Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was vividly illustrated in one household we visited where the bedroom was so damp that clothes stored in the cupboard had to be removed daily and spread on a clothes-horse in front of the fire to dry out . |
| 2 | Two minutes later , a truly magnificent swan , as white as snow , came swooping in and landed on a branch nearby . |
| 3 | Before anyone goes in and sits on the dentist 's chair which forms the centrepiece of the cage , Dr Tydeman will first monitor them using some external equipment . |
| 4 | Sister Cooney came in and snapped on the light . |
| 5 | For instance to er to put in this lottery , and put in the new system that we just converted , recently , a couple of days ago err takes tens and tens of millions of millions of dollars , and most companies who come in and work on a percentage of sales , do n't get their capital investment back until several years into the contract . |
| 6 | Down on the dark grey beach there was a collection of glaucous gulls and a few purple sandpipers , and then to my delight a snow white ivory gull flew in and settled on the shingle , giving me the chance to stalk and photograph one of the world 's rarer gulls . |
| 7 | but I never pushed in and stood on the stage , look I 've done all this ! |
| 8 | ‘ A monkey came in and perched on a table . |
| 9 | Jamie came in and sat on the couch next to my chair . |
| 10 | A third-year nurse came in and turned on the radio . |
| 11 | Later Beatrice was carried in and laid on the sofa , sobered by the experience , her breasts daubed in blood . |
| 12 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |
| 13 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 14 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 15 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 16 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 17 | She 's like , she 's like tearing the wall down and collapsing on the floor with hysterics . |
| 18 | You must then perform a small conjuring trick — holding all the layers of the picture firmly together , turn the frame and picture upside down and place on the table , then fix on the hardboard back . |
| 19 | Folly put the phone down and sat on the bed , looking round the poky little hotel room that was all she could afford while she searched for more permanent accommodation . |
| 20 | Once he broke down and cried on the radio . |
| 21 | I think the main software houses should get together and agree on an industry standard memory configuration to which programmers should limit themselves . |
| 22 | Feeling nervous , she clasped her trembling hands together and perched on the edge of the couch , her eyes fixed on the doorway . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've never implored in your life , ’ Ruth murmured , resting her wet head on his shirt for a second before pulling away and perching on the edge of the lounger . |
| 24 | The scarf came away and fell on the floor , twisted in a multiple S. |
| 25 | Ginny managed to take off her coat , put the milk away and turn on the oven before he ran the pad to earth on the table beside his armchair . |
| 26 | He pulled himself away and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 27 | Isabella walked towards camera , turned and walked away and sat on the edge of a chair . |
| 28 | He did n't answer , his silence becoming unnerving , and when she examined his features she was dismayed by the bleakness she saw there ; then , with almost cold deliberation , he turned away and sat on the edge of the bed with his back to her . |
| 29 | Then she walked away and sat on the end of her bed . |
| 30 | And I went berserk about two nights later and said for god 's sake you 're driving me bonkers , go away and sleep on the sofa . |