Example sentences of "[coord] on [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On oh sorry , in , lying down or on sitting on the edge ? |
| 2 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 3 | Training for nursing was on strictly formal lines , with great emphasis on turning out in a neat , starched uniform and on working to the rule book . |
| 4 | Time will be spent on planning the progress of the material and on liaising with the publishing house . |
| 5 | I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight . |
| 6 | So at baptism , the new Christian would be immersed and go down into the river or the immersion font in Burmese skirt and coat , and on emerging from the water be clothed with the three garments of a Burmese monk , only white in colour instead of saffron , this signing acceptance as a mature member of the religious community and the cleansing from sin . |
| 7 | Fate dealt its hand when both Carole , my wife , and I went shopping separately to nearby towns and on returning to the cottage we proudly presented each other with same piece of estate agent 's literature — FORMER RAILWAY STATION FOR SALE - LLANBRYNMAIR ! |
| 8 | But on hearing of the find , the Archbishop immediately put forward the case that the original contract of sale of the Palace had not included furnishings , so the tapestries were the property of the Church . |
| 9 | But on hearing of the situation in Llandudno they decided to assess the situation for themselves . |
| 10 | The viscosity increases rapidly to a value of about as T g is approached , but on passing from the melt to the glass a region of rubbery flow and elasticity is traversed . |