Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood in the queue for some minutes , till she was served by a sweating , grimy woman , who sprayed from a height a tray full of cups , and slapped the change down on a counter awash with various fluids . |
| 2 | Every night Boy would wear the same thing , a white t shirt ; and every night he would throw that t shirt down on a different bedroom floor . |
| 3 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 4 | Luib had laid Madra down on a faded red couch . |
| 5 | Despite this concern , from the point of view of health care planning , the principle of funding authorities basically on a weighted per capita basis , with no allowance for cross-boundary flow , is to be welcomed . |
| 6 | Write all your metaphors and similes down on a separate sheet of paper . |
| 7 | You see , you must learn to ask for this guidance within on a daily basis . |
| 8 | The original exchange brought traders together on a single floor . |
| 9 | Lee waited until the girl had placed the tray down on a small side table and backed silently from the room . |
| 10 | A spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson said the company discusses investment only on a global , company-wide basis , and has said nothing specific about investing in Malaysia . |
| 11 | It 's just the things you poke your hairs up on a sharp stick |
| 12 | In desperation he faked a dive and hauled the SE up on a tight loop . |
| 13 | The flat , as yet unsought , no more than a vague possibility among others , would assume dimensions , location , a horribly plausible reality in which he found himself arranging his pictures carefully on a non-existent wall , thinking over the disposal of his household goods , the exact location of his stereo system . |
| 14 | When she awoke the next morning , however , she was able to put all such thoughts firmly from her mind as she simply strengthened her resolve to keep her relationship with David Markham purely on a professional basis . |
| 15 | Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman . |
| 16 | So I drive back , pig out on a hi-cal breakfast , devour Sunday paper trash , wander home , hug the pillow you lay on , find a blonde hair or two , grin like an idiot , realise my hangover 's gone , work like a trooper all afternoon , sip a little brandy come early evening , and raise my glass to your very good health . |
| 17 | Four or five months ago on a gentle Autumn evening I climbed some steep stairs in a converted house in Holland Park to call upon my then closest friend and ally , the Robert whom my agent mentioned so cunningly and cruelly in his self-exposing telephone conversation this morning . |
| 18 | After-care sessions initially on a weekly basis but later less frequently , are recommended for up to two years . |
| 19 | TWO CCG staff were put through their paces recently on a testing weekend with the 52nd Lowland Volunteers of the Territorial Army . |
| 20 | HE MAY not say it in public , but George Graham has a clear message this morning for Ian Wright : ‘ I can always get another forward but see what trouble you 'll have leaning backwards on a broken career ’ . |
| 21 | and there 's not any reason why once your in you canne put another couple of lines in , and you can even put a couple of lines in on a different number if you want |
| 22 | How long it will remain confidential is a matter for debate , but the US government intends to control the technology 's export strictly , issuing licences only on a case-by-case basis and then only to ‘ US companies seeking to use these devices to secure their own communications abroad ’ . |
| 23 | Quiss walked over to a large range of working surfaces , hotplates , sinks and racks ; he sat the scullion down on a flat surface only for steam to issue suddenly from its rear ; it squawked and jumped up . |
| 24 | But the Irish and Welsh issues remained ; the National Union agreed to approve the truce only on a strict understanding that both issues would be satisfactorily settled . |
| 25 | The evolution of integrated circuit technology has been such that you 've been progressively able to put more and more transistors down on a single integrated circuit , and so a microprocessor has got more and more powerful with the passage of time . |
| 26 | He put the milk bottles down on a small table in the hall , where they were to remain until Ianthe left , and as far as she knew , for ever after . |
| 27 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 28 | Another letter in The Times , from Sir Robert Robinson , drew attention to Florey 's work and set enquirers off on a new tack to Oxford , but their journeys turned out to be unrewarding . |
| 29 | He placed the gondola carefully on a small ledge to one side of the deposit box . |
| 30 | Surprisingly frequently , leys also pass exactly through important and isolated farmsteads often on a similar orientation to the main buildings . |