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Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] on the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When the band became profitable on the road , it went back up .
2	Tracy got pregnant on the day she left school .
3	When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family .
4	Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March .
5	Wilson left the application ‘ on the table ’ in Brussels , but it was only in late 1969 that progress became possible on the extension of the EC to new members .
6	Otters ' became extinct on the Thames about 20 years ago .
7	Otters ' became extinct on the Thames about twenty years ago .
8	It had been like kicking the hell out of a two-hole outhouse ; a lot of shit had gotten out and the stink rode free on the four winds .
9	Peter Scudamore 's mount took it up from Jinxy Jack two out and sprinted clear on the flat , landing the odds by five lengths from Gordon Richards ' horse , with Fidway two lengths away in third .
10	Schoop was , however , found guilty on the same charges because she gave further details to Hans Kopp when he telephoned her later the same day at his wife 's suggestion .
11	Le Agavi is a first-class hotel built high on the hillside overlooking the Bay of Salerno .
12	Her shadow rose high on the wall .
13	Surere had managed to obtain a wig that rose high on the crown and fell heavily over the back and shoulders .
14	Rooms gaped empty on the next landing , their doors gone for firewood , paper stripped and plaster crumbling away from the lath walls .
15	AN ELDERLY woman found semi-conscious on the floor of her Essex home died later the same day of hypothermia , an inquest heard yesterday .
16	Up ahead cars and people moved undisturbed on the bright street at the top of the alley ; Maxim had time to search the man 's pockets — and then suddenly he had n't .
17	Miss Fogerty made her way to the only other classroom , and stopped short on the threshold with surprise .
18	Hazel stopped short on the edge of the beans .
19	We took off our crowns and swords and cloth of gold and moved silent on the road to Elsinore .
20	My mind kept going back to the case that was nothing to do with me , the unsolved mystery of the man with a load of live ammunition in his pockets found dead on the Thames mud .
21	‘ I was in London once , with another feller , and we got lost on the Underground , ’ Peter said .
22	Sally says she even got lost on the course but the race was excellent
23	A printed bibliography with author and subject indexes will be supplied to the ESRC and all items made accessible on the bibliographic database SPRILIB maintained at the Scott Polar Research Institute .
24	Yes Norman Lamont you 're right erm even the demise was suggested that the square sausage , which seemed possible on the basis of the conversion of metric tables and if you do n't know what the square sausage is , the G M B Scotland delegates will only be too happy er to give you the answer .
25	He turned to a small cabinet mounted high on the kitchen wall , and in a moment had presented her with a glass of water and two white capsules that she swallowed obediently and not without relief .
26	Nigel seemed willing on the surface to receive this .
27	In 1986 drama , series and serials , sport and documentaries all scored high on the Appreciation Index .
28	Having nowhere to sit while waiting also came high on the list .
29	Their motives he could only guess at , but shielding probably came high on the list .
30	The choice of film seemed appropriate on the day the simmering dispute boiled over with growing frustration and bitterness among the staff , many of whom attended the Clapham train disaster and are veterans of dealing with the aftermath of IRA bomb blasts .