Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 2 | Finn had moved into a glass box and never noticed if she or Francie or Aunt Margaret scratched on the glass to attract his attention . |
| 3 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 4 | By the year 2000 , there will be a Volvo and Renault model based on the same platform . |
| 5 | The lorry set off with Chopper Harris and Frankie Albright sitting on the floor of the lorry , their arms resting on the top of the tailboard . |
| 6 | Of the scientists Margaret Sharman did research in the Department of Zoology at Oxford , Monica Shorten worked on rat control in the Bureau of Animal Population and Jean Stanier worked on a nutritional survey at the National Institute for Research in Dairying at Reading . |
| 7 | Modesty Blaise had lived in a penthouse , and Travis McGee lived on a boat called the Busted Flush . |
| 8 | Quadraphony had arrived , and Edward Greenfield reported on the first issues . |
| 9 | Rodney Marsh and Alan Parry commentate on the biggest thing in Boston since the Tea Party . |
| 10 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 11 | Some industry watchers espouse the theory that says Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp picked on the COSE move as a way out of OSF and that OSF could eventually find itself with its funding terminated and its sponsors telling it it 's a for-profit software developer . |
| 12 | She and Earl Spencer worked on a book for the Greater London Council called What is Our Heritage ? and soon found they had much in common . |
| 13 | Athelstan felt slightly ridiculous , he and Sir John sitting on the bed , Buckingham and Sir Richard looking down at them . |
| 14 | The family reunite on the Los Lobos-penned title track , Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne sing on the opening World In Motion , and Ry Cooder produces the album 's highspot : a version of the traditional Down in Mississippi that sounds truly Muddy . |
| 15 | He broke off , transfixed , as the door had opened , and Egbert Rose stood on the threshold . |
| 16 | KT Robertson sold chips and Faye Ashton worked on the door . |
| 17 | Listening to Mr Smith and Mr Lamont arguing on the radio last week I was unable to decide who was right and who was wrong ; still less who was Right and who was Left . |
| 18 | The BJP accused Pakistan 's intelligence service of being involved in the blasts and Mr Chavan called on the party to disclose its evidence of Pakistani involvement . |
| 19 | The Chairman and Mr Bickersteth reported on the fire at the Carriage Works which destroyed the body shop with 25 new and 16 old carriages sent there for repairs , the estimated loss being about £21,420 . |
| 20 | Head teacher John Sweeney conducted this on the first evening , and Mr. Cark conducted on the second . |
| 21 | Yeah and Annika Rice gets on the phone and first of all she thought oh , oh , I do n't think there 's gon na be an answer , I , I do n't think there 's gon na be anyone in , why are n't they watching us , why are n't they watching |
| 22 | His father , also called Basil , visited briefly in March 1797 ; John and Azariah Pinney stayed on a number of occasions , and at greater length . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , this test does demonstrate how one particular market situation can be modelled on the basis of prescribed strategic assumptions and DCF contours placed on the portfolio grid . |
| 24 | Mrs Fletcher , Roe Padfield and Mrs Thatcher sat on the low cupboard by the door and Tom pulled the table out so that everyone could squeeze round on three chairs , a stool and the arm of the armchair . |
| 25 | Mr and Mrs Ward heard on a television programme about a couple whose child has a similar problem being helped by a specialist clinic in Boston , USA . |
| 26 | But by the summer of 1984 the marriage began to break down and Mrs Martin embarked on an affair without her husband 's knowledge . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr and Mrs Carpenter live on the ground floor . ’ |
| 28 | At the Phoenix Trevor Nunn directs The Baker 's Wife : an American musical by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein based on the famous Marcel Pagnol comedy . |
| 29 | Wintle got back to intercept Boobyer 's pass to Proctor , but was dispossessed and Ieuan Evans crossed on the right before being recalled for an earlier knock-on . |
| 30 | Wintle got back to intercept Boobyer 's pass to Proctor , but was dispossessed and Ieuan Evans crossed on the right before being recalled for an earlier knock-on . |