Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And significantly , her boss and colleague sit in on the trial , revealing their emotional investment in what 's at stake .
2 sit in on the public
3 I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her .
4 Right , sit down on the bed and give me your legs . ’
5 I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round .
6 I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky .
7 She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins
8 Come on , sit down on the step .
9 Mandy rushed over , and made her sit down on the couch .
10 Have your partner sit down on the mat , extending one leg and flexing the other .
11 But Isabel had plenty of spirit , Guy reminded himself , ruthlessly stamping down on the protectiveness the sight of her always seemed to arouse in him .
12 You can buy those things that you push down on the top like that , and you
13 If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent .
14 When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on .
15 I tried to sit down on the bed and wait .
16 Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room .
17 I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor .
18 She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell .
19 She had to sit down on the ground .
20 He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain .
21 ‘ He made his way along the road until a colleague told him to sit down on the pavement .
22 Stepping back from the display cabinets , hoping to sit down on the window-seat , she made a false move and bumped into something cold .
23 On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream .
24 Ten Trekkies got down on the floor to play this , some still wearing Federation anoraks , which seemed to be cheating somewhat .
25 She got down on the floor and ran her arm under the bookcase .
26 And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were .
27 I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot .
28 Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool .
29 When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word .
30 John sits down on the bed and recites a mantra under his breath .
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