Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
| 2 | Triumphantly , he slapped a wodge of notes down on the polished mahogany counter , as if anxious to be rid of it , and snatching a 12 bore from the gunsmith , he strode out into the square . |
| 3 | Here is one of those places , then , where the frontier does not follow the ridge of the mountains , but takes a sudden dive down on the French side . |
| 4 | This means that for lettering written in the normal way on the mylar sheet , you need the right hand light on on the 580 and the EC1 ( left on the earlier models ) for the lettering to be readable on the knitting . |
| 5 | Plain lace knitting with the No. 2 left hand light on on the 580 and the EC1 ( right hand light on earlier models ) |
| 6 | Plain lace as in swatch 1 knitted with the No. 2 right hand light on on the 580 and the EC1 ( left hand light on earlier models ) |
| 7 | Indeed , I sat there in the muggy warmth until the balding , bull-necked scruff of a proprietor or manager started to put the chairs upside down on the swabbed tables — a peculiar custom which is surely unhygienic enough to be banned by law . |
| 8 | The £917m it made in 1991 was just 3pc down on the previous year 's £945m . |
| 9 | At Lyness , the Thorsvoe noses in on the low tide . |
| 10 | After a few attempts , which often result in catching the ball off the toe , the player begins to feel how necessary it is to turn away fully in the backswing and to bring the club down on the correct path . |
| 11 | Sergeant Morrison put his mug of tea down on the greasy bar and turned . |
| 12 | This sometimes happens when managers must prepare for press conferences and they develop a superb presentation only to drop through the floor when an awkward press vulture homes in on the one weak link in the chain of argument . |
| 13 | THE angle between Saturn and Pluto on March 20 and October 9 homes in on the financial sector of your chart . |
| 14 | Investment over the 1992–1994 period at £5.4 billion is forecast to be 22 p.c. down on the 1989–91 levels after allowing for inflation and the lowest since 1984–86 but still 30 p.c. higher than the depth of recession in 1981–1983 . |
| 15 | March sales at 143,115 were 15.2 p.c. down on the same period a year ago , with Rover showing an alarming 45 p.c. slide . |
| 16 | Let me zero my telepathy in on the benign , rumpled and somewhat steatopygous figure of my friend Stu . |
| 17 | Having done everything in your tank preparations to avoid new tank syndrome , you can still set in motion some of the attendant problems if you start your new stock off on the wrong fin . |
| 18 | You can never be too early starting your kids off on the right foot — in fact , it 's essential |
| 19 | There was the hum of cars up on the main road . |
| 20 | The total value of cross-border deals in the first three months of this year at $13.3 billion was 45 p.c. up on the corresponding period a year ago but was still well below the 1989 peak when the quarterly average reached $32.6 billion . |
| 21 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 22 | I saw parties feeding on the seed-heads of thrift in the middle of a gannet colony , on the seeds of rushes out on the windswept moors , and in my own garden where they quickly cleaned up the remaining rowan berries . |
| 23 | But have you heard about the metamorphosis demonstration out on the main plaza ? |
| 24 | While the circuit is being cleared to give us a free run , Brundle takes the car out on the public roads . |
| 25 | Ian Wright , Paul Merson and Anders Limpar are in his sights and he 's not afriad to take tough action to get Arsenal back on the winning track after successive defeats by Leeds and Manchester United . |
| 26 | He extracted Catherine a short while later and turned the car back on the darkened road which would lead them towards the A1 . |
| 27 | One tooth out on the rubber timing belt makes a lot of difference . |
| 28 | Puffins spend most of their time fishing out on the open ocean , but in spring , in order to nest and breed , they have to return to land . |
| 29 | I thought of this killer out on the empty , wild moor , and I felt more and more uncomfortable about my surroundings . |
| 30 | Your due back on the ninth ? |