Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She screwed a pair of gold hoops into her earlobes , moistened her lips and pasted on the impersonal smile that had served her so well during her months on the catwalk . |
| 2 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 3 | Satellite television stations under the control of press barons and modelled on the tabloid press may make inaction even more indefensible . |
| 4 | Curtis pulled over , doused the lights and parked on the wide verge next to the break in the barrier . |
| 5 | An old car which had been driven across in front of the shooting targets was ideal , so we attached fifteen kilos of the explosive to it in different places , fixed up the detonators , trailed fuse wire back several yards and clipped on the incendiary devices which would activate the firing process . |
| 6 | He sat in the hotel bedroom all weekend with Sam , played games with him , ate meat pies and children 's gob-stoppers cheaply out of paper bags and gorged on the all-in breakfast . |
| 7 | Or , are they explicitly broader than MSC courses and based on the liberal or social purpose model ; and if so , to what extent are issues of unemployment brought into the course and stereotypes challenged ? |