Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys , making mistakes throughout the bag before settling down to birdie the fifth and sixth and reach the turn in 38 . |
| 2 | Only two minutes left when Richard Walker popped up on the proverbial back stick , sounds painful does n't it , and it was for Portsmouth . |
| 3 | The poignant music drifted into the coffee-house , and Meredith settled back on the Victorian chair to enjoy it and her surroundings . |
| 4 | The Battle of Britain was fought over their heads ; there were dog-fights in the Sussex summer skies , a Messerschmitt shot down on the peaceful Downs . |
| 5 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 6 | When his telling cross arrived in the danger area , Stainrod stole in on the blind side of the Perth defence to power the ball home first time from 12 yards . |
| 7 | But Roker boss Malcolm Crosby missed out on a similar loan bid for Everton striker Tony Cottee . |
| 8 | Markby set out on a different line of approach . |
| 9 | The rope was once again attached to a tree and then to the saddle of Felipe 's horse , and Maggie lay back on the cliff-top to watch as he made another dangerous trip over the edge . |
| 10 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 11 | Zen sat down on the large sofa which occupied most of one wall , thinking about that last card which he 'd fondly thought he had up his sleeve . |
| 12 | Before the crowd could drift off , Cameron got up on the massive stone gate-post and called on them to swear an oath . |
| 13 | Hazel came out on the farther side of the ilexes and followed the path round a bend . |
| 14 | When he was only forty feet from the Ilyushin , with his right wing now pointing straight up , its tip just a few feet from the airliner 's belly , Duncan pulled back on the left engine and then let the drag pull the plane level . |
| 15 | Stephen pulled in on the opposite side of the road . |
| 16 | Yorkshire set out on the final day in a difficult position , still 130 runs away from making Hampshire bat again , but with all wickets in hand . |
| 17 | Julia sat down on a hard chair beside the child . |
| 18 | In practice , Oxfordshire , Somerset , Leicestershire and Coventry set out on an ambitious exercise simultaneously with the development of the Northern Record of Achievement and the London Record of Achievement . |
| 19 | True drama unfolded in the third round of the Men 's Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy for more than one reason , as reigning champions David Lloyd , Slazenger Heston were almost certainly dethroned by event newcomers Royal Berkshire , and Team Excel Bath missed out on a golden opportunity to displace last year 's Area 8 champions West Hants . |
| 20 | Philip sat down on the wet scree thinking about the War , and Arnhem where Great Uncle John had been killed . |
| 21 | Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes . |
| 22 | In carrying out the balancing exercise Hoffmann J. set out on the one hand the enormous losses caused to a listed public company , the interests of the creditors of B. & C. , the public interest in having the whole matter investigated and the need of the administrators to find out the true financial position of the company and the truth of the representations made concerning it . |
| 23 | Fleischmann and Pons set out on a different course initially , but one that had already been charted in Europe in the 1920s and 30s . |
| 24 | Aggie sat down on the wooden chair and drew Millie close to her side as the woman at the far side of the desk smiled gently at her , saying , ‘ I am very pleased to meet you , Mrs Winkowski . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Carey went over on the right ankle during a friendly game with Armagh a fortnight ago , and is still gingerly finding his way back to full fitness . |
| 27 | Ironically , while McKean buried his accident-prone reputation , Brazil 's Jose-Luis Barbosa tripped up on the penultimate lap . |
| 28 | But Valli then dropped back to third when club secretary and veteran runner Brian took over on the penultimate third stage . |
| 29 | Julie Craig rolled over on the large double bed . |
| 30 | As soon as he 'd gone , Sandy lay back on the waterbed . |