Example sentences of "[vb past] on a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice rose on a wave of passion . |
| 2 | Her voice rose on a note of hysteria . |
| 3 | Arnold 's fearful preoccupation with the violence of his time drew on a number of sources , for it was not only the ‘ rough ’ of the East End slums who was ‘ asserting his personal liberty a little , going where he likes , assembling where he likes , bawling as he likes , hustling as he likes ’ . |
| 4 | Constable McLennan reported on a scheme in operation in the public houses in Juniper Green . |
| 5 | Constable McLennan reported on a scheme in operation in the public houses in Juniper Green . |
| 6 | Under other legislation , less formal committees may be set up to enquire into trade disputes , and in the 1960s Lord Devlin produced three reports on the port industry and Lord Cameron reported on a dispute concerning bank employees . |
| 7 | The inadequate map suggested villages lay ahead so we stopped on a jut of land at the first hint of cultivation : another delectable bivvy site . |
| 8 | One man came in took all his clothes off , tried on a load of things and walked out in them . |
| 9 | NOTICE scrawled on a board at Australia 's Bondi Beach : Girls — do not bother the lifeguards unless you are drowning . |
| 10 | The next day found her driving round the busy , bustling city of Sheffield , desperately trying to keep one eye on the traffic , and the other on the directions scrawled on a piece of paper . |
| 11 | October 11 : LANSA Curtiss C–46D Commando HK–750 , carrying false registration marks N–500 , entered Guatemalan airspace on a flight from Colombia without authority , believed destined for the USA , and crashed on a farm near Quirigua , Izabal province , 120 miles NE of Guatemala City , while attempting to force-land . |
| 12 | The squadron leaders ' Tornado crashed on a sortie over Iraq . |
| 13 | One such coroner , who was both a lawyer and a doctor , presided over an inquest on the death of the occupants of a Viking aircraft which crashed on a number of council houses at Southall not far from Heathrow Airport . |
| 14 | A Libyan Boeing 727 crashed on a flight from Benghazi to Tripoli on Dec. 22 , killing all 158 people aboard . |
| 15 | The right hon. Gentleman can hardly refer to such a body as having the kind of authority with which he seeks to imbue it when it disagreed on a number of matters and failed to address any of the ones that really matter . |
| 16 | Advocates said they were reliable and indispensable ; critics , however , disagreed on a number of points . |
| 17 | Andy Walker gave Bolton a surprise 16th minute lead when he capitalised on a mistake by Trevor Matthewson but John Frain levelled from the penalty spot . |
| 18 | Former Ireland schools star Kieran Dawson was enjoying a most impressive Bangor debut and he capitalised on a break by scrum-half Stephen Matchett to power over for a try in the 23rd minute which gave Bangor a comfortable 13-0 lead . |
| 19 | Bull headed on a centre from Birch for Cook to volley inches wide of the near post and , after 54 minutes , Mountfield hit a free-kick down the middle , Mutch nodded the ball on and Bull hit it hard and low past Dickins . |
| 20 | We camped on an island of palm trees . |
| 21 | And besides , ’ she added on a note of practicality , sensing that he was unlikely to be moved by her ambitions , ‘ there are n't many jobs around in Cornwall for fashion designers . ’ |
| 22 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 23 | Her severed head flopped on a bin of guts , yellow beak in a grimace — take me with you ? |
| 24 | Isabel gulped on a mouthful of air . |
| 25 | Three constables of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) , travelling in an unmarked but armoured police car , were killed on July 24 when an IRA landmine exploded on a road between Armagh and Killylea in Co . |
| 26 | The United States and United Kingdom authorities on Nov. 13 announced that they had filed charges against two Libyan nationals who were believed responsible for the bomb which exploded on an aircraft over Lockerbie , Scotland , in 1988 . |
| 27 | Featuring Carnival of the Animals , War Drumming , and a Junkyard Samba played on a canteen of instruments from Africa , Asia , and the local hardware store . |
| 28 | Featuring Carnival of the Animals , War Drumming , and a Junkyard Samba played on a canteen of instruments from Africa , Asia , and the local hardware store . |
| 29 | Austin Farrer came on a visit to Lincoln and reported that Ramsey was a great man in the college and held his audiences spellbound and was less mad . |
| 30 | A few miles further down the road they came on a group of Italians with rifles waving at them to stop , obviously having been alerted by the German post . |