Example sentences of "[adv prt] on an [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yawning , not hiding it , them an sat down on an ancient easy chair on one side of the dead fireplace . |
| 2 | HUNDREDS of Ulster 's birds of prey are at risk from thieves cashing in on an illegal money-spinning international market . |
| 3 | No foe should ever sneak up on an exhausted Marine slumbering during prolonged combat . |
| 4 | Ishida Aerospace has picked up on an Eighties Cold War idea generated by the US military , which has financed the design , construction and flight testing of a propeller-driven VTOL plane , namely the Osprey , whose features were shown in your illustration . |
| 5 | It was plainly a hungry leopard , for it was creeping up on an unsuspecting black-naped hare , an animal that would hardly have provided more than a couple of mouthfuls . |
| 6 | Another facet , and the gentle acoustics of ‘ Silent Lucidity ’ restore the human balance before the much older ‘ Take Hold Of The Flame ’ signs out on an optimistic high note . |
| 7 | Another facet , and the gentle acoustics of ‘ Silent Lucidity ’ restore the human balance before the much older ‘ Take Hold Of The Flame ’ signs out on an optimistic high note . |
| 8 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |