Example sentences of "[adv prt] on the [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Floy and Snodgrass watched in silence , the Elms stretched out their hard , lichen-crusted branches and brought them down on the prisoner 's shoulders and thighs , at the place where the skin had started to tear . |
| 2 | The Daughter dodged an elbow thrust , and brought the majorette rod down on the Sandrat 's back . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you know it 's an offence to lie down on the King 's highway and make yourself a danger to passing traffic ? ’ |
| 4 | In all I think I only insisted on one cut to anything he did , and that was the fight between the two cavemen in the first story which ended with one of them smashing a rock down on the other 's head . |
| 5 | This time there was no knife , they just got him on the floor and it was just a fist which had come down on the man 's face again and again . |
| 6 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 7 | ‘ The first man I hear saying anything bad about our mistress will receive this in his face , ’ and he banged his great heavy hand down on the maltster 's table . |
| 8 | Then , with a final look at Sung , Peskova turned and brought the rock down on the woman 's upper arm . |
| 9 | They include poor handling and breaking in , anxiety or excitement , resentment of a particular form of work or a rider who bumps up and down on the horse 's back , or , of course , the horse may just simply prefer not to be ridden ! |
| 10 | Stepping out of the stables , she opened the half-door of the Lagonda and got in on the driver 's side . |
| 11 | George Bush could now cash in on the country 's post-war confidence by launching another war on the black home-front . |
| 12 | In the mandatory pre-fight squabbling , ITN 's Stewart Purvis lambasted the swing-ometer as ‘ a two-dimensional 1970s device ’ , and Horrocks chose to home in on the opposition 's choice of untried Jon Snow as their E-night pivot . |
| 13 | Yesterday the Bank of England raised around £3 billion by getting up early and cashing in on the market 's victory leap . |
| 14 | Reading between the lines it becomes clear that it is the address which was recorded , in a studio re-creation to cash in on the President 's assassination . |
| 15 | The Mochlos ring shows a sacred tree growing out of the shrine being ferried along on the priestess 's ship . |
| 16 | The handles were generally fixed first , also by plain rivets burred over on the shield 's front , at right angles to the grain of the wood ( Leeds and Shortt 1953 , p. 56 ; Jarvis et al . |
| 17 | Some theatre staff take over on the patient 's arrival in the theatre suite and keep the patient until he is fully recovered and conscious , while in other theatres the ward nurse remains with her patient until he is fully anaesthetized fin some cases the ward nurse assists the anaesthetist ] and returns to collect the patient who is not fully conscious and still under the effect of the anaesthetic . |
| 18 | His plan was to wait until Pearman had left , and then creep up on the baker 's young wife , knock her unconscious with the cudgel , and be off with the takings . |
| 19 | McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes . |
| 20 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 21 | She wished there was a window in front , so she could see Midnight sitting up on the driver 's seat beside Hawkins . |
| 22 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 23 | As the vehicle passes over successive toll points , charges will clock up on the vehicle 's account , rather like a telephone bill . |
| 24 | To that individual 's horrified disbelief , the animal then proceeds to rub around his or her legs and may even jump up on the person 's lap . |
| 25 | The £300.24 figure is an increase of £24.76 per person or around 9pc on the present level , and well up on the Government 's estimate of £257 . |
| 26 | They changed roles , and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster 's shoulders , his weight hardly bending Garvey 's back . |
| 27 | The hour of the evening consultation was posted up on the doctor 's door as being 6 p.m ; no final time was mentioned . |
| 28 | Next up on the label 's roster is the previously announced five-track job from Tim Buckley plus the Radio 1 audition session by Arthur Brown . |
| 29 | ‘ We take the matter up on the client 's behalf . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |