Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chorlton , mhm , he examined me , erm , he , he said now they were on about a slide on my heart . |
| 2 | Looking around the cobbled farmyard and at the farm buildings , the shelling and mortaring that went on during the attack on Breville had taken its toll . |
| 3 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 4 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 5 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 6 | Shortly after joining No 10 Squadron he was shot down during an attack on the Tirpitz at Aasfjord near Trondheim in Norway . |
| 7 | Dogs can easily leap over it or get in through the hedge on the south side . |
| 8 | A legless beggar pulled himself along through the slush on wooden slats . |
| 9 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 10 | Close behind is his son , Simon , who came along for the ride on his 1916 600cc Douglas , which falls outside the official December 1914 entry date . |
| 11 | With fellow Mud-man Steve Turner along for the ride on bass , Arm has hooked up with a pair of Seattle luminaries who , though hardly household names in these parts , provide such virile guitar bursts and songwriting savvy to vouchsafe our rightful respect from now on . |
| 12 | Sport offers spontaneity which , combined with ever more sophisticated technology , allows a viewer to watch a game from many different angles , moving in for a close-up on the agonized or exultant face of the athlete , or panning back for a shot of the pitch , track , or the seashore during an Open golf championship . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're having some people in for a drink on Sunday . |
| 14 | Your attire must tell other walkers and climbers how serious you are , indicate the status you enjoy in the world of mountaineering , and not make locals in the mountain 's nearest bar fall dangerously silent when you pop in for a pint on the way back home . |
| 15 | The idea was to run round the local pubs , popping in for a pint on the way , carrying a bale of straw . |
| 16 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 17 | Duncan was dug in at the bottom of the orchard and had called in for a chat on his way from Brigade H.Q He was very interested in bagpipe music , having served with the Gordon Highlanders before joining the Commandos . |
| 18 | SHOPPERS at Bordon 's new Somerfield store were in for a surprise on Saturday , when the supermarket staged a Disney fancy dress competition . |
| 19 | Field experiments with stuffed birds also demonstrate that different species of small birds all close in for the attack on a hated enemy — in this case not a predator but a cuckoo . |
| 20 | Again , the vice chancellor is nominally a deputy to the chancellor , but in reality is the chief academic and administrative officer of a university , in charge of its day-to-day running ( though he or she does also stand in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions ) . |
| 21 | The chief academic and administrative officer of a Scottish university , he or she is usually styled ‘ principal and vice chancellor ’ , the latter title used when standing in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions . |
| 22 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 23 | With Richard Dunwoody claimed for Gambling Royal , Graham McCourt is poised to step in for the ride on Grand National winner Party Politics . |
| 24 | The only rational explanation was that the stimulus of being struck must have initiated the whole dream sequence , which , although apparently very lengthy , must have proceeded fast enough to be fitted in between the blow on the neck and waking up . |
| 25 | ‘ I was in the canteen on Wednesday when the manager called me in about a passenger on my bus , ’ said Mr Bell . |
| 26 | The train rolls along like a drunk on beer . |
| 27 | Today all three ‘ get along like a house on fire ’ . |
| 28 | You two should get along like a house on fire as he 's by way of being quite an authority on horses these days . |
| 29 | Out of the corner of her eye she saw that he and Simone were getting along like a house on fire . |
| 30 | Then they were plunging into shadow between the woods of Birnam , hauled along like a leaf on a mill-race , and the hedges and trees never ceased to rock backwards past their staring eyes or the horses to gallop onwards with shoulders working and manes streaming until they were in sight of Perth . |