Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Soft down on a young chin , imperceptible
2 Write all your metaphors and similes down on a separate sheet of paper .
3 Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off .
4 well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used
5 ‘ To be honest , no really well-founded scheme has ever been turned down on a financial basis .
6 What they used to do is get the er instructors used to come up and used to take the women down on a six and eight seated sleds , sleigh , toboggans
7 Toby had reappeared with the tray , and set it down on a small marble table , before Jackson was aware of his presence .
8 Lee waited until the girl had placed the tray down on a small side table and backed silently from the room .
9 As compensation for Polly 's keeping the house , Preston had received the sum of twenty thousand pounds to put down on a small flat .
10 He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train .
11 He picked her up and sat down on a small settee , keeping his arm round her .
12 He put the milk bottles down on a small table in the hall , where they were to remain until Ianthe left , and as far as she knew , for ever after .
13 Benjamin sat down on a small bench near the pool and watched the silver , darting carp who swam in dashes of light amongst the water grass and luxuriant lily pads .
14 Ken meanwhile was beginning to look down on a great deal of what he had been asked to do professionally .
15 She sat down on a modern sofa in cream and chrome and surveyed the room .
16 None came and still under the drug 's influence at dawn , he found himself looking out from the top of a forty-foot tree — he had no memory of climbing it — and looking down on a vast meadow , flecked with patterns of multi-coloured light and rocks which turned into horses , all of which filled him with ‘ tremendous emotions ’ .
17 John Walford 's fate spoke powerfully of life 's arbitrary horror , and of destruction brought down on a good and generous man who had done a terrible thing , but ‘ without fore-intending it ’ .
18 As the season draws to a thrilling climax , with Swansea and Llanelli both bearing down on a possible league and cup double , Pontypridd and Newport get their chance to throw a spanner in the works at the Bank Holiday back-to-back Schweppes Cup semi-finals at the Cardiff Arms Park .
19 And Clough has also cracked down on a similar plea from right back Brian Laws .
20 ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own .
21 She sat gracefully down on a low chair .
22 Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’
23 Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes .
24 They squatted down on a narrow ice ledge .
25 Lean forward as you rise As in the beach start , by leaning down on a straight front arm you are taking the weight off the back of the board and putting it on the mast foot .
26 ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly .
27 So she 's put Jack 's name down on a new Planning Register .
28 Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief .
29 ‘ Let's stay here tonight , Angel , ’ said Tess , lying down on a flat stone which was still warm from the day 's sunshine .
30 Quiss walked over to a large range of working surfaces , hotplates , sinks and racks ; he sat the scullion down on a flat surface only for steam to issue suddenly from its rear ; it squawked and jumped up .
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