Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pron] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of months back he appeared on a Channel Four quiz show called Fifteen to One . |
| 2 | When she clumps out I sit on the bed and ask Rachel , ‘ What the hell are we doing here ? ’ and she shrugs . |
| 3 | Suppose , he says , that Neil Armstrong 's famous words when he stepped on the surface of the moon had been ‘ one small step for a white ; one giant leap for whitekind ’ . |
| 4 | you might 've had some timetables like they have on the train |
| 5 | Three days later we sat on the steps of the Promontoire hut , having proudly made it in guidebook time . |
| 6 | Just a few weeks ago she fell on a toy brick and sprained her foot badly ! |
| 7 | ‘ I know some are n't well off , but a hundred years ago they starved on the streets . ’ |
| 8 | Two years ago we reported on the seismic survey work being carried out in the Solent to determine if oil drilling there would be profitable . |
| 9 | ZOOLOGIST Kristy Bird 's love affair with Africa resumes in a few weeks when she embarks on a special project to study the impact of poaching on Kenya 's elephant population . |
| 10 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 11 | But 12 minutes later he got on the end of a superb cross from Paul Dalton . |
| 12 | And about two minutes later he knocked on the door did n't he ? |
| 13 | A few minutes later she appeared on the swimming-pool bridge , chatting coquettishly to a tall blond man . |
| 14 | Ten minutes later she appeared on the distant seashore . |
| 15 | She gave no outward signs of her problems when she went on a walkabout . |
| 16 | The only glimmer of light she could see at the moment seemed to come from the cheerful faces of the Rafferty children whenever they arrived on the Four Winds doorstep . |
| 17 | Only the thickness of the crossbar prevented Booth from scoring after five minutes when he turned on a Paatelainen pass . |
| 18 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 19 | The canvas of my tent ( to be exact , not canvas but a green plastic material ) is flapping in the breeze which comes over the plains and stirs the dry leaves where they lie on the bottom of the dry river . |
| 20 | I can only wear short ones otherwise they catch on the back of the driving seat and I do n't like that . |
| 21 | Two beers later they shake on the deal and stagger out of the Captain 's Cabin . |