Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the windows were broken and came in and landed on the people working . ’ |
| 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 | Every kind of wonderful bird was flying in and perching on the branches of the great tree , and as soon as one landed a Minpin would climb onto its back and off they would go . |
| 4 | Sister Cooney came in and snapped on the light . |
| 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 | He said that unless Niki gave in and raced on the terms offered , he was going to go with Keke the following year . |
| 8 | Jamie came in and sat on the couch next to my chair . |
| 9 | Anne reached in and turned on the lights . |
| 10 | A third-year nurse came in and turned on the radio . |
| 11 | Later Beatrice was carried in and laid on the sofa , sobered by the experience , her breasts daubed in blood . |
| 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 | The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds . |
| 17 | She 's like , she 's like tearing the wall down and collapsing on the floor with hysterics . |
| 18 | They hailed down and clinked on the ramparts . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Once he broke down and cried on the radio . |
| 22 | Fall down and right , go up and collect the star , fly up two platforms and right , push the crate onto the switch , go left and fall down , fall through the left side of the cave floor you land in , go right on the ride and collect the arrow , go left on the ride and up on the platforms , go right on the platforms in the cave above , push the crate right onto the switch , go right , down and left on the dodgems , jump up onto the platforms , then onto the wall above , go right through the wall and collect the star so you can fly , fly left , up , go right and collect the arrow . |
| 23 | Now it is a sport , and it is a skilled game you know , and I think women can play it just as well as men , or against men and you know , you can have your fans who are very strong for your women 's team tha just as much as the men , but yet , would they also be branded as hooligans because they go along and stand on the terraces and shout for the girls ? |
| 24 | He went through and tapped on the office door . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She came over and sat on the bed beside him . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | Their owners were also beginning to notice what was going on and commented on the changes that were making their business more difficult , for the books often had no dispersal markings on them . |