Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 God damn Humber , I thought , and got up to write on the charts on the bed-table .
2 Remove and spread out to dry on a rack in an airy place ; if not thoroughly dry , it becomes mouldy later — then store in airtight containers between greaseproof paper .
3 Tal gave a most unparrotlike crow and flew up to perch on the top of a monitor .
4 We carried our own humble bags across the road , and lay down to sleep on a gravel slope in the lee of a hut .
5 If he thought something interesting , he would desert what he was doing and amble off to meditate on the new idea , muttering to himself as he walked .
6 And then she turned away , and went over to check on the stove .
7 Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench .
8 The brown egg struck the wall behind Delaney 's head with a clang and whirled back to bounce on the top of the radio bench .
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