Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 2 | In fact the son 's military train , despite the fact that it has priority ( a hangover from the days of the armoured trains ) , only passes through on the following day , when his mother has left . |
| 3 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 4 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 5 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 6 | Specimens were gently spread out on a flat surface , flooded with 2.5% glutaraldehyde buffered in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate solution , and fixed for four to six hours . |
| 7 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 8 | The answer is not to fall back on the offensive utilisation of a harmless birthday , but to write into constitutions strict regulations about terms of appointment . |
| 9 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 10 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 11 | How could clothes not dry out on a warm sunny day ? |
| 12 | Similarly , interviews with pupils are included but were not carried out on a systematic basis and the results have not been correlated with pupils ' GT4 scores . |
| 13 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 14 | The hammer finally slammed down on an empty chamber . |
| 15 | For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) . |
| 16 | Remember that these are colour effects , and they will therefore not show up on a black and white viewfinder . |
| 17 | Travellers journeying into the town no longer look out on an industrial wasteland the ramshackle legacy of Darlington 's past . |
| 18 | Faster than a machine gun , it can reach peak rates of 200 pulses per second as the bat finally closes in on the moving target . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 20 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |
| 21 | The consequence was that intransigent positions were soon staked out on the correct modes of biblical interpretation . |
| 22 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , the distance between London and Brighton is not very great , and you have even been seen in the vicinity of Brighton , so why not call in on an old friend ? |
| 23 | I think I am just starting out on the steep , rocky — and lots of other corny metaphors — road to recovery . |
| 24 | The towns were generally laid out on the northern side of the tracks . |
| 25 | Harriet 's voice had grown bleaker as she spoke and finally broke off on a clipped note of finality . |
| 26 | ‘ I believe we are at the stage now where the fears and uncertainty in the community are such that no one can any longer pass by on the other side , and there is something which everybody can do to alleviate the problem . ’ |
| 27 | I say , like I say I just just red er paint summat like , these are white these and just go down on the red and just up there and just up here , just get your displays |
| 28 | It finally eases off on the very top of Rudland Rigg , a majestic shoulder of land running north to south , with views right across the moors . |
| 29 | But there was no reason why she should not stretch out on the forward superstructure and get in a little sunbathing . |
| 30 | I can soon pick up on the current contacts , get a good team together . ’ |