Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on the [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just after 0800hrs they swooped down on the closely parked Curtiss P–36s and P–40s . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She sat down on the heavily bolstered arm of a brocade chair opposite her hostess . |