Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Marion 's legs collapsed under her ; she sank down on a rock , and wept .
2 She cut in on a station wagon , forcing the driver to brake heavily , then made fifty yards on the hard shoulder .
3 She jumped up on a branch of a tree .
4 She sat down on a boulder and put her head in her hands .
5 She sat down on a chair in the hall beside the telephone .
6 She sat down on a chair and held the boy with one arm .
7 Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it .
8 When Nancy was out in the street again , she sat down on a door-step , and for a few minutes seemed unable to move .
9 She sat down on a rock .
10 She sat down on a rock .
11 One claim guaranteed to draw fire from Kylie is that she missed out on a childhood because of showbiz .
12 He squashed the image of her curled up on a chair , feet tucked under her neat little bottom , waiting for him , her eyes drowsy and heavy-lidded —
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