Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two minutes later , a truly magnificent swan , as white as snow , came swooping in and landed on a branch nearby . |
| 2 | Before anyone goes in and sits on the dentist 's chair which forms the centrepiece of the cage , Dr Tydeman will first monitor them using some external equipment . |
| 3 | Sister Cooney came in and snapped on the light . |
| 4 | For instance to er to put in this lottery , and put in the new system that we just converted , recently , a couple of days ago err takes tens and tens of millions of millions of dollars , and most companies who come in and work on a percentage of sales , do n't get their capital investment back until several years into the contract . |
| 5 | Down on the dark grey beach there was a collection of glaucous gulls and a few purple sandpipers , and then to my delight a snow white ivory gull flew in and settled on the shingle , giving me the chance to stalk and photograph one of the world 's rarer gulls . |
| 6 | but I never pushed in and stood on the stage , look I 've done all this ! |
| 7 | ‘ A monkey came in and perched on a table . |
| 8 | Jamie came in and sat on the couch next to my chair . |
| 9 | A third-year nurse came in and turned on the radio . |
| 10 | Later Beatrice was carried in and laid on the sofa , sobered by the experience , her breasts daubed in blood . |
| 11 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |
| 12 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 13 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 14 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 15 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 16 | She 's like , she 's like tearing the wall down and collapsing on the floor with hysterics . |
| 17 | You must then perform a small conjuring trick — holding all the layers of the picture firmly together , turn the frame and picture upside down and place on the table , then fix on the hardboard back . |
| 18 | Folly put the phone down and sat on the bed , looking round the poky little hotel room that was all she could afford while she searched for more permanent accommodation . |
| 19 | Once he broke down and cried on the radio . |
| 20 | He went through and tapped on the office door . |
| 21 | Solemn and with sullen eyes they kept their regard apart , but for a short while , perhaps inadvertently their gaze crossed over and fixed on the other mounting the hill . |
| 22 | He went over and banged on the panel so hard that his knuckles hurt — even so , he knew that he 'd be lucky if he were heard . |
| 23 | In theory they were writing a book on the actors , but long since the fascination of collection for its own sake had taken over and work on the collation of evidence ceased . |
| 24 | She came over and sat on the bed beside him . |
| 25 | Matt was lying on the couch and then went and then I went over and sat on the couch and then Matt tried sa Matt erm pretended he was up to him and started |
| 26 | They managed to get it going , then took off and landed on a star . |
| 27 | She could describe weather conditions so realistically as to make her audience shiver or sweat , and children would find themselves taking off and putting on a garment in mid-tale . |
| 28 | ‘ Take your shoe off and stand on the towel . ’ |
| 29 | THE small clubs fear they will ultimately be cut off and thrown on the scrap heap if the FA ploughs its own furrow . |
| 30 | She turned it off and put on a tape of Stravinsky . |