Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 2 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 3 | Alexandra sank on to a stool and bowed her head . |
| 4 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 5 | Without his bad-tempered dad , Rab C. Nesbitt , to annoy him , Wee Burney got on with the job of handing a trophy and a Cash Club Account containing £10 to young Heather Stobbs . |
| 6 | Richard came on to the terrace . |
| 7 | If you were in a wine bar with ferns , mellowed out on red wine and having a really sloppy kissy kissy lovey dovey ooghy woogy dinner with your lover and Blueboy came on as the cabaret , you would go berserk and slash open their gizzards with the cake fork . |
| 8 | For three days , while Asmar lingered on in a Beirut hospital , Coleman stayed in the apartment and slept with a gun under his pillow . |
| 9 | Waqar and Ramiz look on as the umpire examine the ball at Lord 's . |
| 10 | Ahead of her , Molly stepped on to the deck , lifting her right hand in salute . |
| 11 | George Moore 's depiction of Jesus as having survived the Crucifixion followed on from a contention maintained not only by some of the oldest heresies , but also by the Koran , and thus widely accepted throughout Islam and the Islamic world . |
| 12 | Frere stepped on to the ice , sniffed at the cold air , and then , hands clasped at his back , the tail of his frock-coat lifting a little in the breeze , he sailed off . |
| 13 | Delia Sutherland fell on to the cream leather sofa with her arms stretched across the back of it , her legs stiff in front of her , laughing uncontrollably . |
| 14 | ‘ You told me , Hugh , what the priest 's man of Upton said , how he parted from Aldhelm at Preston , while Aldhelm went on to the ferry . ’ |
| 15 | Koch resolutely stayed away from America 's wheel , letting Buddy Melges get on with the job of dispatching Conner . |
| 16 | Becky continued on into the bedroom . |
| 17 | In fact , after going three goals down , in sheer desperation Mr Singh ran on to the field , dispossessed an Alborne forward , rounded two defenders and netted in the top left corner . |
| 18 | Corbett continued on into the village , Maltote and Ranulf behind him , chatting about the lies of the horse-copers at Smithfield Market and how best to detect their tricks . |
| 19 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 20 | She revved the ambulance into a U-turn , and Woolley jumped on to the running-board . |
| 21 | ‘ Penny , we do not look upon divorce and remarriage in that way , ’ said Mark sternly , but — Sophia thought rather in the tone he used when Faustina jumped on to the table and began licking the butter dish . |
| 22 | They were filming in the street , on Ealing Broadway when Ken jumped on to the back of a van . |
| 23 | Sharpe rode on down the slope till he reached the stream where , as the stallion drank , he reloaded the rifle and shoved the weapon into its holster . |
| 24 | Gav and my Aunt Janice got on like a house on fire , a combined location and fate I occasionally wished on them as I lay awake listening to the sounds of their love-making , a pastime I sometimes suspected I shared with people in a large part of the surrounding community , not to say northern Europe . |
| 25 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 26 | Fergus drove on for a while . |
| 27 | With an unhappy sigh , Mrs McMahon got out at the crossroads , and , feeling choked , Ellie drove on to the hall to drop off the suit , and collect her own luggage . |
| 28 | John Parrott hangs on to the trophy he is determine |
| 29 | The Lincolnshire ones lost all their sons in the first World War , except one invalid one , and became rather impoverished , and the Norfolk Baileys hung on to a lot of the money . |
| 30 | Liam sprang on to a table , raised a glass and began to declaim a speech . |