Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 2 | More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage . |
| 3 | The forward screen zoomed in on the slight figure of the target . |
| 4 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 5 | Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac . |
| 6 | The two of them looked at it , as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum . |
| 7 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 8 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 9 | She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house . |
| 10 | Spell after spell crashed down on the Dark Elves , the carnage was too awful to contemplate . |
| 11 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 12 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 13 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 14 | Gina sank back on the comfortable couch . |
| 15 | We then suggested that people create small groups in which individual responses could be gathered together and discussed before the chosen spokesperson reported back on the collective view . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's this business of acceleration faking gravity again — what you found out on the Big Dipper . |
| 17 | She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated . |
| 18 | The cheapest way to go was via Colombo and so I dropped in on the local centre there . |
| 19 | Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes . |
| 20 | And then , at four-thirty when she was just contemplating going off shift , a call came in on the red phone that made her feel cold inside . |
| 21 | Her ancestors came over on the legendary vessel . |
| 22 | It came off on the playing field and so there was no way I could find the little screw . |
| 23 | He came up on the other side shaking dirt from his fine white feathers . |
| 24 | It were a bit charred by the lightning , but they plugged it in and music came out and the words to the music came up on the little television screen . ’ |
| 25 | Last time round they went to south east Asia , trekked in Nepal as far as the Everest base camp , saw Thailand and China then came back on the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
| 26 | They came back on the Northern Line , a tall handsome man in a long overcoat and a man whose face was mostly hidden by an upturned collar and a hat pulled well down . |
| 27 | When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath . |
| 28 | But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo ! |
| 29 | I came out on the Good Friday and , on the Saturday morning , stitches still in and everything , I got up and thought to myself : ‘ I 'm going to have a smoke ’ . |
| 30 | France , Germany and Italy came out on the sceptical side , with the UK , the Netherlands and North America on the other . |