Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In practical terms this means The Fix can be placed in a horizontal crack with a large proportion of the stem sticking out and fallen on in the knowledge that the device has been specifically designed to give an increased safety margin .
2 This is available as a white powder which is mixed with water and painted on to the concrete .
3 Caspar took no notice of him and carried on through the wood towards the field .
4 When there were no sounds of activity she heaved a great sigh of relief and carried on through the living-room towards the front door .
5 They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane .
6 He looked at himself in his mind 's eye , squared his shoulders and carried on down the stairs .
7 Under the current electoral law , parliament could have dissolved itself immediately and carried on until the election in a caretaker role .
8 The " furniture " was then to be arranged into a design for the room and drawn on to the grid .
9 ‘ As soon as we see the scripts , we start planning , look in our nasty books or ask Peter Salt our nursing advisor , ’ says Jan. skin for stitching scenes is made from a gelatine based substance which is coloured and moulded on to the actor .
10 JFK : flown down from Washington and flung together by the doctors ' knives and the sniper 's bullets and introduced on to the streets of Dallas and a hero 's welcome .
11 It was a rule they later applied also ( in the face of considerable opposition ) to the guests whom a member signed for in the Visitors Book and introduced on to the floor of the Baltic Exchange .
12 Notes written on a transparency and projected on to a screen by an overhead projector .
13 Fierce Eyes went out into the storm and returned with the grandmother 's grizzled skull , the hair frozen into spikes which he broke off and cast on to the fire , where they sizzled , cooled , then flared .
14 Charles had been wounded in the fighting but had recovered and signed on as a regular at the end of the war .
15 They did and I was dragged out and thrown on to the grass .
16 ‘ Hunterston pulled out all the stops to get the spare transformer readied for shipment , a section of the fence was removed to give easy access for the low-loader , and the transformer was moved to the docks at Ardrossan and loaded on to the Fisher .
17 She said nothing directly in answer to this , but carried on into the house , saying , ‘ I 'll have to tell her she 's gone somewhere . ’
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