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 | 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 . |
| 5 | The £917m it made in 1991 was just 3pc down on the previous year 's £945m . |
| 6 | At Lyness , the Thorsvoe noses in on the low tide . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Sergeant Morrison put his mug of tea down on the greasy bar and turned . |
| 9 | THE angle between Saturn and Pluto on March 20 and October 9 homes in on the financial sector of your chart . |
| 10 | Let me zero my telepathy in on the benign , rumpled and somewhat steatopygous figure of my friend Stu . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You can never be too early starting your kids off on the right foot — in fact , it 's essential |
| 13 | There was the hum of cars up on the main road . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But have you heard about the metamorphosis demonstration out on the main plaza ? |
| 18 | While the circuit is being cleared to give us a free run , Brundle takes the car out on the public roads . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He extracted Catherine a short while later and turned the car back on the darkened road which would lead them towards the A1 . |
| 21 | One tooth out on the rubber timing belt makes a lot of difference . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I thought of this killer out on the empty , wild moor , and I felt more and more uncomfortable about my surroundings . |
| 24 | Beyond , a lane — called Long Lane — branches left and comes to an end after two miles with Clapham Beck down on the left and the limestone scars of Norber up on the right . |
| 25 | Hit by the effects of world recession , turnover in 1991 was 42% down on the previous year from £14.59 million to £8.3 million while interim figures were down 39% from £4.9 million in June ‘ 91 to £3 million in June ‘ 92 , resulting in a loss per share of 3.51p . |
| 26 | Jimmy had laid the girl down on the rough floor . |
| 27 | He set the basket down on the low table by the oven , then turned back , looking at the boy . |
| 28 | In his usual way , as soon as the film started , George begin to give me a run down on the technical assets I might otherwise be missing . |
| 29 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
| 30 | The alley 's dead end glowed red in the wash of its brake lights , long shadows being thrown by the garbage hoppers over on the far side , and the sound of the cab 's turning engine had a hard edge in the chill night air . |