Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [conj] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prosecution told the jury that on the day of Mr Johnston 's death , he and his fiancee , Miss Gillyanne Aglin-Jarrett , were celebrating their engagement . |
| 2 | Mr Prescott told the court that on the fateful evening Boxing Day last year he had been in the pub with Mr Maltby and another friend . |
| 3 | We made the plans and organized the publicity and on the appointed night some thirty-five people , mostly widows , turned up . |
| 4 | Mr. Page took the view that on the true construction of section 34 of the statutes the university had no power to remove him from office and terminate his employment save for good cause . |
| 5 | They left the promenade and on the sleek tarred surface of the road Stephen walked in front , Kate behind him . |
| 6 | The boy left the room and on the way he turned the light on . |
| 7 | There was little enough fun in her life ; she had no friends , she rarely left the house and on the few occasions she did , it was never on her own and her only contacts were with her mother , the tutors , some of the servants and Patrick . |