Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , like a black storm cloud that builds up ominously on a distant horizon , the second of the two Men who had been feeding the eagles advanced on Woil . |
| 2 | Calvin takes a look at Jerry , mumbles something inaudible and sits down heavily on the step with his back to all of us . |
| 3 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 4 | If you charged Musicians Union rates no one hired you : if you did n't , your fellow musicians hated you : and to stand up there on a platform for four hours disappointing a room full of people was not his idea of living . |
| 5 | She hurried next door to get the spare one she always left with her neighbour , then let herself inside and sank down wearily on the bottom of the stairs . |
| 6 | Who went to the end of the street , nevertheless , and came back briskly on the impetus of her need , her decision . |
| 7 | Probably the most historic and also the most photogenic is that of the counts of Kyburg , perched high above woodlands and looking down fiercely on the river Toss . |
| 8 | The two would take low stances in the cages and stare out together on the world , separated by bars but joined in a common sympathy . |
| 9 | ‘ Come on you bastard , ’ she shouted and pressed down hard on the gas . |
| 10 | Colour 225g 18oz ) of the marzipan ( about a quarter ) with red food colouring and roll out thinly on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour . |
| 11 | She realised suddenly that she was in the wrong lane , and pulled over sharply on the slippery road . |
| 12 | That break in Sicily with my friends , and sailing down here on the Kestrel , was the first holiday I 've taken in ages … ’ |
| 13 | It must have looked at one time as though I 'd follow the family tradition and end up permanently on a farm . |
| 14 | We can go down and come back specifically on the Monday . |
| 15 | When this happens swim vigorously into wind and pull down hard on the mast |
| 16 | He searched desperately for Tony 's father among the confusing patterns of lights and shadow shifting and flickering down there on the prom . |
| 17 | No , she must have invisibly ascended through those upwards-sloping corridors and irritating little steps , and come down again on the spiral staircase . |
| 18 | He had to stop and sit down twice on the way because he felt as though he was going to collapse . |
| 19 | He found his arm grasped gently but firmly , and pushed back down on the bed cover . |
| 20 | I stumbled back and sat down heavily on the plinth , then staggered upright and pulled my cords back up . |
| 21 | As he neared it , he suddenly stopped , staggered and sat down abruptly on a chair , leaning forward and holding his head in his hands . |
| 22 | I rolled out like a ball but sneaked back in on the back seat . |