Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | We drove calmly into town and parked easily on a single yellow . |
| 5 | Zambia hunched miserably on a plump floor-cushion , awaiting execution of hir sentence . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | The light from the lamp shone suddenly on a handsome young man in a bright red and gold army uniform . |
| 9 | Customs of inheritance differed sharply on a regional basis , and the distribution of wealth , castles , fiefs and allodial holdings was uneven . |
| 10 | We arrived there on a wild morning in May , having the previous evening taken the ferry from Fishguard in Wales to Rosslare , Co Wexford , about 50 miles away . |
| 11 | After a time we turned inland on a rough track which climbed through ravines into the desert hills . |
| 12 | With a creak it opened inwards on a dark hole . |
| 13 | It was a large organization , estimated by some to involve 40,000 personnel , and relied additionally on a vast network of informers . |
| 14 | The leaves are narrow , shiny , oval or lance-shaped , light green on the upper surface and reddish beneath , arranged opposite on a pinkish-greenish stem . |
| 15 | The leaves are bright green , finely divided , whorled to a semi-circular shape and arranged opposite on a fleshy , round stem . |
| 16 | Finn pushed at the door , which stuck momentarily on a thick doormat as if unwilling to let them in . |
| 17 | It fed both on a new nationalism , and a revivification of orthodoxy in the face of the challenge of science and materialism . |
| 18 | It relied substantially on a voluntary approach . |
| 19 | The first Twin swung briefly on a horizontal pole and jumped neatly aboard . |
| 20 | The 21-year-old tennis professional , who represents both Barnet and Welwyn LTC , relied heavily on a strong serve and volley game which particularly suited the indoor surface at Centrecourt . |
| 21 | Talks centred mainly on a new devolved administration in Northern Ireland and a replacement of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 [ see pp. 34070-71 ] . |
| 22 | Unemployment rose from 272,000 in July ( 3.1 per cent of the workforce ) to 350,000 at the end of August ( 4.17 per cent of the workforce ) , with an additional 10 per cent of the workforce employed only on a short-time basis . |
| 23 | Bulkier things like sofas can be delivered or whisked away on a rented roof-rack . |
| 24 | Maxim had an hour and a half to wait for a train to Osnabrück , and half changed his mind about hiring a car , but that meant lots of signatures , and might be difficult to hand back if he flew home on a trooping flight from RAF Gütersloh . |
| 25 | Thomas went out , came back a moment later with an object draped in blue velvet which he positioned carefully on a low table . |
| 26 | She swallowed hard on a rising sense of panic , and caught at his hand instinctively . |
| 27 | Corbett chewed thoughtfully on a small manchet loaf from a basket covered by a white linen cloth . |
| 28 | It brought together on a grand scale the children of many nations whose parents and older brothers would have fought on opposing sides in the war . |
| 29 | Recently I went outside on a clear night , and started to count the stars I could see inside the Square ; using × 7 . |
| 30 | She fastened the clasp of the gold crucifix Thérèse always wore now on a thin gold chain around her neck . |