Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dropped miserably on to the lowest stair . |
| 2 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
| 3 | These are the things that we have both missed out on over the last few years , both of us working at all times . ’ |
| 4 | Reporter asks : What have you missed out on in the last forty years ? |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 6 | It is basically a twelfth-century building , though sadly damaged later on by the iconoclastic Protestants of Jeanne d'Albret in the sixteenth century , and by the fanatical rationalists of the French Revolution who converted it into one of their Temples of Reason . |
| 7 | As it happened , the entire episode was resolved after The Smiths decided to repoen communications with the label and a somewhat confused Easterhouse were invited back on to the Scottish tour . |
| 8 | Accepting this , some members of the British Government seem to have fallen back on to the second misconception . |
| 9 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |
| 10 | The gravel can be laid directly on to the firm ground , but constant walking in wet weather will pound the gravel into the softened earth and you will , after a year or two , have to lay a fresh load to build up the path again . |
| 11 | a car behind me , the car behind that just pulled out on to the wrong side of the road , sat there looking and decided not to and pulled back |
| 12 | This is probably a result of inadequate treatment and is more common in those who have been treated late on in the infectious stage . |
| 13 | It was fastened tightly on to the right horn , so it dangled down over the cheek and eye . |
| 14 | She was packed off to bed by midnight but Mrs Burrows often worked patiently on till the early hours of the morning . |
| 15 | Yussuf was pitched off on to the other side . |
| 16 | However , as soon as it begins to accelerate smoothly , that movement is no longer necessary , and the control should be moved to get the glider balanced nicely on to the main wheel . |