Example sentences of "[adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If you 're the first correct entry out of the hat we 'll be straight on the phone to give you the good news and arrange the presentation . |
2 | Erm but er we 've had one or two people come to us , and report that they 've been mugged , there again we get straight on the phone to the police . |
3 | If it does I 'll be on to you straight on the phone . |
4 | I WISH to set the record straight on the issue of the works and health committee 's decision to introduce a ‘ Caring Contractor ’ scheme for Darlington . |
5 | Straight on the bed . |
6 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
7 | Now then , let's see put your feet straight on the footrest so I can tuck these things over . |
8 | Mm , mm , cos of King 's Cross , had to come at all it 's awful and one time you just went straight on the escalator and now you 've got to go |
9 | Not a great big 60-odd ball that is gon na be straight on the centre of the Z. |
10 | Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’ |
11 | This fertility , according to Nigel , was due to the miller 's no doubt having for years , when clearing the millpond of silt , put it straight on the land , nothing being more nutritious . |
12 | You know little kids coming out of school and going straight on the road . |
13 | He left school and went straight on the dole , like Derek probably will . |
14 | Job cuts are already being made and newly-qualified nurses are going straight on the dole . |
15 | Lillee bowled another bouncer which did not get up as much as Fletch anticipated and it hit him straight on the head as he took his eye off the ball . |
16 | It was a brown derby , worn straight on the head without an air . |
17 | Lying on your back , keep one leg straight on the floor and lift your other leg up , bending it at the knee . |
18 | Lying on your back , keep one leg straight on the floor and lift your other leg up , keeping it straight . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Ya , straight on the floor . |
21 | Jacques Devraux held himself ramrod straight on the back of his stocky saddle pony and delivered his order to his son in a vehement undertone . |
22 | Well we went straight on the motorway |
23 | Flint walls , often up to three feet thick , were usually built straight on the ground without foundations , with a central hearth , the fire either laid on the earth floor or , if better off , a large stone slab . |
24 | She 's fallen I think straight on the face . |
25 | The low notes can maybe play 16ths and the chords play maybe fours straight on the beat . |
26 | Ah well that 's straight on the trailer , yeah . |
27 | Make sure you do n't put them straight on the table though . |
28 | I , he could have had that straight on the paper . |
29 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
30 | The voice of Gerry Adams , who arrived a little later on the scene , has been banished from television , but he is alive . |