Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They loved the sound of swishing the sheaves made as they were stooked , the clash of the tresses of hard grain against grain , the sight of the rich ears of corn leaning delicately out on the shoulders of the stooks . |
| 2 | According to what it says in books , you have to tread carefully right out on the edges of each step , where they are fixed against the wall . |
| 3 | In practical terms , this means that when a yellow-hot lava is first emitted , it can flow at a rate of many kilometres an hour , but lower down on the flanks of the volcano , when it is cooler , it slows to the speed of a run , and then of a fast walk . |
| 4 | An interesting feature of the church is the array of gilded heads high up on the walls of the nave . |
| 5 | But what you notice most of all about this astonishing arrangement are the mitre-shaped apertures high up on the walls of the nave and the apse , where , as at Saint-Savin , the old chemin de ronde runs . |
| 6 | Every detail was picked out by the floodlights mounted high up on the walls behind protective grilles . |