Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] of [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The rest of the band we got through friends of friends on the Glasgow scene , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Not all early raids were successful and the plan to raid Bayonne failed through lack of information on beach conditions . |
| 3 | One died of loss of blood on his way to hospital in Co . |
| 4 | Deeper into the prison they walked , past one open chamber where the limbs of quartered men lay like joints of meat on a butcher 's stall , waiting to be soaked with salt and cumin seed before being tarred . |
| 5 | Ahead children lay like bundles of clothing on the edge of the road , only rolling away at the last hoot . |
| 6 | That first time , he could n't be sure , it was after midnight , too dark to tell , her belly and her legs lay like patches of moonlight on the ground , he could n't be sure , but as he lifted away from her he thought he smelt that rich , metallic smell . |
| 7 | He died in hospital of AIDS on April 25 . |
| 8 | Rafael Eitan resigned as Minister of Agriculture on Dec. 24 in protest at Likud 's opposition to proposals for the direct election of the Prime Minister ; the Likud central committee had voted by a large majority on Dec. 23 against the direct election of the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Aringo 's departure from the government was followed by several ministerial resignations , most notably that of Mwai Kibaki , who resigned as Minister of Health on Dec. 26 . |