Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The forward screen zoomed in on the slight figure of the target . |
| 4 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 5 | Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac . |
| 6 | The two of them looked at it , as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum . |
| 7 | Outside , the sun beat down on the red baked earth of Provence , but the summer salon was cool . |
| 8 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house . |
| 11 | Spell after spell crashed down on the Dark Elves , the carnage was too awful to contemplate . |
| 12 | He drew up on the other side of the tall white gates and fished in his grey sack . |
| 13 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Gina sank back on the comfortable couch . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's this business of acceleration faking gravity again — what you found out on the Big Dipper . |
| 20 | She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated . |
| 21 | The B–17 pilot then skilfully brought the bomber down in front of the cameras , which recorded the dramatic crash landing as the right wing slammed down on the two right props and engines . |
| 22 | GUATEMALA : During his visit to London recently Bruce Harris , executive director of Casa Alianza ( Covenant House ) , a centre in Guatemala City which cares for street children , dropped in on the new Guatemalan Ambassador . |
| 23 | The cheapest way to go was via Colombo and so I dropped in on the local centre there . |
| 24 | Heliopsis snatched a dramatic late verdict under George Duffield in the Tennents Special Handicap as the curtain came down on the 1992 Scottish Flat racing programme . |
| 25 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 26 | Seve Ballesteros , who had shared the overnight lead on 67 , was making no further progress and was still five under par as he came in on the closing holes . |
| 27 | And then , at four-thirty when she was just contemplating going off shift , a call came in on the red phone that made her feel cold inside . |
| 28 | Myra flopped down on the nearest chair . |
| 29 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
| 30 | Her ancestors came over on the legendary vessel . |