Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [noun prp] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | But nothing went right for Leeds as they pounded down on Liverpool 's goal . |
| 6 | ‘ What ’ Janice said brightly , slapping her hand down on Gavin 's bulky shoulder , ‘ — a good idea ! ’ |
| 7 | The Third Directorate of the KGB , responsible for defence of the Soviet Constitution , was closed down on Bakatin 's orders on Sept. 24 . |
| 8 | Gavin 's hand rubbed up and down on Janice 's lap . |
| 9 | Kicking him in the legs , Michael brought the podger down on Tommy 's shoulders . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Five ! ’ he carolled , and slammed his little hand down on Vitor 's big one . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | And then she brought her heavy book down on Gilbert 's head . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | Christian came down on Seb 's side when the laughter of Carrie and Tom had ceased . |
| 16 | The policemen push down on Tepilit 's shoulders as the judge takes his seat to indicate that he , too , should sit . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He set the drinks down on Cattini 's side of the table and left the sandwich and the tab with Culley . |
| 21 | POLICE are clamping down on Scarborough 's night clubs and it is likely that the licence of one of them could be threatened . |
| 22 | Her dark-clad arm now overlapped the armrest , a loop of sleeve hanging down on Alice 's side . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ! ’ |
| 25 | Unfortunately the pole was heavier than I had thought , I misjudged the angle and the thing came down on Dennis 's head . |
| 26 | He seemed friendly : one day he sat down on Cameron 's pallet bed , looking sheepish . |
| 27 | Mrs Q was pulling at Pike 's cardy , and even Mrs Danby was weighing in on Quigley 's behalf , but Pike kept right on banging . |
| 28 | In his absence the 78-year-old retired Black Country solicitor has been standing in on Taylor 's press conferences , trying to determine whether the England manager is still in control after the 2–0 defeat in Boston and earlier World Cup disaster in Norway . |
| 29 | Worst still , she was planning to cash in on Ivor 's insurance policies . |
| 30 | While Crilly asks Peter about his postman job , Megan fills me in on Kimberly 's scandal . |