Example sentences of "[adv prt] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The 29 booksellers and stationers responding to the CBI survey were among the disappointed retailers , with 59% reporting sales volume down on a year ago and 57% describing the volume of sales as poor for the time of year . |
2 | down on a year ago , and is only 6 per cent . |
3 | Exports declined to $27.97 billion , 0.5 per cent down on a year previously , but imports fell 2.8 per cent to $17.41 billion , the ministry said . |
4 | You going down on a weekend darling ? |
5 | Bob Hoover in his yellow P-51 shepherded Rare Bear as Shelton put her safely down on a taxiway where he was forced to ground-loop , without damage . |
6 | A tiny spider floated down on a thread from a purple-headed thistle and scuttled over her hand . |
7 | ‘ The spider came down on a thread in front of me while I was driving . |
8 | Last night she and her mother bedded down on a mattress in the back of their secondhand horse-box eating food heated up on a mobile stove because they refused to pay the London prices of the arena 's eating places . |
9 | I was led into a dark room and told to lie face down on a mattress on the floor . |
10 | I 'm feeling real heavy and tired and my feet 's aching so I have a sit down on a wall and swing my legs for a bit . |
11 | but I would imagine down on a floor it would look very , the diamonds would be too much if you |
12 | He jotted the three names down on a slip of paper with a gesture of finality and picked up the internal telephone , stabbing out the number for the code-room . |
13 | Through the crack he saw McGowan holding the tourist down on a bed . |
14 | The second cell ( 82c ) contains a moaning , naked Orc chained down on a bed of nails which rip the boil-infested flesh on his back . |
15 | Nell helped him to lie down on a blanket , supporting his head with another . |
16 | He put his coffee cup down on a pile of English magazines , got up and stretched himself . |
17 | As soon as his hands were free , Huw ducked away , retrieving a shirt and jersey that had been flung down on a pile of beer-crates , saying over his shoulder : ‘ Look , I 'd better be pushing off . |
18 | Burun sat down on a pile of cushions on the floor , and settled himself to wait . |
19 | In this small picture , you look down on a couple of hundred thousand people and their bodies are as invisible as microbes . |
20 | A college lecturer in Redcar was reduced to a nervous wreck and had to call the police to get rid of salesmen while in Northallerton a salesman suggested he bedded down on a couple 's sofa while they slept on £5,000 offer . |
21 | One threatened to bed down on a couple 's settee while they slept on a purchase , while an angry consumer from Redcar had to call police to get rid of another salesman . |
22 | Jenny Weston , 34 , claimed Colin Webb made a barrage of unrelenting sexual demands and once pinned her down on a hotel bed . |
23 | Anthea was told to interview someone while bouncing up and down on a trampoline . |
24 | High , frescoed ceilings looked down on a marble floor worn smooth over the centuries . |
25 | Write it down on a bit of paper , that 's a good chap ! ’ |
26 | and Ken we used to write it down on a bit of paper who had what and who owed what and |
27 | Tell you what I 'll write it down on a bit of paper what page it 's on |
28 | Lesley brought in a laden tray , set it down on a side-table , and distributed cups in silence . |
29 | She sat down on a boulder and put her head in her hands . |
30 | After settling her bill , she went for a walk through the hotel grounds , ending up beside a pretty little river meandering gently through a meadow , and sat down on a boulder , barely feeling the coolness of the air as she gazed into the silvery , rippling waters . |