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Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He nodded , and reaching out for her hand , he led her through into the sitting-room and sat down with her on the settee opposite the picture .
2	anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor
3	He looked up at her and smiled and she lay down with him on the grass in the sun .
4	This time they mix guitars with sitars for ‘ We Will Be Your Guns ’ and encourage residents of Death Row , Tennessee to join in with them on the title track .
5	Ultimately we were given that assurance and er we were quite proud of the fact that , you know , the members had gone along with us on the proviso that we had got that principle you know , to establish .
6	Discretion would appear to be ‘ the better part ’ ; about fifty to sixty metres down from me on the right are some very steep — probably vertical — cliffs falling the last thirteen to seventeen metres into the sea and I have no desire to ride an avalanche down .
7	I have got in my diary that I 'm coming down to you on the twenty third of December ?
8	She sat down beside him on the cool grass .
9	She did not get up and come towards him as he got out , but waited until he had crossed the grass to sit down beside her on the wooden seat .
10	He followed his plan , eased himself down beside her on the cushioned sofa and slid his arm along the back behind her .
11	But when the princess sat down beside her on the carpet , the wise woman snatched up her whip and lashed the carpet with it ; next minute they were far away , flying back to the king 's palace .
12	He came and sat down beside her on the couch .
13	Seeing that Owen was having difficulties in getting used to the idea , she took him by the hand and pulled him down beside her on the divan .
14	‘ What 's wrong , Laura ? ’ he asked , coming to sit down beside her on the black leather sofa .
15	Somebody will sit down beside you on the sandhills and just talk .
16	Sergeant Kidd returned to his patrol car to answer the insistent calls coming through for him on the radio .
17	The fading Argentine superstar said : ‘ Gascoigne is the one player I can see taking over from me on the world stage . ’
18	Aitken asserted at the trial , and this view was certainly supported by independent witnesses , that no word about confidentiality was ever uttered , but the document was handed over to him on the footing that it would be returned within a very short time .
19	But try and look at the fundamental basis of what they 're trying to put over to you on the video , okay ?
20	Out of her own clothing , into the clothing marked off for her on the design board , a quick check of hair and make-up , smile , toss back your shoulders , strut out from behind the curtain that separated the studio from the private showroom and stride the length of it to the platform and turn , step , step , turn .
21	On the morning of Monday 18 August 1794 , he accordingly set off with them on the road to Nether Stowey , three miles distant .
22	A GARAGE owner lost £4,000 takings after he drove off with it on the bonnet of his jeep .
23	As he strode out into the darkness , the gloom and chill of the evening only served to sharpen his anticipation , so that he had no eyes for the RIC men on patrol , the few pedestrians hurrying along , or the horse and cart just moving off beside him on the road , the barely discernible name JAS SULLIVAN painted on the cart 's side and a burly figure with a flattened nose and scarred face hunched on the driver 's seat , desultorily twitching the reins .
24	Is not it true that some documents that the Public Accounts Committee receives are not published , such as the memorandum that the National Audit Office drew up for me on the accountability of United Nations agencies ?
25	He shook his head , leaning back slightly , watching as she drew one shapely leg up beneath her on the chair .
26	A man caught up with her on the pavement and for a moment she stared at him blankly .
27	He caught up with her on the far side of the teahouse , in an area that was roped off for the staff 's use only .
28	So now I have to put up with him on the boat .
29	He was quite prepared to hail this as a ‘ great film ’ , for if critics were prepared to lavish that term ‘ on any half-chewed jumble of stills that comes in from abroad , then I am in favour of loosening up with it on the home front ’ .
30	Gillian took a sip of wine , put the glass down on the table in front of her on top of the brochure from the dating agency , slipped off her shoes and curled her feet up under her on the sofa .