Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DRAWING THEM IN ON THE WIRRAL |
| 2 | As Floy and Snodgrass watched in silence , the Elms stretched out their hard , lichen-crusted branches and brought them down on the prisoner 's shoulders and thighs , at the place where the skin had started to tear . |
| 3 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 4 | She sat them down on the sofa . |
| 5 | But long before he reaches him he recognizes him — from the way he 's sitting , sprawled back in an armchair with his feet on a coffee-table , reading an ancient Amazing Science Fiction ; from his spectacles and rumpled hair ; from the fact that he 's taken his shoes and socks off to cool his feet , and tossed them down on the coffee-table ; from the way he does n't look up , even as Howard comes right up to him , goggling head leading the way , unable to believe his eyes . |
| 6 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 7 | And if you had paper plates people put them down on the floor , inevitably , somebody got drunk and put their plate on the floor , they were probably thinking about something else , and then the beet juice or the goo or whatever , soaked through the paper plate and onto the carpet and you never , never got it out . |
| 8 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 9 | Then in order to compare your expenditure against likely income , jot them down on the Budget Planner ( see pages 120–25 ) . |
| 10 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 11 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 12 | Instead , it plonks them down on the gravel path and lets them knock about a bit . |
| 13 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 14 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 15 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 16 | ‘ They let me in on the secret quite early — then people started joking about it . |
| 17 | So let me in on the secret . |
| 18 | People keep mentioning this Peter Barnes guy , could someone please let me in on the joke . |
| 19 | Well , now that I 've tracked you down , perhaps you would n't mind letting me in on the key to all this mystery . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd better fill me in on the details , ’ he said . |
| 21 | " Fill me in on the tits , Slick . |
| 22 | ‘ All you have to do , Sorrel dear , is fill me in on the gossip about Simon Cawthorne . |
| 23 | He made the mistake of letting me in on the ground floor when he was offering a Pissarro . |
| 24 | One minute to go and the Director wishes everyone down on the floor good luck , and in time-honoured tradition Verity Lambert leans forward and wishes the Director good luck . |
| 25 | Ye 'll find me down on the quay looking at her . |
| 26 | Waiting for me down on the sands — a great hulking shape , crouching there , darker than darkness . |
| 27 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll go ahead , and you can join me down on the beach . ’ |
| 29 | I protested , but only weakly ; I was hysterical , and , I suppose , rather excited too : even when he had me down on the floor , jammed in an uncomfortable position with my head stuck between the pedestal of the wash basin and a slimy floor cloth someone had left lying against the wall , I could still do nothing but laugh . |
| 30 | Just dragged me into the building , threw me down on the floor , made a lot of noise and left . ’ |