’ ! |
| 2 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 3 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 4 | From the third floor offices of the NME you could gaze down on the clueless hordes below . |
| 5 | Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems . |
| 6 | Spell after spell crashed down on the Dark Elves , the carnage was too awful to contemplate . |
| 7 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 8 | The Six agreed to hold an intergovernmental committee , to be headed by the tireless Paul-Henri Spaak , which would consider , flesh out and report back on the various proposals . |
| 9 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 10 | Finally , erm various terms have been erm thrown around about new settlements being an engine of growth and a sinkhole for future growth , erm the only point I want to make there is that any future growth beyond the present structure plan period of two thousand and six would of course be subject to the planning system , there is no automatic erm growth erm of any new settlement that is proposed or may be proposed beyond two thousand and six , and Mr Davis has indicated that at that time a new study will be carried out on the relative merits of the alternative options that were seen at that time . |
| 11 | A special analysis of the overall extent of the temporary workforce carried out on the British/European Communities ' Labour Force Survey bears on the changing structure of the labour market and its likely repercussions on the outlook for Britain 's underclass . |
| 12 | The government 's response to mounting criticism was to crack down on the principal advocates of reform . |
| 13 | Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes . |
| 14 | The ageing NI team is looking back on the key events of the last decade of the millennium . |
| 15 | The sun shone down on the grassy slopes , accentuating petal colour : blue of germander speed well , pink of camp ion , mauve of tufted vetch and white of stitchwort . |
| 16 | Ms Johnston uses the world war as a springboard into other conflicts ; that between England and Ireland ; between Ireland north and south , and even within the south itself , as the English officers look down on the Irish men , and the northern Irish sergeant barely conceals his contempt for the southern Catholics in his ranks . |
| 17 | Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold . |
| 18 | At the end of this road , walk a short way over the grassy hillside and look down on the turquoise waters of the bay ( Baia de Abra ) . |
| 19 | From the terrace beside the chapel you look down on the playing fields of Eton . |
| 20 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |
| 21 | Born Alfredo James Pacino he is still haunted by memories of growing up on the mean streets of New York 's South Bronx where his street gang pals called him The Actor . |
| 22 | Through the wide-open window floated the lightest of breezes , tangy with the scent of wild herbs growing up on the rugged hills behind the town . |
| 23 | Large numbers of drowned dolphins are being washed up on the south-western coasts of England , apparently as a result of being caught in fishing nets . |
| 24 | She would n't be a real Brownie if she flew home and left them stranded out on the snowy woods . |
| 25 | The rest of the 50 minutes should be used to look back on the previous lectures and notes on the same topic . |
| 26 | Having been wintered out on the heterosexual plains of Ipswich I longed for the company of other dykes . |
| 27 | You can compensate for using more time working a really special border and so on by speeding up on the main sections . |
| 28 | In this vacuum of real news , pressure builds up on the non-news programmes to fill the gap . |
| 29 | Then , when the next breeding time comes around , the males start moving in on the female groups again and fight one another for possession of that year 's harems . |
| 30 | But now new technology is moving in on the traditional auctions . |