Example sentences of "[vb past] on [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off . |
| 2 | On the contrary , it was precisely the excessive femininity , laid on with a trowel as it were , that created the effect of someone pretending to be a woman , someone in fact rather desperately hoping to be taken for one . |
| 3 | Alexandra sank on to a stool and bowed her head . |
| 4 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 5 | So I told the machine what it was about , and moved on to a golfer and one of the Black and White minstrels . ’ |
| 6 | They can be massaged into the skin , or dropped on to a cloth or pillow to be inhaled . |
| 7 | Soon the door was closed , leaving outside , among the gravestones and round the Cross , a small and growing crowd who lingered on with a sense that the entertainment might not be over . |
| 8 | Barnes , playing his first game since rupturing his Achilles tendon in the summer , came on as a substitute and set-up the 87th-minute winner for Ronnie Rosenthal in their 1–0 victory over QPR . |
| 9 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 10 | They drove on through a tunnel and then the landscape became more arid . |
| 11 | Jack flopped on to a chair and let his breath out on a sigh . |
| 12 | Every second door opened on to a cafe or club . |
| 13 | The officers then climbed on to a porch and smashed the windows but were still unable to reach the victims . |
| 14 | Looking round for somewhere to hide the wrecked toy she climbed on to a chair and put the doll on top of the nursery cupboard . |
| 15 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 16 | Karelius was about to correct her when she blundered on into a question that left him speechless . |
| 17 | Greig went on to a century but West Indies won the match . |
| 18 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 19 | In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter . |
| 20 | ‘ He had a shower , changed , leaped on to a train and came straight to London for a 3pm charity gathering . |
| 21 | From here we carried on along a river and soon arrived at Sokol which has just one house — a traditional forester 's cabin with deer antlers above the front door . |
| 22 | ‘ An officer signalled for her to stop but she carried on for a mile and mounted the kerb on one occasion , ’ Tony Malyon , prosecuting , told Pontypool magistrates . |
| 23 | The aromatic waters can be used in the same way as commercial products — splashed on after a bath or shower . |
| 24 | With three minutes to go , Bergsson was warming up and held on to a ball that went out of play . |
| 25 | She held on to a root that jutted out from the bank , clinging to it as long as she could , then letting go with a despairing moan and sinking , shoulder deep , in the water . |
| 26 | The expressive exuberance of marks is noted along with the predominance of red , with the paint ‘ … rasped on at a stroke or teased into fuzzy blotches ’ . |