Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind got down on one knee , the better to arrange the picture , and pressed the enchanted lever . |
| 2 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 3 | After the show the band chill out in the car park , meeting Carpettes from around 16 , who got in on borrowed ID , to those in their mid-20s sucking on roaches who have just heard about the band along with The Charlatans UK ( ! ) and want their logo in felt tip on a T-shirt . |
| 4 | The man , it was the bald one with the glasses , knelt down on both knees and grabbed the bottom and began to kiss it ardently . |
| 5 | One of the few senior aides in the confidence of the couple admits it is unlikely Tim bent down on one knee to pop the question . |
| 6 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
| 7 | The tanks moved in on 4th November and Kádár took over . |
| 8 | A trained work elephant then moved up on either side , rather like tugs docking a ship . |
| 9 | I understand that other roads built up on one side only have been granted 30 mph speed limits . |
| 10 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 11 | The occasional curtained litter or rickshaw sheltered its rich occupant from the sun as he or she ventured out on some errand . |
| 12 | The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept . |
| 13 | He is vehemently against the huge action replay screens tried out on English Test grounds this summer . |
| 14 | A large black dog in the middle of the waste-ground dined out on discarded chips . |
| 15 | We bounced round on that pallet bed , so much laughing and shouting that the landlord came up . |
| 16 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 17 | I dropped in on long sessions of talk , putting the world to rights — after all that was supposed to be one of the main aspects of college education was n't it ? |
| 18 | So Ariel kept vigil as the night came down on that day nearly four hundred years ago , when everything changed for them . |
| 19 | The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides . |
| 20 | Anyway , Davy came along and Steve Marriot also came along on that day , because quite a few people heard about it , as we put the word out at the Giaconda Cafe in Denmark Street . |
| 21 | More than 80 children came along on some days , and many people said they hoped it would become an annual event , she said . |
| 22 | Indeed , many of the homes said that the fees from supplementary benefit were so adequate that the people who came in on that ticket were given some of the best accommodation in the establishment . |
| 23 | Hence , when the news of ILG 's collapse came through on 8 March last year , Airtours simply had to send its negotiators back to buy up Intasun 's beds . |
| 24 | And it came through on red Gordon ! |
| 25 | In fact , Ray did a little work on it before we came over on this trip . ’ |
| 26 | Even her voice was different and he came up on one elbow to look into her face , seeing all the fire die out of her . |
| 27 | When Russell pulled up , the two White Mountain Apaches with him slowed to a walk and came up on either side of him . |
| 28 | On collecting these names I began to wonder whether I was being taken in but so many came up on independent lists that the villagers sent in that I am sure they are authentic . |
| 29 | How longingly I recalled that other bed , with Sophocles beside it and Mary in it , as I camped out on unsavoury sacks among the dregs of humanity who were my new companions ! |
| 30 | Twenty thousand people camped out on common land for a music festival . |