Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But what goes on on the terraces seems to be very simple and almost harmless compared with that Rugby Club of yours . ’ |
| 2 | Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool . |
| 3 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 4 | John sits down on the bed and recites a mantra under his breath . |
| 5 | When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there . |
| 6 | One that goes down on the floor ! |
| 7 | Draws near and flops down on the seat . |
| 8 | On a seat beneath General Wolfe 's statue , which looks down on the river and is still scarred by the bombs of a war later than the one in which he died , Coffin rested for a while . |
| 9 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 10 | Mortars are shorter , heavier weapons than cannons , designed to lob an explosive shell high into the air so that it drops down on the target from the sky . |
| 11 | Jen grabs for the bottle and it drops down on the grass and rolls away , glug , gurgle . |
| 12 | She stumbles after him , and lies down on the bed . |
| 13 | It all starts off on the Friday evening of the Spring Bank Holiday with the President 's dinner , which for the centenary is being held in a marquee to cater for the huge numbers who wish to attend . |
| 14 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 15 | One of the first questions you get asked of anybody when they first come on a training course here , er , certainly a sort of foundation course , is that somebody writes up on the board there T N T , and says what does that stand for ? |
| 16 | Spurs , Chaps and a Stetson are all she needs out on the range . |
| 17 | Today , as Patricia , now 17 , sets about rebuilding her life , she looks back on the experience with a mixture of hatred , bitterness , anger and irony . |
| 18 | Prudence has three heads , a youth 's which looks towards the future , a mature man 's which looks at the present , and an old man 's which looks back on the past with the wisdom of experience . |
| 19 | The video looks back on the occupation of Latin America by Europeans and draws attention to the present situation of the millions of people throughout the continent who are suffering poverty and disease . |
| 20 | The more one looks back on the record the more one is impressed by the role of Mrs Thatcher as a dominant figure and as an illustration of the power of the Prime Minister . |
| 21 | The church tower stands out on the skyline in the middle of the village and the church dates from the 14th century , though extensively restored and to some extent rebuilt in Victorian times . |
| 22 | The lounge bar looks out on the garden with two doors giving access to the terrace and seats some 100 persons . |
| 23 | He shrugs and lies back on the bed . |
| 24 | Just lies about on the beach all day and fucks every female in sight . |
| 25 | Without warning , Laverne raises his hands in the air , yells at the top of his voice , and bears down on the snake . |
| 26 | It is perhaps ironic that Neal — so critical of the selections of Revie and Robson — arrives back on the England scene at a time when Taylor is coming in for internal FA criticism for picking too many players . |
| 27 | He rolls off me and passes out on the pillow , the smell of his drunkenness lingering like something live . |
| 28 | But whatever happens out on the field , the triumph of Italian culture , style and fashion is already assured . |
| 29 | It happens out on the streets , behind closed doors , in corridors of power , in the seat of government . |
| 30 | The board spins around on the tail with some assistance from the rig . |