Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 Well she l she lived I think up on the hill above here .
2 Maha followed them but Hussa and I threw ourselves face down on the warm , white sand , both of us smiling at the success of the project .
3 Dauntless shambled over to the edge of the stream and threw himself face down on the grass , cupping handfuls of water and throwing it over his head , gulping it greedily .
4 As the cortege approached Uzerche on its way north , the chronicler Geoffrey and a few monks from the priory of Vigeois , standing on a hill , watched it go by on the road below .
5 Mandy rushed over , and made her sit down on the couch .
6 I laid him further along on the pavement , under his broken and smashed shop front , which proclaimed his trade : Rabinowitz Tailors .
7 To play , we each choose one of our cards and lay it face down on the table .
8 The thief then bound his feet , wrists and mouth with tape and left him face down on the office floor before making off with the money in Barry 's car .
9 Had he come up on the bus with us from Bishop Auckland to Willington , we 'd probably have asked for one and a half .
10 Cati fell silent , and watched Rosa , who did n't wait to hear Sabina 's voice rise to end the verse , but , shaking with sobs , fled to her room , and there hurled herself face down on the bed .
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