Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tournament doctor may be able to reduce the dislocation by twisting and pulling on the injured limb , but even if he is successful , that is the end of your day 's competition . |
| 2 | Between £60 and £70 million will be won and lost on the Grand National ; a fortune riding on 40 horses . |
| 3 | Tiny pieces of skin shrivelled and cooked on the red-hot ring and wisps of smoke rose into the air . |
| 4 | A rare chance to see our experiences as women validated and endorsed on the big screen in a powerful and yes , entertaining movie about a subject that matters profoundly to us . |
| 5 | The ferry was in ; it rose and fell on the swelling Grönsund . |
| 6 | He rose and fell on the sickening see-saw of his terror and delight . |
| 7 | The effect of N-linked oligosaccharode trimming and processing on the molecular weight of Β 1 integrins on HT-29 cells was investigated with specific inhibitors of glucosidase I ( DNJ ) and mannosidase I ( DMJ ) . |
| 8 | AA Roadwatch advised motorists to use common sense when driving and to stay on the main roads . |
| 9 | Burden said Mrs. Fanshawe might just recall why her husband 's Jaguar had skidded and overturned on the empty fast lane of the twin track road , but he doubted it . |
| 10 | Claudia did n't contribute and concentrated on the younger children . |
| 11 | Women 's Cooperative Guild members also contrasted them unfavourably with their own more democratic Guild meetings , deploring the way in which ‘ ladies came and lectured on the domestic affairs in the workers ’ homes that it was impossible for them to understand' . |
| 12 | He shut the door quickly behind him and came and sat on the small wooden chair in the corner . |
| 13 | Its edges , at first three-dimensionally sharp and rigid , after a while began to wave and shimmer on the red heat of the sand . |
| 14 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 15 | Much has been said and written on the potential adverse effects of screen flickers , unfiltered light , and the benefits of different working postures . |
| 16 | Hurriedly showering and pulling on the same pair of jeans she had worn the day she 'd arrived , she jerked a baggy sweater over her head and went downstairs . |
| 17 | Relax and repeat on the other side . |
| 18 | The green grasshoppers fittingly tended to go and settle on the green backgrounds , and the yellow grasshoppers on the yellow . |
| 19 | The geology of the Shetlands was revised and work on the Outer Hebrides is in progress . |
| 20 | Mr Oak recommended that the building should be repossessed and sold on the open market : members of the land and property sub-committee voted to accept his recommendation yesterday . |
| 21 | The chest may be painful and they hold it when coughing and lie on the painful side to keep it still and put pressure on it . |
| 22 | Half in panic , half in the laughter of release , she turned and turned on the same spot . |
| 23 | ‘ Experts ’ from a variety of European agencies were brought together to discuss and report on the various cross-cultural attitudes to drug-taking among young people . |
| 24 | Rover has been quick to identify and exploit on the visual cues that so distinguish its cars , as witnessed by the successful return of the traditional chrome grille . |
| 25 | Issues discussed include general and reporting guidance for both the continuing auditor ( who audited and reported on the previous financial statements ) and the incoming auditor ( where the previous financial statements were either audited by another auditor or not audited at all ) . |
| 26 | As we spent hour after hour sitting at our work-table , all curtains drawn to intensify our concentration beneath the old-fashioned fringed standard lamp , he would from time to time ease his buttocks and balls , pulling and tugging on the firm seams of the taut , well-worn jeans or the well-rubbed brown needle cords , scratching and stroking himself idly , as if unselfconsciously in the most private places with those delicate fingers with the bitten nails and his big , warm palms . |
| 27 | Then the grub grows and feeds on the living ladybird and eats its way out , tying the ladybird 's legs together . |
| 28 | We have discussed , reflected and considered on the one hand , the impact of the lack of democracy and respect for human rights in our countries , and on the other , the restrictions of the free flow of information and access to media whereby the majority of African peoples are deprived of opportunities for self expression and full participation in the development process and nation building . |
| 29 | It was very nice in the summer , of course , when the sun shone and sparkled on the wee burn that ran down the hill behind the house . |
| 30 | The general purpose and scheme of the statutory superstructure is to strengthen and build on the continuing contractual foundation for the greater benefit of all affected — the company , the contributories , the creditors , both secured and unsecured , and the preferential creditors , as well as the public generally . |