Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | So did Sean and Michael and the family and most of the congregation , except old Emmet , who was still asleep and Jock , who sat in the choir balcony with his arms folded , looking down on the Latin mumbo-jumbo with Presbyterian disapproval . |
| 2 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 3 | He reduced this to a quarter and set the glass down on the wooden table with a clatter . |
| 4 | AFTER the opening shot of a cartoon rainbow descending over a stately home , the camera panned in on a well-groomed man with a moustache . |
| 5 | Sometimes they homed in on the right conclusion with remarkable speed ; sometimes they missed the point altogether . |
| 6 | Immediately the men homed in on the dead animal with the single-mindedness of monsoon flies . |
| 7 | They left things to us and we were rushing along on a supercharged train with no brakes . ’ |
| 8 | Pat will ‘ kick off ’ proceedings on the day at 1.15pm when he launches 1 , balloons before setting off on a fun walk with everyone who has come along . |
| 9 | The other had turned and was waiting for the Genoese , standing off on the landward side with her crossbowmen and hackbutters lining her port rail , fore and aft . |
| 10 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 11 | PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 13 | Dyson got off on the wrong foot with Morris from the very beginning , even though Morris politely stopped writing while Bob introduced them , and sat back in his chair to look at Dyson . |
| 14 | Moodie , suffering a bout of flu , kept up the momentum but eased off on the last lap with a minor suspension problem . |
| 15 | Photos of Jack were shown , each thrown up on a large screen with a running commentary . |
| 16 | But he had ridden up on a valiant steed with all the trappings of chivalrous knighthood . |
| 17 | It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them . |
| 18 | Redcar 's City Challenge co-ordinator Dave Bottomley said : ‘ We started out on a confident basis with well-prepared plans which have resulted from the last five years of work under the Regeneration of Redcar banner . |
| 19 | Korda let him out on a three-picture deal with Fox , continued to pay him $15,000 a year but would take a large slice of what Fox paid him : from the three pictures Richard would earn about £80,000 . |
| 20 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 21 | Number 3 started out on the left wing with Nicholson again . |
| 22 | Suddenly the ground fell away before them and they came out on an open plateau with a floor of chequered marble , white on black , and a wide stone staircase with balustrades running down to the dried bed of an ornamental lake , which the mist turned to a bowl of milk . |
| 23 | Now Sky , with promised aggressive coverage , can put it back on an equal footing with the other competitions , although a more compelling argument for reviving the Sunday afternoon walk in the country it is hard to imagine . |
| 24 | Now Sky , with promised aggressive coverage , can put it back on an equal footing with the other competitions , although a more compelling argument for reviving the Sunday afternoon walk in the country it is hard to imagine . |
| 25 | Care must be taken to ensure that the new company , or its qualifying subsidiaries , carry on qualifying trades and , notably , film production companies and research and development companies qualify , so long as their activities are being carried on on a commercial basis with a view to profit . |
| 26 | Binoculars revealed a low quay against the dark sand , and off to one side figures standing about on a bare slope with piles of baggage . |