Example sentences of "[adv prt] on the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fell down on the hillside and lay there laughing . |
| 2 | You can feel the heat of the sun beating down on the water as it rocks you . |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't want to be sitting by Long Island Sound with the sun shining down on the water and the sky streaked with apricot when you hear the news that your Dad has died . |
| 4 | You simply squeeze Colourfun Image Maker over a picture they like , place it face down on the garment and roll with a rolling pin . |
| 5 | I watched the cars stopping to pay their money at the toll-house and wondered if any of the drivers were tempted to put their foot down on the accelerator and go Zoom-Crash ! down to the bottom of the gorge . |
| 6 | Unconsciously , she stepped down on the accelerator and pulled ahead of the saloon again . |
| 7 | He jammed his foot down on the accelerator and the car shot forward . |
| 8 | From above Burtness Wood she looked down on the lake and watched the two men fishing throughout most of the morning … |
| 9 | She peeled off her wrap , threw herself down on the bunk and gloomily contemplated the future . |
| 10 | On a seat beneath General Wolfe 's statue , which looks down on the river and is still scarred by the bombs of a war later than the one in which he died , Coffin rested for a while . |
| 11 | Cut down on the feeding and forget the methylene blue and hopefully you will be successful with your fry next time . |
| 12 | Similarly on glaciers , the impact on a crevasse fall is greatly lessened by the friction of the rope cutting into the crevasse edge , and the load is easily held by sitting down on the surface and digging in the heels . |
| 13 | She fell down on the mattress and went instantly to death . |
| 14 | Then some of them sat down on the sand and began to drink . |
| 15 | The watchman lay down on the sand and put his arms together over his head . |
| 16 | The censor lost his job when the pious preface brought laughter down on the Church that had been duped by such an obvious pretence . |
| 17 | Im not quite as down on the performance as others seem to be . |
| 18 | I sat him down on the kerb and called police . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 20 | Fleury tripped over something and sat down on the floor while the sepoy worked his shoulders a little to loosen himself up for a swipe . |
| 21 | She sat down on the floor and took great heaving breaths as though she had come up a hill with a burden beyond her strength . |
| 22 | With a meekness that made her feel mean , he knelt down on the floor and started to gather his cuttings together . |
| 23 | Mouse flopped down on the floor and started to giggle . |
| 24 | The children lie down on the floor and they have to stay absolutely still . |
| 25 | She sat down on the floor and went to work . |
| 26 | He sat down on the floor and , taking my hand in his , curled his fingers like bindweed around mine . |
| 27 | At last , tired and unhappy , Alice sat down on the floor and cried . |
| 28 | After a couple of hours , Zeno had simply lain down on the floor and gone to sleep . |
| 29 | When we were kill-pricking we used to put a sack down on the floor and lie on our bellies using a bodkin to clear holes . |
| 30 | She got down on the floor and ran her arm under the bookcase . |