Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calvin takes a look at Jerry , mumbles something inaudible and sits down heavily on the step with his back to all of us . |
| 2 | She hurried next door to get the spare one she always left with her neighbour , then let herself inside and sank down wearily on the bottom of the stairs . |
| 3 | Who went to the end of the street , nevertheless , and came back briskly on the impetus of her need , her decision . |
| 4 | Probably the most historic and also the most photogenic is that of the counts of Kyburg , perched high above woodlands and looking down fiercely on the river Toss . |
| 5 | The two would take low stances in the cages and stare out together on the world , separated by bars but joined in a common sympathy . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on you bastard , ’ she shouted and pressed down hard on the gas . |
| 7 | She realised suddenly that she was in the wrong lane , and pulled over sharply on the slippery road . |
| 8 | That break in Sicily with my friends , and sailing down here on the Kestrel , was the first holiday I 've taken in ages … ’ |
| 9 | We can go down and come back specifically on the Monday . |
| 10 | When this happens swim vigorously into wind and pull down hard on the mast |
| 11 | He searched desperately for Tony 's father among the confusing patterns of lights and shadow shifting and flickering down there on the prom . |
| 12 | No , she must have invisibly ascended through those upwards-sloping corridors and irritating little steps , and come down again on the spiral staircase . |
| 13 | He had to stop and sit down twice on the way because he felt as though he was going to collapse . |
| 14 | I stumbled back and sat down heavily on the plinth , then staggered upright and pulled my cords back up . |