Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the windows were broken and came in and landed on the people working . ’ |
| 2 | Sister Cooney came in and snapped on the light . |
| 3 | but I never pushed in and stood on the stage , look I 've done all this ! |
| 4 | He said that unless Niki gave in and raced on the terms offered , he was going to go with Keke the following year . |
| 5 | Jamie came in and sat on the couch next to my chair . |
| 6 | Anne reached in and turned on the lights . |
| 7 | A third-year nurse came in and turned on the radio . |
| 8 | Knocker 's bored looking battered features brightened as Yanto walked in and leaned on the well used but polished bar . |
| 9 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 10 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 11 | They hailed down and clinked on the ramparts . |
| 12 | I stepped down and sat on the thwart opposite to him . |
| 13 | Folly put the phone down and sat on the bed , looking round the poky little hotel room that was all she could afford while she searched for more permanent accommodation . |
| 14 | Once he broke down and cried on the radio . |
| 15 | The scarf came away and fell on the floor , twisted in a multiple S. |
| 16 | Jim looked away and focused on the solid glass ashtray on the coffee table . |
| 17 | He pulled himself away and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 18 | Then she walked away and sat on the end of her bed . |
| 19 | Isabella walked towards camera , turned and walked away and sat on the edge of a chair . |
| 20 | He did n't answer , his silence becoming unnerving , and when she examined his features she was dismayed by the bleakness she saw there ; then , with almost cold deliberation , he turned away and sat on the edge of the bed with his back to her . |
| 21 | A small portion of the scene showing the couple with the cart flaked away and broke on the floor . |
| 22 | He went through and tapped on the office door . |
| 23 | He went over and banged on the panel so hard that his knuckles hurt — even so , he knew that he 'd be lucky if he were heard . |
| 24 | She came over and sat on the bed beside him . |
| 25 | Matt was lying on the couch and then went and then I went over and sat on the couch and then Matt tried sa Matt erm pretended he was up to him and started |
| 26 | They were singing ‘ Forty Years On ’ as a duet , which surprised her so much that she stepped backwards and trod on the toe of the cross young man with whom she had collided that afternoon . |
| 27 | I got up early and worked on the farm . |
| 28 | Rincewind swayed back as a wildly thrown stool sailed past and smashed on the far side of the street . |
| 29 | She stood up and stamped on the still-living creature . |
| 30 | The storm came up and burst on the Forth . |