Example sentences of "and [vb past] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visiting yachts can be taken out of the water by the club 's ten ton crane and wintered on the hard or in the shed . |
| 2 | The Ministers of Defence of the NATO countries and of the former member States of the Warsaw Pact , including most of the republics of the former Soviet Union , met in Brussels on April 1 and agreed on a wide-ranging programme of co-operation on military and security matters . |
| 3 | This is a very important consideration , for , as we shall see shortly in the discussion of the marketing mix , there are certain key issues , such as pricing , which have to be considered and agreed on a shared basis . |
| 4 | We discussed primary intervention ( aimed at prevention of further problems ) and agreed on a different method of drying clothes to prevent a similar accident happening again . |
| 5 | On Nov. 23-25 representatives of France and Indonesia , as co-chairs of the PICC , met with the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council in Paris and agreed on the final draft of the Cambodian peace settlement . |
| 6 | I sighed and tumbled on a great idea . |
| 7 | The light shone on to his upturned face and gleamed on the burnished flanks of the mare who blew through her nose impatiently as though to ask what they were waiting for . |
| 8 | When the sunbeams struck into his room through the rustling blinds , and quivered on the opposite wall like golden water , he knew that evening was coming on , and that the sky was red and beautiful ( 3 ) . |
| 9 | Sentences ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) illustrate the point : ( 2 ) He lay there listening to the noises not caring how time went but watching it and watching everything … ( 3 ) When the sunbeams struck into his room and quivered on the opposite wall through the rustling blinds like golden water he knew that evening was coming on , and that the sky was red and beautiful . |
| 10 | When he sensed that the politicians were afraid enough of the army to come to terms with him ( as they seemed to be after learning that troops based in Algeria had seized control of the island of Corsica on 24 – 25 May ) , he flashed a red light to Algiers and moved on the political front in Paris . |
| 11 | Then David looked up and , as though the desperate misery in his eyes had called out to her , Julia went and knelt on the hard , icy floor at his feet , reaching up with both hands . |
| 12 | The association was chaired by John Hume and drew on the self-help traditions of the credit unions . |
| 13 | ‘ This time we pinpointed the English dangermen and concentrated on an eight-man push at every scrum . |
| 14 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
| 15 | During these experiments the people slept and woke on a regular cycle . |
| 16 | He unclipped the empty drum and slammed on a full one , thrust the gun forward and sat down with a thud that shook the cockpit . |
| 17 | I clambered over the wall and dropped on the other side and made my way quickly across the field in the direction of the cottage . |
| 18 | Grabbing Maura 's hand she ran up the stairs and banged on the front door with her fists , demanding to be let in . |
| 19 | These foolish spendthrifts hurtled , flashed and exploded on a clear black sky , crashed their limos into trees , were sensationally naïve . |
| 20 | He slipped in beside her and crunched on the dusty taste of a Rennie . |
| 21 | The Williams locked its rear wheels , spun and stalled on the racing line — just out of the sight of those following . |
| 22 | In an interview on Feb. 4 , the Prince said that the Khmers Rouges had finally accepted the change " because they are aware they have become more and more isolated and hated on the international level " . |
| 23 | She crossed the road and hammered on the heavy smithy door . |
| 24 | The light came strangely rich through gaudy lanterns and shone on a brave display of Christmas cards . |
| 25 | Deuce leaned into the bath and turned on the golden taps which fed water through a central feed at a prodigious rate . |
| 26 | ‘ It appears the child copied his mother and turned on the hot water tap , ’ said police . |
| 27 | Her daughter wiped her clean , and then went over to the little table and turned on the portable television . |
| 28 | The next second he had put her under the shower and turned on the cold tap . |
| 29 | He propelled her over to the sink and turned on the cold tap , holding her hand beneath it . |
| 30 | The spiked pad ripped through the Daughter 's blouse , and grated on the armoured contour-girdle underneath . |