Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Labour councillor Gordon Plummer said it would be difficult to find anyone to take the building on on an annual tenancy until the future of the cattle market nearby was sorted out . |
| 2 | Every night Boy would wear the same thing , a white t shirt ; and every night he would throw that t shirt down on a different bedroom floor . |
| 3 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 4 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
| 5 | Here is one of those places , then , where the frontier does not follow the ridge of the mountains , but takes a sudden dive down on the French side . |
| 6 | Indeed , I sat there in the muggy warmth until the balding , bull-necked scruff of a proprietor or manager started to put the chairs upside down on the swabbed tables — a peculiar custom which is surely unhygienic enough to be banned by law . |
| 7 | Lee waited until the girl had placed the tray down on a small side table and backed silently from the room . |
| 8 | Yet , till the day she died , she put the tea tray down on a lighter table , next to the heavy one , that had survived . |
| 9 | After a few attempts , which often result in catching the ball off the toe , the player begins to feel how necessary it is to turn away fully in the backswing and to bring the club down on the correct path . |
| 10 | Sergeant Morrison put his mug of tea down on the greasy bar and turned . |
| 11 | Investment over the 1992–1994 period at £5.4 billion is forecast to be 22 p.c. down on the 1989–91 levels after allowing for inflation and the lowest since 1984–86 but still 30 p.c. higher than the depth of recession in 1981–1983 . |
| 12 | March sales at 143,115 were 15.2 p.c. down on the same period a year ago , with Rover showing an alarming 45 p.c. slide . |
| 13 | Having done everything in your tank preparations to avoid new tank syndrome , you can still set in motion some of the attendant problems if you start your new stock off on the wrong fin . |
| 14 | The total value of cross-border deals in the first three months of this year at $13.3 billion was 45 p.c. up on the corresponding period a year ago but was still well below the 1989 peak when the quarterly average reached $32.6 billion . |
| 15 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 16 | But have you heard about the metamorphosis demonstration out on the main plaza ? |
| 17 | While the circuit is being cleared to give us a free run , Brundle takes the car out on the public roads . |
| 18 | He extracted Catherine a short while later and turned the car back on the darkened road which would lead them towards the A1 . |
| 19 | One tooth out on the rubber timing belt makes a lot of difference . |
| 20 | Puffins spend most of their time fishing out on the open ocean , but in spring , in order to nest and breed , they have to return to land . |
| 21 | So I drive back , pig out on a hi-cal breakfast , devour Sunday paper trash , wander home , hug the pillow you lay on , find a blonde hair or two , grin like an idiot , realise my hangover 's gone , work like a trooper all afternoon , sip a little brandy come early evening , and raise my glass to your very good health . |
| 22 | Jimmy had laid the girl down on the rough floor . |
| 23 | He set the basket down on the low table by the oven , then turned back , looking at the boy . |
| 24 | Quiss walked over to a large range of working surfaces , hotplates , sinks and racks ; he sat the scullion down on a flat surface only for steam to issue suddenly from its rear ; it squawked and jumped up . |
| 25 | In his usual way , as soon as the film started , George begin to give me a run down on the technical assets I might otherwise be missing . |
| 26 | It was right through the window , the second pane up on the left hand side . |
| 27 | Turn lining to the wrong side by folding the valance up on the creased hemline , re-folding the mitres so that 2.5cm ( 1in ) of valance fabric shows below the lining , and the top edges are level . |
| 28 | Almost all the attractive parts of the house could remain operative : the extensive servants ' quarters — including the back corridor , the two still rooms and the old laundry — and the guest corridor up on the second floor would be dust-sheeted , leaving all the main ground-floor rooms and a generous number of guest rooms . |
| 29 | The café-cum-shop up on the ravishing Col du Soul or in particular has been a wondrous mess on my two ascents there : very dark , immensely cluttered , low ceilinged and lit as much as warmed by a large log fire . |
| 30 | Several key factors will influence just how quickly Ireland can get its rugby back on the right track : fitness , tough competition and coaching . |