Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always put the hook in on the carriage side , knit the row and then put in the other hook . |
| 2 | William Clark put his resignation in on the day of the ceasefire . |
| 3 | Among the many booksellers and publishers whom I spotted letting their hair down on the dance floor was independent publisher Christopher Hurst . |
| 4 | They were on the brow of a little hill and Sara walked farther on to look down on the county spread in front of her , idly trying to recognise familiar landmarks — It was a travel-ad view — neat lush fields , trim hedgerows , a farmhouse nestling in amongst its windbreak of trees , a sheet of yellow on the far hills where a field of mustard was in bloom , and for the rest , a thousand different shades of the greens of high summer , a piece of England basking in the sun and as beautiful as any foreign strand . |
| 5 | His voice was offhand , as he strode in and put his neat briefcase down on the desk . |
| 6 | At last Couville put his goblet down on the floor beside him . |
| 7 | Clinton put his goblet down on the table , bade us good night and walked softly away . |
| 8 | When we were kill-pricking we used to put a sack down on the floor and lie on our bellies using a bodkin to clear holes . |
| 9 | I lay the bike down on the grass , turn back to the shed , slowly push open the door … peer inside … without entering . |
| 10 | If I wanted to have something like that , I 'd get a good programmer in on the project . |
| 11 | ‘ Honestly , Reg … ’ began Bob , trying to get one foot down on the floor behind him . |
| 12 | I watched the cars stopping to pay their money at the toll-house and wondered if any of the drivers were tempted to put their foot down on the accelerator and go Zoom-Crash ! down to the bottom of the gorge . |
| 13 | The thought of Norman 's discomfiture at finding her gone cheered her a little and she pressed her foot down on the accelerator , anxious to distance herself from the three of them , to reach the safety of home . |
| 14 | He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked . |
| 15 | Pushing his foot down on the accelerator , Anthony thrust the car forward . |
| 16 | The man pocketed the wallet , and jabbed his foot down on the accelerator . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're on to us , ’ he groaned , wondering whether he should put his foot down on the accelerator instead . |
| 18 | The engine fired and she pushed her foot down on the accelerator so that the fierce roar echoed her feelings of pent-up frustration . |
| 19 | He jammed his foot down on the accelerator and the car shot forward . |
| 20 | He rammed his foot down on the brake and sent the car into a fizzing convulsion of rev and whinny . |
| 21 | I had n't slammed my foot down on the brake . |
| 22 | She put her foot down on the pedal and the car leaped forward . |
| 23 | Dust your working surface with icing sugar or cornflour to prevent sticking and place the cake upside down on the surface . |
| 24 | Turned upside down on the floor , it became my boat , my cart , a railway engine — it 's amazing what a child can make of a simple object in imagination . |
| 25 | Auguste 's cry came too late and a dish of ribboned cucumber , garnish for the lobster salads , landed upside down on the floor . |
| 26 | She then took her father 's hat from his head , laid it upside down on the sand , rocked it backwards and forwards a few times , then upset it . |
| 27 | 9 Place a flowerpot upside down on the soil . |
| 28 | If a Burton man turned his empty beer-pot upside down on the table they knew there was going to be trouble . |
| 29 | The inevitable happened and I was off , dangling upside down on the end of the rope seconds later , 30 feet below , parallel to my climbing companions . |
| 30 | No , the one in the poster she 's upside down on the car ! |