Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became known that we were perilously short of hay because the haytiming on our pastures had been very poor that summer and it was impossible to bring enough in on the horse-drawn sledge on the few occasions we were able to get out . |
| 2 | Straining away from him , gasping with tortured gratification , she found that it seemed the most natural thing in the world to her when she was swept up in his arms and carried through into the bedroom , to be laid gently down on the soft duvet . |
| 3 | There 's that drinks thing where you sit all round on the high stalls you know |
| 4 | Lyon will be alright then the might be all right but right over on the Italian branch it might be all right mmm yes |
| 5 | If you make it a chore or a conflict you are already back on the vicious cycle . |
| 6 | Finding myself in the coal bunker at the back of the bungalow I did nothing till the morning of dawning when maximum light was to be utilised for a rather essential cold water wash under an outside tap , and I was soon back on the solid road remarking that the hedgerows ' newborn leaves utter great things . |
| 7 | Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale . |
| 8 | By the light of the fires he could see Paul already sitting cross-legged on a buffalo skin by the pholy , and he sank gratefully down on the other side of him . |
| 9 | There was Mr and then a bit further up on the right hand side was a fella who used to have the contract for making the bread for the |
| 10 | The jury is still out on the Criminal Justice Act , even if it is swinging towards the negative rather than the positive . |
| 11 | Once out on the big seas of life , we each have to do the best we can , whether we have sails , or engines , or nothing but a wooden paddle . |
| 12 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 13 | He laid it carefully out on the long table whilst waving Corbett over . |
| 14 | To those who did agree to sell , but now find their acceptance forms are being returned to them , I can only hope that you are not too disappointed at being involuntarily back on the winning side ! |
| 15 | I think she 's on back on the right track as well with her . |
| 16 | She preferred the additional wearisome walk , half an hour up and half an hour back down on the other side , to bothering one of these absorbed people . |
| 17 | Oh God we 're all back down on the bloody board now ! |
| 18 | Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face . |
| 19 | Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . |
| 20 | The Chairman of the Governors asked me was there a precedent in a flowing her to come into the interviews , and I said ‘ No , the precedent has already been set and that she was n't in on the other appointments . ’ |
| 21 | A long linear fissure opened abruptly on 13 May , well down on the eastern slopes of the volcano , and at a height of only 1,800 metres . |
| 22 | The others seem to have stood up quite well over on the other side . |
| 23 | Not only are they one of the best campaigning organisations around , keeping the welfare of British birds well up on the conservation agenda , their quarterly magazine is full of interesting information on different species as well as tips on the best places to go . |
| 24 | At 31 December , Shirescot 's fully-diluted net asset value stood at 109.58p ; well up on the initial NAV , after issue costs , of 95.07p . |
| 25 | The long middle claw on her foot tore a gash in Rima 's arm and spots of blood began to well up on the brown skin . |
| 26 | Quite a few old ones up there there was , even up on the left-hand side . |
| 27 | High up on the other side of the square is a sign on which words pass rapidly from right to left across a bank of lights . |
| 28 | It is a large castle , strongly fortified and with small window openings high up on the massive walls . |
| 29 | I leave the motor road high up on the open Wolds , and take the chalk and flint surfaced green lane . |
| 30 | Andy and I went down by the river and the loch , clambering up the rocks upstream then back down , watching fish jump lazily out on the calm loch , or strike at the insects speckling those flat waters , jaws snapping underneath ; dispatching , swallowing , leaving ripples . |