Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] " in BNC.

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1	They did not make any hurry about it and Balor writhed and flailed helplessly and blood began to run out on to the ground beneath him .
2	But the men gave way , because they had no choice , and the next minute the car had bounced out on to the road , turning left , away from the village and up towards the dale head .
3	Perhaps the train in Aunt Louise 's mind had jumped back on to the rail for a while because it was then , in quite a conversational voice , that she began to speak of her daughter .
4	Then my granny had to come out on to the verandah and interfere .
5	The official explanation was that a finish flag had blown down on to the mechanism and the timing had run on .
6	With his free hand he started shaking his wallet until the money began to fall out on to the desk .
7	At West Kensington Lee wanted to get out on to the roof and sledge to Gloucester Road but Dean , who had assumed the position of expert adviser , said he was n't sure about the tunnels .
8	When Rohmer and Duvall had stepped down on to the top of the basement landing , Cardiff followed them , carefully letting the door close behind him .
9	I stared , open-mouthed , hardly even noticing that the Emissary 's hand had crept back on to my leg .
10	Alexandra was standing on a chair and most of her hair had come down on to her shoulders .
11	One of the soldiers had come up on to the cabin top .
12	The Muslim 's bird had gone back on to the offensive , swooping down with its spurs and ripping a great gash along its enemy 's cheek .
13	With this , she released Belinda abruptly , and the chicken dinner went slopping over on to the tray again .
14	Antoinette had collapsed back on to her pillows .
15	In the less than half light Owen saw that Georgiades had come out on to the gallery .
16	Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet .

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