Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 2 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage . |
| 5 | The forward screen zoomed in on the slight figure of the target . |
| 6 | ‘ I always felt as if you rode in on a white charger and saved me from my loneliness . |
| 7 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 8 | Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac . |
| 9 | The two of them looked at it , as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum . |
| 10 | Outside , the sun beat down on the red baked earth of Provence , but the summer salon was cool . |
| 11 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 12 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 13 | She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house . |
| 14 | Spell after spell crashed down on the Dark Elves , the carnage was too awful to contemplate . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 18 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 19 | An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board . |
| 20 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 21 | The machine bumped up on a stony track that led in the general direction of the distant barn . |
| 22 | Gina sank back on the comfortable couch . |
| 23 | Dog transport was also the norm among the settled coastal Koryaks , Chukchis and Eskimos of the arctic regions of the extreme north-east , whose main source of food was walrus , seals and whales , to hunt which they ventured out on the cold arctic waters in boats made of walrus hide . |
| 24 | ITALIAN Fabrizio Tescari won his first World Cup race as defending champion Alberto Tomba crashed out on the second leg of yesterday 's slalom in Sestriere , Italy . |
| 25 | We then suggested that people create small groups in which individual responses could be gathered together and discussed before the chosen spokesperson reported back on the collective view . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The tent is extremely stable especially in very high winds as I found out on a few wet and wild nights . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's this business of acceleration faking gravity again — what you found out on the Big Dipper . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |