Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right sit up on the chair and we 'll read the story of the jumble sale . |
| 2 | The cost of choice for the majority is the absence of choice for the minority who will never afford to buy , … ‘ the Right to Buy ’ and growth of owner-occupation are effectively carried out on the backs of poor people . |
| 3 | Dispel notions of lethargic ponies plodding nose to tail , only speeding up on the way back to the stables : trail riding can be both challenging and exciting . |
| 4 | ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony . |
| 5 | The idea is very possible , but would be better carried out on a factory produced four door ( which should be available soon ) as adding extra doors and pillars will increase the cost of conversion enormously . |
| 6 | You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders . |
| 7 | It was hardly a stately progress , but as she made her triumphant way back the seas of people around her grew and grew , so that she was accompanied back into the parade ring by a whooping mob , pushing and shoving to get to her , all carried along on a tide of exultation . |
| 8 | In the end she made the decision to combine Episodes Three and Four together , losing one whole episode entirely to tighten up on the drama . |
| 9 | ‘ I only came in on the red , raw minute , ’ she said , ‘ so you 'll excuse me , madam . ’ |
| 10 | When Ceauŝescu personally came in on the act they faked a car accident and tricked up a couple of bodies for the Securitate to send back to England . |
| 11 | Bite Three : ‘ A Prime Minister and a Cabinet so busy trying to recreate the present in the image of the past that they have entirely missed out on the opportunities for the future . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I get so fed up on a train that after five minutes I 'm howling with boredom . |
| 13 | I mean , it 's only going up on the wall with those three others . |
| 14 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |
| 15 | Diving below the dusky water 's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor . |
| 16 | It should not be forgotten that the advent of 1/1/93 is viewed as a very mixed blessing in Dover — several freight agents apparently walked out on a speech given by Christopher Jackson MEP to a local chamber of commerce meeting recently . |
| 17 | If you get your books right , it 'll all happen out on the shopfloor , all the manager has to do . |
| 18 | We gazed enraptured at the city of Bath from the train as it drew in to the station — it was all laid out on the slopes of Lansdown like an aerial map of a moon landscape . |
| 19 | But having left till the morning when she was due , I could n't even let Cathy know because it puts her in an awkward position , suddenly turn up on the day . |
| 20 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 21 | The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness . |
| 22 | Cos they wo n't all go up on a tree . |
| 23 | Consider for a moment the bustle of the scene a hundred years ago , with horse-drawn barges and occasional steam tugs nearing the end of their journeys or perhaps setting out on the return trip towards the sea . |
| 24 | Like several of his contemporaries , his best season with us was 1913–14 , when we only missed out on the championship itself on goal-average . |
| 25 | Erm I thought you had a good structured call , you were focused on business , you obviously picked up on the buying side . |
| 26 | You can tell how lively they are by the fact that they work not in great white north-lit drawing-offices , like the more fashionable and established groups , but in a few cramped rooms on the fourth floor of an Edwardian commercial block , above a tobacconist and an employment agency , mostly looking out on an airwell . |
| 27 | To actually just sit back on the hands , as the government are doing , is not a policy , it 's an abdication of responsibility . |
| 28 | Chaff and grain can no longer build up on the screen , air flow stays constant and the main turbine blades ( over £100 each ) are n't assaulted by small and/or shattered grain . |
| 29 | Chile is Britain 's oldest ally in the Southern Hemisphere … and the Falcons were determined not to miss out on the celebrations to mark the 75th birthday of the Royal Air Force . |
| 30 | He looked at her sharply and she realized what she 'd said , but met his gaze determined not to go back on the promise to herself . |