Example sentences of "[adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This girl 's quite switched on on the tour operator side |
| 2 | If you 're the first correct entry out of the hat we 'll be straight on the phone to give you the good news and arrange the presentation . |
| 3 | Erm but er we 've had one or two people come to us , and report that they 've been mugged , there again we get straight on the phone to the police . |
| 4 | If it does I 'll be on to you straight on the phone . |
| 5 | I WISH to set the record straight on the issue of the works and health committee 's decision to introduce a ‘ Caring Contractor ’ scheme for Darlington . |
| 6 | Straight on the bed . |
| 7 | Kiss me straight on the brows ! |
| 8 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 9 | Now then , let's see put your feet straight on the footrest so I can tuck these things over . |
| 10 | The accident happened just as the duo were about to turn into the hairpin before the pits straight on the Adelaide street circuit . |
| 11 | EMMA PEARCE sets us straight on the properties of each type . |
| 12 | Mm , mm , cos of King 's Cross , had to come at all it 's awful and one time you just went straight on the escalator and now you 've got to go |
| 13 | Not a great big 60-odd ball that is gon na be straight on the centre of the Z. |
| 14 | Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’ |
| 15 | This fertility , according to Nigel , was due to the miller 's no doubt having for years , when clearing the millpond of silt , put it straight on the land , nothing being more nutritious . |
| 16 | You know little kids coming out of school and going straight on the road . |
| 17 | He left school and went straight on the dole , like Derek probably will . |
| 18 | Job cuts are already being made and newly-qualified nurses are going straight on the dole . |
| 19 | Lillee bowled another bouncer which did not get up as much as Fletch anticipated and it hit him straight on the head as he took his eye off the ball . |
| 20 | It was a brown derby , worn straight on the head without an air . |
| 21 | Lying on your back , keep one leg straight on the floor and lift your other leg up , bending it at the knee . |
| 22 | Lying on your back , keep one leg straight on the floor and lift your other leg up , keeping it straight . |
| 23 | The table did for working and eating ; the mattress ( put straight on the floor and covered in black tweed ) did for sleeping and lounging ; and the steps made extra seating areas as well with the help of large flat black or white cushions which stacked like striped playbricks when not in use . |
| 24 | Ya , straight on the floor . |
| 25 | Jacques Devraux held himself ramrod straight on the back of his stocky saddle pony and delivered his order to his son in a vehement undertone . |
| 26 | Well we went straight on the motorway |
| 27 | Flint walls , often up to three feet thick , were usually built straight on the ground without foundations , with a central hearth , the fire either laid on the earth floor or , if better off , a large stone slab . |
| 28 | She 's fallen I think straight on the face . |
| 29 | The low notes can maybe play 16ths and the chords play maybe fours straight on the beat . |
| 30 | She takes me by the hand , but stops , and kisses Bob straight on the lips . |