Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How 's about easing up on the sentence , it is Easter after all . ’ |
| 2 | At the edge of the eyes are a pair of long spines , and these point downwards at a steep angle , at very awkward attitude for resting comfortably on the sea floor . |
| 3 | So far we 've been concentrating on Meryl 's reasons for hanging round on the gallery in the middle of the night ; all well and good , but what was Gladys doing there ? ’ |
| 4 | Scotland 's Olympic three-day event double silver medallist , Ian Stark , has not been nicknamed the ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ for hanging about on a cross-country course . |
| 5 | It is typical of options that if a particular contract does not exist in a ready made form for trading directly on an exchange , it can be manufactured from existing tradeable instruments . |
| 6 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 7 | No demand , however , was made on us by the gate-keeper , the authorities being so liberal as not to charge persons for walking either on the roads or footpaths . |
| 8 | Now I think it 's a bit rich t to slam the Liberals for walking out on the last debate because the Tories did n't attend the Health Trust Select Committee which Council set up . |
| 9 | Thatched umbrellas and deck-chairs are provided for sunbathing down on the beach . |
| 10 | Then , in the next chapter , after elaborating further on the features of psychosis itself , we shall return to examine how explanations of it might also give an account of certain aspects of the creative process . |
| 11 | Just 22 months after walking out on the Merseyside club , the 41-year-old Scot received a warm reception from the Kop as he took his place on the Blackburn Rovers bench . |
| 12 | After animadverting bitterly on the demands made on his old bones , as he had heaved the lady 's portmanteau into the boot , he had climbed laboriously into the gig without even offering to assist her to do the same . |
| 13 | He broke off as Marler strolled in after tapping lightly on the door . |
| 14 | After breaking the ice last month he was desperately unlucky in an amateur riders ' race having to be switched in the final furlong after getting off on the rails . |
| 15 | Now the police are looking for him again — he 's thought to be heading back to Milton Keynes after running away on a visit to court in London . |
| 16 | The dog he had raised from a pup went missing 31 days ago after running off on a country walk . |
| 17 | ‘ The first thing I want is a bath , ’ said Kenichi Horie after coming ashore on the southern island of Okinawa . |
| 18 | A yachtsman has been reunited with his wife — five months after setting off on a voyage which should have lasted just four weeks . |
| 19 | AN RAF air-sea rescue helicopter today joined a massive search for three young men who disappeared in a small speedboat after setting out on a two-hour trip along the west Wales coast . |
| 20 | YOUNG Abbey National savers Benny and Laura Grant will soon be losing the Abbey habit after missing out on the flotation cash distribution to young investors — due to the advice of the society 's staff . |
| 21 | That 's the word from Crues chairman Jim Semple who is determined to help manager Roy Walker strengthen his team after missing out on the Irish League title on goal difference . |
| 22 | After missing out on the last 2 grand prix , a win for Mansell in France was a must , but he was beaten off the grid by his team mate , Ricardo Patrese . |
| 23 | The two became inseparable after working together on the BBC2 drama series , Salam Sha-lom . |
| 24 | The start of a New Year is a time for looking back on the past 12 months and also a time when self-styled pundits such as myself are unwisely tempted to look into their crystal balls and come up with the predictions that by the end of the year they may well regret |
| 25 | I was all for passing by on the other side of the road , but Buffy would n't let it drop . |
| 26 | Despite drawing often on the New Testament , Ralph Waldo Trine says there is a ‘ golden thread ’ running through all the great religions . |
| 27 | The herring gull has only a small chance of grabbing a nestling in the face of such opposition , and no chance whatever of sneaking up on an unguarded chick unnoticed by adults . |
| 28 | as I said earlier I do n't believe anybody should of relied purely on the brochure , they had legal advisers |
| 29 | The other man was in no particular rush to be anywhere , being newly-divorced and having been thrust back into bedsit-land alone and at the age of forty-two , but out of a range of possibilities the prospect of hanging around on a station platform with Joe Lucas had to rank among the lowest . |
| 30 | For those of you shying away from hopping around in the water and tired of pedalling away on a bike , a new stepping machine from Powersport International could be just the thing you 're after . |