Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lying on your back , keep one leg straight on the floor and lift your other leg up , bending it at the knee . |
| 32 | Lying on your back , keep one leg straight on the floor and lift your other leg up , keeping it straight . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Same list of icecream flavours hung on the wall and bowl of aniseed lollipops on the counter , same gilt baskets of croissants and racks like umbrella stands packed with tall loaves . |
| 35 | It was like coming home and the first thing she did was to walk to the pictures that hung on the wall and look at them all over again . |
| 36 | The figure pressed a switch on the wall and the bars of the cage disappeared . |
| 37 | and we put a little sex appeal into it and turn it into what I thought was a very contemporary , viable and graphic arts piece that would be very broadly hung on the wall and used . |
| 38 | The man felt his melancholy enlarge as if — oddly — to take on the shape and texture of what was before him . |
| 39 | The people bounding around the room appeared to be transforming , taking on the shape and form of the animal masks they were wearing . |
| 40 | If this sounds too outrageous then the art department of the local secondary school might take on the design and painting of a mural as a project for older pupils with children from the primary school working as their apprentices . |
| 41 | Massage the skin and pass on the pressure and bingo ! |
| 42 | You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool . |
| 43 | Her assistant switched on the kettle and surveyed her headmistress anxiously . |
| 44 | ‘ Embarrassment does not come into it , ’ he rasped , switching on the kettle and turning to glare at her . |
| 45 | Then he switched on the torch and splashed through the puddle in the concrete to the shed . |
| 46 | Lee switched on the torch and the beam lit up the stack-yard like a searchlight . |
| 47 | She switched on the torch and the beam floated over flowerpots and a rusty , up-ended bucket . |
| 48 | Berowne 's towel is presumably the one hanging on the chair and that looked dry enough . ’ |
| 49 | I bent my knees a little to put on the shoulder-strap and left him watching me move back onto the road . |
| 50 | A notice , its spelling primly corrected , hangs on the fence and says : ‘ This was the arrangement on the grave of Patrick Kavanagh from 1967 to 19th August 1989 when the grave was forcibly opened and the arrangement scattered . |
| 51 | Lee switched on the light and the bulb went , like the one in the kitchen yesterday . |
| 52 | He scrambled out of his sleeping bag and went to fetch a torch he kept for when he wanted to read late , not liking to put on the light and get all the other going . |
| 53 | He sat up , switched on the light and answered the phone . |
| 54 | Slipping inside and closing the door , he switched on the light and examined his surroundings . |
| 55 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 56 | She switched on the light and got out of bed . |
| 57 | When he switched on the light and went in , he found everything in order . |
| 58 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |
| 59 | ‘ I 'm not saying I did n't lift my arm and I 'm sorry for the embarrassment it has brought on the club and our supporters . |
| 60 | As the wind begins to build , the boom should continue to be carried on the centreline and you should not attempt to sheet the main using the vang : because the boom is so long , the mainsheet is a more effective control . |