Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you thought gliding was a pleasant way of spending leisure time away from the cares and woes down on the ground . |
| 2 | The bouncer — bullies , as they were called in Dublin — stepped away from Lee , and eased the hammers down on the shotgun . |
| 3 | Tenderly , he put the smaller of his two tortoises down on the floor . |
| 4 | You feel that the music carries the words along on the back of its urge to secure release . |
| 5 | In all the restaurants down on the coast they offer you very much the same salad , sometimes with a few olives , cucumber slices and cos lettuce all prettily arranged on a flat dish , a mixture not unlike the salade niçoise of Southern France . |
| 6 | The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth . |
| 7 | She put the books down on the vanity table and with trembling fingers opened her handbag to find her face powder . |
| 8 | A hunting shark closing in for the kill homes in on the body electricity given off by its victim . |
| 9 | BR hopes they 'll drop their kids off on the way to work . |
| 10 | Similarly , while a pupil with this type of visual condition might be able to read words up on the blackboard with little difficulty , locating the words themselves could be an initial problem . |
| 11 | Legs up on the side , Doug looks like he is in childbirth . |
| 12 | As he did so , still lying there with his legs up on the chair he 'd fallen over , he started to over-balance to one side , towards Fergus . |
| 13 | She was wandering about the room , pulling the covers up on the bed and tidying up half-heartedly , waiting for the kettle on the gas-ring to boil . |
| 14 | It took her a moment or two to realise what he was referring to and remember Florian 's words out on the balcony . |
| 15 | Then , unseen at first , a small but subsequently vociferous crowd of lads out on the piss gathers at the corner of the bar . |
| 16 | Lie back down again , placing your legs back on the floor , knees bent . |
| 17 | Mr Moss Evans 's union , the Transport and General Workers , had called the lorry drivers out on the strike that a reading of contemporary newspapers suggests was the event , seen as characteristic of the abuse by trade unions of their power , that most vividly exposed the vacuity at the heart of policy and so most damaged the Labour Government 's prestige and prospects . |
| 18 | She put a plate of steak and chips down on the kitchen table with an array of sauce-bottles and vinegar . |
| 19 | ‘ Interesting , ’ said Corman , as he sat back in his chair and banged his feet down on the row of seats in front of him . |
| 20 | The harvest was reported on Sept. 19 as being 40,000,000 tonnes down on the amount at the same time in 1990 . |
| 21 | The good coach always takes a few unissued licences along on the day for those who have forgotten theirs . |
| 22 | On the number-one table , the cue cleaving his chin , he hunkers down on the cush to draw his bead on the bone balls … |
| 23 | Nevertheless it was Webb and Bath who made their mark first , with a neat series of passes over on the right . |
| 24 | Pete had arranged himself in the passenger seat so that he could get his feet up on the dashboard . |
| 25 | Now he sat out on the porch with his chair tilted back and his feet up on the rail , and he sipped at his beer as he watched the patterns of sunlight on the forest over on the far side of the track . |
| 26 | Tammuz threw himself into a chair and put his feet up on the edge of his workstation . |
| 27 | Feet up on the fender , paper on the floor , |
| 28 | Venture capitalists like to keep close tabs on their investments , going down to the offices of the fledging chief executive officers once a week , putting their feet up on the desk and playing father confessor . |
| 29 | I swung my feet up on the desk and lay back in the chair . |
| 30 | He put his feet up on the desk , tilted back the swivel executive chair and went to sleep . |