Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band failed to advise said fans , who have endured a five-year wait to see them play live in the UK , that tickets went on sale last Saturday , and sold out on the same day . |
| 2 | The research linked together the relevant data bases , and concentrated particularly on the statistical association between the UPA index for small areas ( and its component indicators ) and self-reported morbidity of residents of the small areas . |
| 3 | As they rounded the hump and came out on the broad , gentler seaward slope they saw a uniformed policeman standing on the cliff edge , and when they joined him he pointed to the rocky shore below . |
| 4 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 5 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
| 6 | Then they got up and ate hungrily on the hot porch , then sunbathed in the sweltering heat , lying in each other 's arms on the white beach , talking softly as the sea rippled beyond them . |
| 7 | Gilly dragged a heavy stuffed chair backward to the shelf and climbed up on the very top of its back . |
| 8 | Corbett went past the church towards the priest 's house and knocked gently on the half-open door . |
| 9 | Nails flew through the air and landed heavily on the cindery ground , grazing his hands and his cheek . |
| 10 | Reports said a SAM 727 had just touched down at El Dorado international airport when an Air France Boeing 747 came roaring over it and landed ahead on the same runway . |
| 11 | Mildred flew over the gates and landed expertly on the other side . |
| 12 | He swung himself down easily from branch to branch and landed lightly on the tussocky grass , drawing his sword . |
| 13 | The texture of the novel is in part created by the juxtaposition of dead metaphors and new ones created by slight adjustments to the normal patterns of the language : " … the sun looked down into the top of the dead tree and breathed warmly on the two people " ( p. 142 ) . |
| 14 | Tom O'Neill came through the revolving doors on a blast of icy air and stepped out on the other side into a blanket of almost oppressive warmth . |
| 15 | Hardly able to believe it and almost shaking with relief , I climbed through this ‘ window ’ and stepped out on the shaly slopes of Bla Bheinn , quite near the normal path on the east ridge and an easy walk from the top . |
| 16 | He was appointed on 3rd September 1860 , and signed officially on the following day : |
| 17 | She drained her coffee , and focused coldly on the towering mountains in the distance . |
| 18 | Close bonds developed between the crew members as they lived and worked together on the 67-foot steel vessel for 24 hours a day , sometimes in life-threatening situations . |
| 19 | I walked the glen many times , and looked back on the few trees , lying far in the hollow , that grow near the place where the massacre is said to have begun ; while on either side were deep rock-lined , tree and fern-fringed chasms , leading into seclusions and bleak mountain summits , one could spend long hours exploring . |
| 20 | He dealt the Muslim 's bird a glancing blow with the hook of his beak , then rose up , wings arched , and fell heavily on the lighter bird 's head . |
| 21 | Wetherall then stumbled and fell over on the appalling pitch in the centre of the 6 yard box ( as he was correctly keeping his eye on the incoming ball ) . |
| 22 | She lost her balance and fell back on the old iron bedstead , pulling the old woman off her feet . |
| 23 | Jules took a piece of pandoli and chewed contentedly on the long biscuit . |
| 24 | Ronni sighed and lay back on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread . |
| 25 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 26 | However , Nicol failed to capitalise on his lead and went out on the second match ball . |
| 27 | And from the distance they looked like small stars of the sky that had formed into new constellations and drifted away on the still water . |
| 28 | Swietenia macrophylla and Carapa guianensis cut close to the high water mark and floated downstream on the rising waters . |
| 29 | In May these were taken away from the home grazings and put out on the distant moors for the summer . |
| 30 | The canoes had to be carried across and put in on the other side of the dam , then we were given , mini lesson on the art of canoeing in swift water . |