Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 2 | Then the heavy cloud began to break up and the pearly rays of the morning sun beamed down on a spume-streaked sea that glistened in shades of emerald and jade . |
| 3 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 4 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 5 | AFTER the opening shot of a cartoon rainbow descending over a stately home , the camera panned in on a well-groomed man with a moustache . |
| 6 | The crowds who gathered on Alexanderplatz and then moved off on a winding trail through East Berlin were in any case convinced he was their man . |
| 7 | An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board . |
| 8 | The machine bumped up on a stony track that led in the general direction of the distant barn . |
| 9 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 10 | The technical process by which items are selected and tried out on a large group of children is referred to as the process of standardisation and the group of children is referred to as the standardisation sample . |
| 11 | The train started , moved forward on a smooth glide , and as it did so the iron claws embraced her , like the appendages of a monster . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 13 | I thought you said there 'd be no problem if I came in on a six-month permit ? ’ |
| 14 | They only used to ever lock the door from the outside and er I er had to make er fifty and as I say , number them one up to fifty and er then they 'd perhaps on a odd occasion they sent me an order for one , the number the number |
| 15 | A fourth squeaked through on a single disputed vote . |
| 16 | We drove calmly into town and parked easily on a single yellow . |
| 17 | Sal sent the sack up on a bight of slack , then came up on a tight rope and the sling . |
| 18 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 19 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 20 | MH : Yes , we came out on a real high . |
| 21 | The words came out on a shaky laugh . |
| 22 | Zambia hunched miserably on a plump floor-cushion , awaiting execution of hir sentence . |
| 23 | ‘ No chance , ’ she stated swiftly on a light laugh , and quickly dismissed the subject by turning to her host with a query about the wine that went so well with the meal . |
| 24 | What would have happened if penicillin had not been discovered , or if years of patient research had failed to explain why sulphonamides acted only on a limited selection of microbes ? |
| 25 | An article in the February/March 1992 issue describes the technique of ‘ breadboarding ’ where all components are assembled and screwed down on a thick board and straight lines around the board . |
| 26 | The light from the lamp shone suddenly on a handsome young man in a bright red and gold army uniform . |
| 27 | A flying wheel knocked the crucifix over , and chunks of wreckage rained down on a fifty-foot circle . |
| 28 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 29 | PUPILS , parents and friends of Ellesmere Port Catholic High School turned out on a stormy evening , to make a recording for BBC Radio Merseyside 's regular Sunday morning programme , United in Song . |
| 30 | Customs of inheritance differed sharply on a regional basis , and the distribution of wealth , castles , fiefs and allodial holdings was uneven . |