Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 2 | While the Germans presented their situation as a disaster , they overlooked the fact that one of Danzig s major and continual problems had been that it could not grow or thrive purely on the traffic of its immediate Prussian hinterland . |
| 3 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 4 | The Somme dragged on through July , a futile and terrible battle of attrition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives , through Aubers Ridge , Delville Wood , where the Cameronians had a section of trench they called Buchanan Street , and into a dreadful September , when Haig decided to try and break through on the Somme with a secret weapon , the tank . |
| 5 | Then we wrapped ourselves in every bit of clothing we could find and lay down on the ground to get some sleep . |
| 6 | Now that her ankle was better she should really go back and chase up on the calls Steve should have made in Palma so that it was all tied up when he got back but she did n't want to spoil it all with Fernando . |
| 7 | She is able to eat and drink normally on the day she is admitted but on the following day is allowed nothing at all by mouth for 4 hours prior to surgery . |
| 8 | The very young inmates at Bohorok had to be taught a surprising number of basic skills , such as how to climb and walk upright on a branch , things they would normally have learned from their mothers . |
| 9 | If this is the sort of crap I sign when I am canned I really must try and get back on the wagon . |
| 10 | See at I can just let her go and play out on the park , or at anything , you know with the other kids , but round here you ca n't . |
| 11 | While the force inside the stockade could batter the attackers from behind its stout fence , another detachment of men could steal out and close in on the attackers ' flank on the landward side ; the Rebecca 's guns covered the beach below the settlement , so they would not be able to make their approach from the beach , unless they discounted major losses of life . |
| 12 | I do n't think anyone will go and gamble though on a lot changing in six months , which is the immediate problem , and you co |