Example sentences of "[vb past] on [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But fortunately his present associates in the adult world , Biddy and Knacker Bean and Sergeant Potter , did not waste time questioning one 's motives like old Sylvester ; they just got on with the job in hand . |
| 2 | Having blown his lunch , he then strolled back on set and got on with the matter in hand . |
| 3 | Suddenly , Grace crumpled on to the bed in a torrent of tears so violent and overwhelming that Miranda stopped crying at once . |
| 4 | He positioned his head , made a gesture with his hand , the axe swirled again , his body jerked , the head bounced on to the scaffold in a great spurt of scarlet . |
| 5 | The tray in the human 's hands crashed on to the floor in front of it . |
| 6 | Already showing signs of life , patients were brought in one by one from the pile next door and wedged on to the chair in Room I , which looked like what it was , a laboratory in the Hygienic Institute , a world of bubbles and bottles . |
| 7 | Police went on to the site in the centre of Oxford at around 2.30 , 70 officers in all , in riot gear , backed up by helicopter , sniffer dogs and the marine section . |
| 8 | He braked hard and managed to stop before impact , but the woman fell on to the road in front of his car . |
| 9 | Then he lifted the body so that the blood dribbled over the stones and spilt on to the ground in front of him , where it was littered with the remains of other , older offerings — dead flowers , grains of rice and barley , a few coins . |
| 10 | Some 20 home fans then ran on to the field in response , but police were able to keep the two factions apart . |
| 11 | Furious Saints fans ran on to the pitch in anger just before the final whistle as their team headed for a 2–1 defeat by QPR . |
| 12 | So during my three years at University College Swansea I carried on at the shop in the evenings doing the ordering , and on Saturdays running the general book department and the educational department . |
| 13 | The doctor switched it off and carried on with the work in hand . |