Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm on on about the same subject . |
| 2 | She turned to look at him , and he drew her gently down on to the cool grass . |
| 3 | Each morning trucks from the factory bumped along a dust road and turned down on to the low gravel bank where we were moored . |
| 4 | Move down on to the second page then . |
| 5 | She flopped down on to the padded driver 's seat , planning to catch up on her sleep . |
| 6 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 7 | On other JAR matters , the Library staff restructuring has pushed a lot more work down on to the front desk staff , and I 'm sure that the effects will be noticed in future . |
| 8 | I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker . |
| 9 | ’ He tossed them down on to the small saucer on the table . |
| 10 | Shadows wavered backwards through the green railings and down on to the sunken slipway leading to the chain-ferry . |
| 11 | We reached the edge of the cliff and flopped down on to the soft turf . |
| 12 | But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck . |
| 13 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 14 | She did not weep silently like her mother in a web of hands and hair , but noisily , like a child , with great sobs and huge tears that splashed down on to the brown wool of her skirt to which little bits of hay still clung from the afternoon . |
| 15 | The move to Apollo Place brought Minton to an area long associated with artists ; through a circular window half-way up the stairs he looked down on to the next door studio which had once belonged to Turner . |
| 16 | We came out of the beach-hut belt and slid down on to the barrelling freeway . |
| 17 | If this happens at the same time as the inevitable swing into wind , it can result in a very rapid rolling over on to the into-wind wing-tip . |
| 18 | He sailed past the President 's beach house before coming over on to the other track . |
| 19 | He did n't have to be told why he should hurry — the sea was already beginning to trickle over on to the upper deck . |
| 20 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |
| 21 | Every so often I 'd have to grip the wheel tightly because what I really wanted to do was interrupt my drollery , pull over on to the hard shoulder , turn to my passenger and say , ‘ By the way , Stuart , I 'm in love with your wife . ’ |
| 22 | She strode to the panelling , searched , found and stepped through on to the dilapidated back staircase landing , just as the Bishop and Lord Cumbermound were entering the room . |
| 23 | Yussuf was pitched off on to the other side . |
| 24 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 25 | Lee , startled to see Philip , moved and the helmet which he had on the back of his head fell off on to the flagged floor . |
| 26 | Did she turn off on to the single track road across the valley , or take the easy option and drive on towards Villereal ? |
| 27 | I groped for its neighbour , found it , ducked through the gap and up on to the curved deck of the treadmill . |
| 28 | She jumped the last stone , up on to the fern-covered bank . |
| 29 | She crossed silently to the tree and swung herself up on to the nearest branch . |
| 30 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |