Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They changed roles , and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster 's shoulders , his weight hardly bending Garvey 's back . |
| 2 | Adele turned away , apparently satisfied , and Isabel shrank back on the bench , half hidden by Adele 's body as the other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on . |
| 3 | All the while I stood listening and Frankie sat calmly on the sofa reading his comic as though nothing was happening . |
| 4 | The rats fled and Corbett fell back on the ledge , chest heaving , sobbing with anger and fear , his eyes fixed on the grating , praying for dawn . |
| 5 | The poignant music drifted into the coffee-house , and Meredith settled back on the Victorian chair to enjoy it and her surroundings . |
| 6 | The voice at the other end of the line obliged and Donna pressed down on the cradle to sever the connection before ringing the new number . |
| 7 | Sue and Bert come in on the Friday whenever and then open an account |
| 8 | Helen was called home to help her sister , Irene , in her employment and during this ten-week secretarial stint she and Edward met frequently on the Common as Helen returned from her work . |
| 9 | It strikes me the symbolism of this whole venture would be better were it he and Andy balancing together on the seat , but I get the impression Andy 's partner is n't fully into such flamboyance . |
| 10 | The rope was once again attached to a tree and then to the saddle of Felipe 's horse , and Maggie lay back on the cliff-top to watch as he made another dangerous trip over the edge . |
| 11 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 12 | She stopped and bit her lip , then , seeing Sophie 's colour rising , she added , ‘ Edward told me that he had seen you and Robert kissing out on the balcony . ’ |
| 13 | He took off his clothes , and Isobel curled up on the bed watching him , like a little cat . |
| 14 | Such widely varied writers as Webern , Dallapiccola , and Stravinsky rely heavily on the textures and idioms of early choral music . |
| 15 | By the time Adidas and Umbro got in on the act in the late-Seventies , a shirt could be carrying up to 40 little advertisements for the manufacturers , less than subtly integrated into the stripes . |
| 16 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 17 | Figaro was his first real success , and he and Mozart worked closely on the text , toning down the political comment , and emphasizing the comic ( buffo ) elements so perfectly suited to Mozart 's deft , sparkling setting . |
| 18 | A highlight of her time with The Waterboys , she adds was when Cooney and Begley came out on the road with the band . |
| 19 | The Hamleys bag sat on the dressing table at the end of his room , the one clean , bright item in the place , and Joe lay back on the bed and stared at it as the daylight outside gave way to the evening . |
| 20 | They could hear Nelson and Joe working good-naturedly on the door , but not another word passed between them . |
| 21 | Iain and Tommy drank together on the back streets of Pinner . |
| 22 | He let her go abruptly , walking out of the barn , and Jenna sat down on the bottom step of the dusty wooden stairs . |
| 23 | Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool . |
| 24 | Megan and Peter crunch together on the settee , both wearing jeans and gulping glasses of wine and saying nothing . |
| 25 | France , Germany and Italy came out on the sceptical side , with the UK , the Netherlands and North America on the other . |
| 26 | That well Lil and Nev going up on the mini break |
| 27 | There was support for coalition in the North and in Scotland , where local cooperation was pushing back municipal socialism in 1920–21 , and also in Birmingham , where Austen Chamberlain traded on the family name and Neville brooded uneasily on the course of events . |
| 28 | Ashley scrambled eggs which she and Thomas ate outside on the leafy vine-shaded terrace and then , following her regular routine , she put the little boy down for his nap . |