Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm on on about the same subject . |
| 2 | She turned to look at him , and he drew her gently down on to the cool grass . |
| 3 | Each morning trucks from the factory bumped along a dust road and turned down on to the low gravel bank where we were moored . |
| 4 | Move down on to the second page then . |
| 5 | She flopped down on to the padded driver 's seat , planning to catch up on her sleep . |
| 6 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 7 | Their tusks were gnarled and they differed from the older Daurog in one remarkable and savage aspect : ridges of long , black spikes grew from the fronts of their bodies ; the central , vertical line of thorns ran down on to the twisting , restless sex organs that hung from their rotund bellies . |
| 8 | On other JAR matters , the Library staff restructuring has pushed a lot more work down on to the front desk staff , and I 'm sure that the effects will be noticed in future . |
| 9 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |
| 10 | I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker . |
| 11 | The thinning veil of cloud eddied in a gust of wind , and suddenly we were below it , looking down on to the flat roofs of a town spread out in a broad valley of rain-washed green . |
| 12 | Joe now withdrew his hand from the desk and , rising to his feet , he looked down on to the upturned faces of the two men and said , ‘ My mother may remain in the house as long as she wishes , but the running of it , the accounts and such , I wish to leave in your control . |
| 13 | ’ He tossed them down on to the small saucer on the table . |
| 14 | Shadows wavered backwards through the green railings and down on to the sunken slipway leading to the chain-ferry . |
| 15 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 16 | We reached the edge of the cliff and flopped down on to the soft turf . |
| 17 | But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck . |
| 18 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 19 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 20 | She did not weep silently like her mother in a web of hands and hair , but noisily , like a child , with great sobs and huge tears that splashed down on to the brown wool of her skirt to which little bits of hay still clung from the afternoon . |
| 21 | The move to Apollo Place brought Minton to an area long associated with artists ; through a circular window half-way up the stairs he looked down on to the next door studio which had once belonged to Turner . |
| 22 | We came out of the beach-hut belt and slid down on to the barrelling freeway . |
| 23 | The doctor looked down on to the younger children 's heads and his teeth clamped down even harder on his cigar . |
| 24 | The leather thwacked down on to the white tender flesh of her bonny twin moons to leave red scorch marks across the ivory white skin . |
| 25 | If this happens at the same time as the inevitable swing into wind , it can result in a very rapid rolling over on to the into-wind wing-tip . |
| 26 | He sailed past the President 's beach house before coming over on to the other track . |
| 27 | He did n't have to be told why he should hurry — the sea was already beginning to trickle over on to the upper deck . |
| 28 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 29 | Three of them heaved the bulk over on to the high rocks and after a few more buckets of water , they stood back to inspect it further . |
| 30 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |