Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 2 | The other alternatives were to shoot the plane down before it landed or blow it up on the ground at Teheran airport when all the Imam 's followers had come forward to welcome him . |
| 3 | ‘ For take-off and landing , each propeller works like a helicopter rotor , pulling the plane into the sky or letting it down on the helipad . |
| 4 | Practise makes perfect , so use them when you 're wanking or try them out on a vibrator , dildo or anything that 's about the right shape . |
| 5 | The noise is formidable , for the rocks clatter and bang away down a steel chute that dumps them back on the ground . |
| 6 | NORTH Sea oil costs could be reduced by a novel plan to build and test subsea production equipment at onshore sites rather than hooking it up on the seabed . |
| 7 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 8 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 9 | She fetched my rope and laid it out on a clear patch of ground . |
| 10 | We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks . |
| 11 | Guido drained his whisky glass and laid it down on a nearby table . |
| 12 | He folded his newspaper and laid it down on a seat beside him . |
| 13 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
| 14 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
| 15 | Then suddenly closing his eyes and clenching his fist and bringing it down on the counter , he said , ‘ Whatever you want to do , for God 's sake ! |
| 16 | Er well Tony 's going to deliver it and pick it up on the Monday . |
| 17 | She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee . |
| 18 | I will give him sharp orders , he thought , and bring him up on a short rein ; and I will see him come to terms , and kiss the hand that curbs him . |
| 19 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 20 | Cos got it up on the side and he had n't showed her and he was just pressing oh what 's that |
| 21 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 22 | We try and slip him in on the sly when we think we 've got them hooked . |
| 23 | A deadline was set up but it has come and gone and we no have no alternative but to reclaim the shares and place them back on the market . |
| 24 | The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth . |
| 25 | ‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter . |
| 26 | Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table . |
| 27 | Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table . |
| 28 | Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table . |
| 29 | Cranston lifted the alejack , remembered the rat , and slammed it back on the table . |
| 30 | 1 small twentieth-century ornamental dinner plate with picture of Scarborough Beach ( this is optional , actually , but I always find it adds spice to a tour of a house if , when interest is flagging , you quietly get it out and prop it up on a table and then say innocently to an attendant : ‘ What 's the story behind that plate ? ’ and then wait to see what sort of explanation is invented by someone who has never seen it in his or her life before ) |