Example sentences of "[vb -s] on the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This little mill stands on the Washbrook . |
| 2 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 3 | Earlier plans for a purely commando raid had been abandoned , as mentioned earlier , because St Nazaire stands on the Loire estuary with only one deep-water channel which was covered by coastal batteries in 1942 . |
| 4 | The memorial stands on the Harrington to Lamport road . |
| 5 | The Egyptians are asking for Cleopatra 's Needle , the great granite obelisk of 1500 BC which stands on the Thames embankment just a few yards from the Savoy . |
| 6 | And that finishes on the Friday or whichever day of the week and you start the next day . |
| 7 | And all at high speed , through no fewer than 3830 kilometres before the race finishes on the Champs Elysées . |
| 8 | This was the arena which would provide grandstand finishes on the Saturday and Sunday at peak television time . |
| 9 | It had been planned to provide two grandstand finishes on the Saturday and Sunday afternoons when television viewing would be at its peak . |
| 10 | It finishes on the Saturday see |
| 11 | Having a friend who lives on the Blackwater in an old Thames sailing barge , complete with sails and engine , I rather object to the notion that barges must be passively powerless . |
| 12 | Arthur Allen lives on the Rosehill estate in Oxford . |
| 13 | Arthur Allen lives on the Rosehill estate in Oxford . |
| 14 | One of the favourites is Brian Smith ( Banana ) , the 1991 champion who now lives on the Isle of Man . |
| 15 | One of the localities investigated in detail is Needle 's Eye : it lies on the Solway coast near Dalbeattie . |
| 16 | United 's match against Tottenham is scheduled for television highlights on the Wednesday , so the League suggested that City play Norwich on the Tuesday . |
| 17 | The petalling usually starts on the Thursday afternoon previous to the Saturday it is required . |
| 18 | If he wins his group he will meet Colchester colleague and world number seven Chris Walker , the second seed , in the main event which starts on the Thursday at Beckenham and Cheshunt . |
| 19 | Do you mean the one that starts on the Tuesday ? |
| 20 | It 's the main ‘ motorway ’ through the city , and there are a dozen or so stalls on the Rialto selling souvenirs — including the painted masks you 'll see on sale all over the city . |
| 21 | Colnaghi reopens on the Faubourg St-Honoré after two hundred years |
| 22 | Anything the former Open and US Open champion achieves on the US circuit will surely reflect on the European Tour which he is also pledged to support and which continues to flourish . |
| 23 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 24 | And he says on the US TV show Hard Copy that she did not drown but suffocated . |
| 25 | One of these er , I suppose it 'd be a ballpoint or whatever you call it and this , I 've still got it , it says on the Queen Elizabeth , see , and er , you see , we said , we said , well never mind very much , we can have something a snack afterwards and so we stayed on there from eleven o'clock in the morning until three in the afternoon , you see , and er er and we were wandering around and we saw the dining room , we saw the captain 's table and er , you know it was , and , and then we looked along one deck , we were high up , and down below there were rows of , rows of lifeboats in case you see |
| 26 | We have accordingly decided to place a fixed-price contract for three type 23 frigates with Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde . |
| 27 | Five hundred white collar staff at Yarrow shipbuilders on the Clyde have begun an indefinite strike over pay . |
| 28 | BLOW ONE : One of the best winter hotspots on the Warwickshire Avon has been lost to anglers following a decision by Stratford-On-Avon District Council amenities committee to ban fishing opposite the Hilton Hotel in the town . |
| 29 | Komsomolskaya Pravda , which has emerged as the most informative of all Soviet newspapers because it runs articles others refuse to print , depends on the Pravda printing house , which is owned by the party . |
| 30 | A lot now depends on the Birmingham result which will be known on Monday . |