Example sentences of "[adv prt] on a [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profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off .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 . |