Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One electric lamp the others all be the the butty would have the electric lamp , and he 'd also carry an oil lamp for testing for gas , and er I can remember going nearly a whole shift having to carry this lamp right down on the floor , carry it up into the heading you see ? |
| 2 | Simon has now cut right down on the amount of time he spend playing and has also undergone treatment from his doctor . |
| 3 | To the left of this doorway , right down on the ground , is an arched opening known as ‘ The Cagots ’ window' , this having been , so one story claims , the window through which the Cagots , who were not allowed into the church , could hear the mass . |
| 4 | There was another commotion going on down on the slip ; the BMW people were gesticulating wildly and pointing at the tyres on one side of the trailer holding the big ski boat , which appeared to be listing slightly in that direction now . |
| 5 | There were mangoes on the table and flat bread and a dish of scrambled eggs , so I took a spoonful of egg and put it slowly down on the terrace , as I thought any human being would do . |
| 6 | As he placed it slowly down on the table , he took a deep breath . |
| 7 | The Lady Prioress slumped wearily down on the stool as Corbett questioned her about Dame Frances ' death . |
| 8 | We had a little garden in the front and we used to put er a in in in the in in on the soil and we used to put some crumbs on on a on a plate you know . |
| 9 | He carried her to the bedroom then , and in the darkness placed her gently down on the bed . |
| 10 | Agrippa rose , putting the cat gently down on the floor . |
| 11 | He placed this gently down on the table and we all gathered round . |
| 12 | Which car did Nigel go down in on the Thursday ? ’ |
| 13 | Ironically , the hostel was charging so much in rent that while I did have to stay there , I was better off on the dole with the housing people picking up the bill than in cleaning work and having to pay it myself . |
| 14 | Bank Assistants can not afford to live on their current salaries and , as has been pointed out , a Bank assistant who also happens to be a bread winner would be better off on the Dole ! |
| 15 | And he said well come on then we 're stuck halfway up on the kerb here . |
| 16 | Each triangular guyline is attached at two points halfway up on the pole sleeve 18in apart . |
| 17 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 18 | She told me how she thought the way to put Inside Out on the map was to do more hard , investigative stories . |
| 19 | Moreover , land use planning , which in the early 1980s was alleged to be an obstacle to investment , is very much back on the agenda . |
| 20 | The idea for this workshop came out of a realisation that Modularity was very much back on the agenda in a wide variety of institutions . |
| 21 | The glass was placed gently back on the counter in front of Newman . |
| 22 | There is something very disturbing about a benefit system which will prop up Mr Deaves until he gets back on his business feet , yet is reluctant to help people who are literally out on the streets . |
| 23 | WELLINGTON College teacher Kenneth Orr will be heading off down under on the trip of a lifetime next month . |
| 24 | The karateka then pivots halfway round on the ball of the left foot , while rotating the entire body forward . |
| 25 | As on the river bank , Blackberry had moved away and was already down on the road on his own account , sniffing out towards the middle , half-way between Hazel and the bend . |
| 26 | And those countries already in on the act surged ahead — notably South Korea , which moved into the top ten richest countries in the world . |
| 27 | So you 're quite right , the elder men have a tremendous control , not over on the over-supply of women , but also over the younger men . |
| 28 | On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’ |
| 29 | Built in Luton at IBC and with a range of European Vauxhall and Opel engines that take local content to 80 per cent , they 'll be in about half of Vauxhall 's dealers with prices just up on the Suzuki Vitara for the Sport and just below the Isuzu Trooper and old Shogun for the five-door Across Europe , GM is optimistic it can sell 40,000 and has capacity for another 10,000 should Europe 's fastest-growing market segment require it . |
| 30 | No doubt Eliot 's own fears and uncertainty were compounded when in June a bomb fell upon the offices of Faber and Faber ( fortunately , he was not up on the roof at the time ) . |