Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on [art] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just after 0800hrs they swooped down on the closely parked Curtiss P–36s and P–40s . |
| 2 | And then I came back on the forth to start off with the stocktaking which is not on the agenda I think . |
| 3 | The colourful draperies of the various stands and tents billowed and flapped gently , as the denizens of Little Tuckett strolled about on the freshly clipped lawns of the vicarage garden , taking in the various delights on offer . |
| 4 | Police estimated no more than 30,000 party supporters turned out on the heavily barricaded streets , eager to be arrested by the 75,000-strong security forces . |
| 5 | WHEN Ronnie Moran was first thrust into the Liverpool manager 's chair 14 months ago , the team he inherited from Kenny Dalglish proceeded to lose three successive matches before getting back on an even keel to prepare for the arrival of Graeme Souness . |
| 6 | Sitting with the curtains open and the moon shining in on the barely begun big glass , he wrote , sitting keeping vigil with it all night after my walk with Paz , I was afraid . |
| 7 | The tide was ebbing , and they went down on the steeply shelving bed of the Conway . |
| 8 | Keep things ticking over on an even keel . ’ |
| 9 | She sat down on the heavily bolstered arm of a brocade chair opposite her hostess . |
| 10 | Niki comes up on a tightly bunched group of lapped drivers . |