Example sentences of "[adv] on [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUMMER can be hell if you are among the hordes who endure nettle rash , bad reactions to insect bites and stings , sensitivity to sunlight , or any of the allergies which are so common from now right on through the summer . |
| 2 | Leaving the rotunda , turn right on to the embankment , Smetanovo nábřeží where there is a fine memorial to Francis II , Emperor of Austria , by J. Kranner , built 1844–6 . |
| 3 | The grenade dropped right on to the cab floor in front of Rex . |
| 4 | Well it 's not because as I say , they actually park right on to the roundabout . |
| 5 | You see well the point was when you pick 'em up erm we had a sm we had a big boat , what we called hanger boat , a very heavy boat and that used to have a wooden so therefore we used to pull it up by hand and pull it ove on a little barrel with a hand power that 's what we used to do and once we got the anchor in board we 'd pull the chain in by hand and then rerun it again right on to the mud and on the anchor again . |
| 6 | I 've got to go right on to the end of whatever all this is , because I ca n't go back . |
| 7 | They mounted the slight slope and , turning right on to the Westport road , walked towards the village . |
| 8 | And e what I 'd put on what I 'd said to her Erm I think I 'd put on here , you know , Re refer to section five on on of the brainstorm list , and she 'd all she 'd typed in is , Where is section five of the brainstorm list , I could n't could n't find . |
| 9 | I put my candle down on the shelf , and dropped thankfully on to the bed . |
| 10 | Emily watched him go and then , rising , she threw her napkin down furiously on to the table . |
| 11 | She pulled Midnight 's head up off the grass , gathered him together and drew him delicately on to the garden path . |
| 12 | Escaping to her room , she shut the door with careful control behind her , then wedged a chair under the handle with trembling fingers before sinking weakly on to the seat and burying her hot face in her hands . |
| 13 | ABDELATIF AREBEYAT walks slowly on to the podium , utters a Koranic greeting and opens a new day of business in the Jordanian parliament . |
| 14 | Not totally sure she actually wanted to illuminate what she already knew she was going to find , she snapped down the switch and stared disagreeably at the glistening drops that plopped relentlessly on to the dresser . |
| 15 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 16 | What I think is happening , I find this interesting , people are rejecting the idea of the aesthetic , and I 'm not quite sure why ; I do n't know whether they think it 's elitist or whether they 've got no taste of their own , or what , I do n't know , but people read poems not as poems which convey aesthetic emotion , which is the way I tend to think about poems ultimately , but simply as ideological statements and political texts , or at least , things that give you some understanding of the way people thought or so on at the time … . |
| 17 | Only the sun goes silently and endlessly on with the lark 's song . |
| 18 | The carpenter , the " " riche gnof " " , is mentioned in the first three lines but the narration moves swiftly on to the portrait of Nicholas . |
| 19 | Sometimes , late at night , Odilo and I sneak out alone on to the roof of the boarding-house , while the Germans dream their dreams . |
| 20 | Julius quickly sorted through them , tossing them carelessly on to the floor as he continued his fast but thorough search . |
| 21 | FitzAlan tossed the gown carelessly on to the stool , where it promptly slithered to the floor . |
| 22 | He must have been about to take a shower , she realised , noticing a towel flung carelessly on to the bed , and seeing for the first time that his shirt was undone almost to the waist , revealing his broad , muscular chest with its lavish covering of silky golden hair . |
| 23 | The little girls squealed with delight as he swung them round in a circle , before setting them back gently on to the sand . |
| 24 | He pulled her gently on to the bed . |
| 25 | He pushed her back gently on to the bed . |
| 26 | He picked her up and lowered her gently on to the bed , shrugging out of his jacket and trousers before joining her . |
| 27 | Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop . |
| 28 | I opened the door for Patterson and then locked the cab up after he 'd stepped gingerly on to the pavement . |
| 29 | Interestingly , this was not included in the main section of the Treaty dealing with foreign and security policy but was tacked innocuously on to the end . |
| 30 | The last remnant of the storm hits us , thick snow blotting out the view of anything , so reluctantly we call a halt and go back down on to the lake . |