Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] on [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Involuntarily she found herself going out on to the balcony for air , rather than clearing a space to sit .
2 ‘ Now , then , let's have a look at you , ’ came fitzAlan 's voice , and she found herself flipped over on to her back to encounter a pair of hard blue eyes .
3 Station Officer Alan Bridle , from Canning Place 's Green Watch , said : ‘ When we arrived I got up on to the roof and then lowered myself down into the centre .
4 I watched her drive out on to the highway , thinking many things which are better kept to myself .
5 When she finished her task , she watched him climb out on to the parapet .
6 Or , rather , that was my excuse to myself when the letter first arrived and sent me sailing up on to Cloud Nine .
7 ‘ It is true , my lady … ’ she began , meaning to explain , but Fei Yen 's slap sent her sprawling back on to the couch .
8 His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side .
9 Did she turn off on to the single track road across the valley , or take the easy option and drive on towards Villereal ?
10 But why did he come out on to the moor ?
11 When it ended we moved out on to the palace balcony to watch a display of fireworks , the first to be given in the country ; but after two rockets had been fired something went wrong and the rest blew up .
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