Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mountie , feeling the tug , turned fast and put his hand down on Sheridan 's wrist . |
| 2 | But , despite a growing public awareness , with huge crowds for the round-Britain event at most of the stage finishes , the Manchester city-centre leg which sealed Lillywhite 's win could have brought the curtain down on Britain 's best-known cycle race . |
| 3 | When you have experienced past disappointments , hardship and disillusionment , you know you have been up and down on life 's waves . |
| 4 | TV replays showed that Saunders went in with his foot raised and came down on Elliott 's leg as they both steamed into a full-blooded 50-50 clash . |
| 5 | Touching down on Luqa 's main runway , heading east and sitting on the port side of the aircraft , the aviation-oriented visitor to the Island is drawn to a distinctive sight within the village of Kirkop , just of the Airport 's southern perimeter road , three fins ! |
| 6 | But nothing went right for Leeds as they pounded down on Liverpool 's goal . |
| 7 | Arguably this cuts down on women 's contact with other people . |
| 8 | ‘ What ’ Janice said brightly , slapping her hand down on Gavin 's bulky shoulder , ‘ — a good idea ! ’ |
| 9 | The Third Directorate of the KGB , responsible for defence of the Soviet Constitution , was closed down on Bakatin 's orders on Sept. 24 . |
| 10 | Mandy , her battle-lust having died down as quickly as it had set in , flopped down on Charity 's bed , and patted the spot beside her . |
| 11 | Gavin 's hand rubbed up and down on Janice 's lap . |
| 12 | Kicking him in the legs , Michael brought the podger down on Tommy 's shoulders . |
| 13 | Tommy 's over him , leaning forward with his palms against the wall , jumping up and down on Christopher 's chest , breaking every rib in his body . |
| 14 | ‘ Five ! ’ he carolled , and slammed his little hand down on Vitor 's big one . |
| 15 | Except of course … ’ she broke off to toss back the rest of the whisky and set the tumbler down on Hugo 's desk , ‘ except of course that I do n't suppose I shall be here long enough to make the adjustment . ’ |
| 16 | And then she brought her heavy book down on Gilbert 's head . |
| 17 | When Austin 's views are challenged , Petrey almost always comes down on Austin 's side ( the one obvious exception is that Petrey , unlike Austin , believes that speech-act theory is as relevant to literature , and to written language in general , as it is to spoken language ) . |
| 18 | Christian came down on Seb 's side when the laughter of Carrie and Tom had ceased . |
| 19 | The policemen push down on Tepilit 's shoulders as the judge takes his seat to indicate that he , too , should sit . |
| 20 | Up there on the top step , looking down on Lucenzo 's bright fair head , she felt as if she stood on the brink of a great change in her life . |
| 21 | The only disappointment for chairman Peter Johnson and his board was an attendance of 5,870 more than 2,000 down on Friday 's ladies night crowd . |
| 22 | She looked down on Penry 's wind-blown dark head as he knelt in front of the stove to make sure the fire was established . |
| 23 | He set the drinks down on Cattini 's side of the table and left the sandwich and the tab with Culley . |
| 24 | we can maximise the space if you get in that leg room of about one millimetre or lie down on people 's laps and then we can build or may be even lie down on |
| 25 | Sit down on daddy 's lap . |
| 26 | POLICE are clamping down on Scarborough 's night clubs and it is likely that the licence of one of them could be threatened . |
| 27 | Her dark-clad arm now overlapped the armrest , a loop of sleeve hanging down on Alice 's side . |
| 28 | From his own height of well above six feet , Clive Fairbrother was always surprised to find himself looking down on Richard 's imperiously poised head . |
| 29 | When , at the high point of the opera , Norma , the stir began to get into her stride with ‘ Casta Diva ’ , and George into his stride with gratuitous evaluations of the lighting and editing , a woman behind us brought a large bag of herrings smartly down on George 's bald head , with the words : ‘ Will yer for Jesus 's sake hold yer gob while I listen to that poor woman there ! ’ |
| 30 | Unfortunately the pole was heavier than I had thought , I misjudged the angle and the thing came down on Dennis 's head . |