Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 2 | The man , it was the bald one with the glasses , knelt down on both knees and grabbed the bottom and began to kiss it ardently . |
| 3 | Not for a moment did his eyes sweep around the mountain heights which everywhere peered down on this upturned basin of ancient civilisation . |
| 4 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
| 5 | I might add that the TV cameras moved in on this ! |
| 6 | It was a very happy meeting , as we caught up on all that had happened since those distant Bideford days . |
| 7 | A trained work elephant then moved up on either side , rather like tugs docking a ship . |
| 8 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 9 | The occasional curtained litter or rickshaw sheltered its rich occupant from the sun as he or she ventured out on some errand . |
| 10 | The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept . |
| 11 | I dined out on that one for quite a while , but have not had occasion to be offered cream coronets of late . |
| 12 | We bounced round on that pallet bed , so much laughing and shouting that the landlord came up . |
| 13 | So Ariel kept vigil as the night came down on that day nearly four hundred years ago , when everything changed for them . |
| 14 | The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides . |
| 15 | Anyway , Davy came along and Steve Marriot also came along on that day , because quite a few people heard about it , as we put the word out at the Giaconda Cafe in Denmark Street . |
| 16 | More than 80 children came along on some days , and many people said they hoped it would become an annual event , she said . |
| 17 | Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment . |
| 18 | In fact , Ray did a little work on it before we came over on this trip . ’ |
| 19 | When Russell pulled up , the two White Mountain Apaches with him slowed to a walk and came up on either side of him . |
| 20 | As a band , how much influence did you have over what came out on those recordings ? |
| 21 | Occasional mute mind-wiped drones trudged by on some robotic task , perhaps simply ordered to exercise their zombie limbs prior to cleaning out a toxic sump ; and cyborged Servitors trundled here and there . |
| 22 | It 's a testament to how captivating The Orb 's music is that I got off on this so much , completely alone and without recourse to anything stronger than the Institute 's lukewarm lager . |
| 23 | Examples of marks turned down on these grounds are : HUNTSMAN — earlier mark SPORTSMAN ( both cherry brandy ) An application showing a picture of three pigs was refused because of a prior word mark THREE PIGS BRAND ( bacon ) |
| 24 | We were living in a period of change and he wanted to avoid the danger of rejecting courses of action merely because they had been considered and turned down on some earlier occasion during his leadership . |
| 25 | And then , on the verge of sleep , she was crashing with him through the bushes of that dreadful wood , feeling the briars scratching her legs , the low twigs whipping against her cheeks , staring with him as the pool of light from the torch shone down on that grotesque and mutilated face . |
| 26 | The force of the blast was such that skylights were blown in , and boiling hot mud and ashes rained down on those below decks , killing many and scalding others . |
| 27 | Vincente seemed a pleasant enough bloke when he turned up on that first morning . |
| 28 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 29 | Then , after a whispered word with one of the cousins , Angel and he galloped up on either side of her and neatly lifted her off the little black mare . |
| 30 | Section 119 provides that a company if so authorised by its articles may : ( a ) make arrangements on an issue of shares for a difference between shareholders in the amounts or times of payments of calls ; ( b ) accept the whole or part of the amount remaining unpaid although it has not been called up ; or ( c ) pay a dividend in proportion to the amount paid up on each share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others . |