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Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The girl then had to sit nervously on the edge of the sofa — there were n't many chairs — while the guest stretched himself , yawning , naked and sweaty .
2	He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details .
3	She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair .
4	When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on .
5	Place chairs round in a circle and ask one sex , say the girls , to sit down on the chairs .
6	I tried to sit down on the bed and wait .
7	Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room .
8	I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor .
9	Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered .
10	She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell .
11	She had to sit down on the ground .
12	He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain .
13	‘ He made his way along the road until a colleague told him to sit down on the pavement .
14	Stepping back from the display cabinets , hoping to sit down on the window-seat , she made a false move and bumped into something cold .
15	there should be a requirement for firms to report quarterly on the adequacy of their financial resources ;
16	More and more armies were becoming reliable though still very cumbersome machines , mechanisms which could be relied on to perform competently on the battlefield the evolutions in which they had been trained , and to stand enemy fire without flinching .
17	‘ I do n't suppose you had time to see much on the way here ? ’
18	this one , look at the back , I think the reason it 's so big is to go in on the sockets at the back , put , you can put two tapes on it
19	I were just so psyched up on Wednesday and then I had to go in on the Friday before so I did n't
20	In a unique demonstration they left their schools to sit in on a county council meeting discussing the cuts.Tim Hurst reports .
21	Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation .
22	We 'll also want to sit in on the cochon gris 's ceremony tonight , if there is one . ’
23	Free to smell again the sweat on the brow of the bourse ; free to bask in the slipstream of wide-bodied jets ; free to sit in on the counsels of the alleged good and the alleged great .
24	Opening the meeting of the Economic Planning Council , the Chairman , Lord Hampshire , surprised members by announcing that the Prime Minister intended to sit in on the transport debate , which was the subject of a White Paper about to be discussed on the floor of the House .
25	The sun was beginning to float down on the mountains , and the sea glittered lazily at the foot of their ashy , opaque shadows .
26	We used to slide down on a tray , though we were in trouble if he caught us , mind !
27	But I was n't prepared to sit patiently on the sidelines while this process took place .
28	‘ The residents are all going to oppose this , and a lot of them are planning to go along on the day of the appeal , ’ she said .
29	I decided to go alone on the Sunday morning .
30	You could be very happy if you are not putting your enjoyment in second place or you could be making the most enormous compromises because you lack the courage to go alone on the sort of holiday that you would really enjoy .