Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then follows more hearsay evidence , and the trail peters out on a question mark . |
| 2 | Clint : ‘ I think each existence rubs off on the other . |
| 3 | Blood-sugar level goes up on the digestion of food . |
| 4 | This set Jean Powers off on a torrent of exclamations and denials so that Helen could not have got a word in had she wished to ; she stood and looked at Giles Carnaby and tried to be calm . |
| 5 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 6 | When a guest checks in the receptionist allocates a room showing a green light ; he or she presses a switch and the green light goes off on the board as well as on the cashier 's and housekeeper 's boards . |
| 7 | A seven-spot ladybird bears down on a group of hapless aphids |
| 8 | Mo gets up on the top of them stands right up the top , spreads around there 's ! |
| 9 | This chapter picks up on the development of the FAOR methodology , examining the concluding phase where all the main components , including the SSM , were tested in the field as a final trial of the package as a whole . |
| 10 | Alice stretch riffs out on the rack into huge yomping monsters and whip a metallic tapestry of the bizarre over the top . |
| 11 | Alice stretch riffs out on the rack into huge yomping monsters and whip a metallic tapestry of the bizarre over the top . |
| 12 | LET'S GO surfing now — John Milius ’ most successful movie sets out on the ocean wave of West Coast surfing culture following the metamorphosis of three macho beach bums during the '60s decade of lost innocence , alcoholism , the draft and the mythic rites played out on the ocean wave . |
| 13 | We walked round for a bit then we came back and watched The Bug-Eyed Monster Strikes Back on the television . |
| 14 | The board spins around on the tail with some assistance from the rig . |
| 15 | Researchers also wanted to discover how much viewers ' attitudes are affected by the context in which a sexy scene turns up on the home screen — and the timing . |
| 16 | The lounge bar looks out on the garden with two doors giving access to the terrace and seats some 100 persons . |
| 17 | It 's 10 minutes today : less than a cat puts in on a bird . |
| 18 | Lots of fun and excitement as Henry 's Cat sets off on a trip to Treasure Island |
| 19 | Katie sets out on the trail of the kidnappers and her song for Ben becomes the means to save his life . |
| 20 | As dialogue continues down on the floor the Inlay Operator prepares for the first of his ‘ big moments ’ ; the establishing shot of the city as seen by the time-travellers . |
| 21 | The will-they , won't-they teaser comes to a clinch this evening when Sharon 's husband Grant goes out on the booze again . |
| 22 | This time the ascension does not bring down the curtain on the life of Jesus ; instead , the curtain goes up on the life of the Church . |
| 23 | If our bat is Myotis , one of the common little brown bats , we shall hear a chuntering of clicks at a rate of about 10 per second as the bat cruises about on a routine mission . |
| 24 | A stream comes down on the east side and disappears into a cave entrance admitting to a passage below the track where , on the west side , it is joined underground from an alternative pothole entrance . |
| 25 | And with that the curtain comes down on the Gospel . |
| 26 | The video looks back on the occupation of Latin America by Europeans and draws attention to the present situation of the millions of people throughout the continent who are suffering poverty and disease . |
| 27 | Apache gets in on the act |
| 28 | These new men have made me see form , have made me more conscious of the sky where it juts down between houses , of the bright patterns of sunlight which the bath water throws up on the ceiling , of the great ‘ Vs ’ of light that dart through the chinks over the curtain rings , all these are new chords , new keys of design . |
| 29 | Hidden Pot is succeeded by Gale Garth Pot , and when a wall comes in on the left , a detour along its south side is recommended to the point where it turns northwards . |
| 30 | Lucker gropes around on the floor . |