Example sentences of "on [prep] the high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hurried on into the high woods to see Kitty , her basket Wed with even more goodies than usual , a stock , indeed , which her father would ( rightly ) have called wasteful , far beyond alms . |
| 2 | In the Mala Strana , the secretaries and the artists , the nurses and the busmen return to their apartments , the lights go on in the high windows , the courtyard below us is filling up with the smells of food and voices discussing — what ? |
| 3 | The last of the Rat-Tail men walked on down the High Street towards the Cross , stars his calling-cards . |
| 4 | No.4 Troop followed Captain Algy Forrester as he charged on down the high street . |
| 5 | It was a fine summer morning when they left and , avoiding the roads as much as possible , made their way up on to the high muirs on the Lanarkshire/Ayrshire boundary , intending to travel direct towards Priesthill and hoping to take John Browne by surprise . |
| 6 | But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books . |
| 7 | He climbed on to the high stool , acutely conscious of the heat of the stove and the growling dogs behind him . |
| 8 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
| 9 | He had moved in and taken the stuffiness out of the business , slaughtering its ‘ professional ’ pretensions , and bringing it on to the High Street long before the present new wave of trendy estate agents . |
| 10 | The fact of the matter is , if we had not got on to the High Street , it would have been very difficult to justify our coming to Stockton . |
| 11 | Therefore , on balance he thought , reluctantly , it would be better to push forward on to the high ground on the line Thiaumont-Fleury . |
| 12 | 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 . |