Example sentences of "[adv prt] on the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was absolutely no point in having two hundred people perched up on the road looking down on the top of a marquee . |
| 2 | Mr Gillis seemed to delight in slamming it down on the top of the tousled head below . |
| 3 | I wrote it down on the top of the table with my pencil . |
| 4 | He wandered towards the piano and very gently turned the picture of Captain Dawson face down on the top of the instrument . |
| 5 | You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders . |
| 6 | He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table , causing some of the bottles to topple over . |
| 7 | And the chain come down on the top of har shoulders , and her neck — you see , the owd sore part of her neck , that cut in there . |
| 8 | You can buy those things that you push down on the top like that , and you |
| 9 | These attitudes included looking down on the pursuit of trade and commerce as somewhat inferior socially . |
| 10 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 11 | Making a fist Michael smashed it down on the desk in front of him , causing their empty coffee cups to rattle in their saucers . |
| 12 | Lachy sat down on the pillow at the head of the bed , breathing hard . |
| 13 | As the poets say — ’ he could not bring to mind a single line and so he stopped , and looked down on the lake as if in mourning , intuiting , correctly , that this would have the same effect as a couplet . |
| 14 | In 1988 women 's average gross hourly earnings represented 74.9 per cent of men 's earnings , which is slightly down on the peak of 75.5 per cent in 1977 but is an improvement on the 1985 figure of 73.9 per cent . |
| 15 | They are the ones who can look down on the competition from the grandstand near the finish on Westminster Bridge . |
| 16 | On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream . |
| 17 | And the more poor little Britain takes a battering , the more bombs that are called down on the wreck of London , the sooner it will be . |
| 18 | Well I know Bon said er they 'd they 'd cut down on the recruiting in fact , I think they 'd closed one of the hospitals in Bristol in the Frenchay where she is has actually got to take erm qualified nurses from that hospital before they take student nurses that they 've trained |
| 19 | P.U.M.P. : ‘ Barabajagal ( Love Is Hot ) ’ ( Ultimate ) out of the ashes of the Junior Manson Slags arrives Aqua Marina , with her Purple Under Melted Pink getting down on the dancefloor with a hot and sultry Donovan song . |
| 20 | And the only thing I need to ask you about is that bloody great , bloody great memo , I 've said it so I 'll say it again it 's pinned up in my old tutor 's room what do you want me to put down on the document for the record of achievement on attendance ? |
| 21 | It 's all part of a plan to cut down on the quantity of rubbish being taken to already overflowing landfill sites . |
| 22 | In course of time McKenzie did just that and the four divers slipped over the side , touching down on the deck of the Delos just over an hour after leaving the Ariadne . |
| 23 | Gabriel suddenly slapped the fist of his hand down on the pile of paper and crumpled the topmost sheet . |
| 24 | He set it down on the bit of rug . |
| 25 | Bristol Technology Inc , a tiny , privately-held , six-person shop in Ridgefield , Connecticut , is currently bearing down on the problem of how to move Microsoft Corp Windows applications to Unix . |
| 26 | ‘ Interesting , ’ said Corman , as he sat back in his chair and banged his feet down on the row of seats in front of him . |
| 27 | Bishop Jon breathed gently , the stylus in his scrolled fingers voyaging up and down on the buoy of his abdomen . |
| 28 | On an outcrop of rock , Kitty Dawson looked down on the valley for a few minutes . |
| 29 | A FAST-TRACK law to clamp down on the carrying of knives in Scotland is to be backed by the Government . |
| 30 | NEW LAWS to clamp down on the carrying of knives in Scotland were ‘ nodded through ’ without dissent in the Commons yesterday . |