Example sentences of "[noun] on [pos pn] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speeding home to Maidenhead on his Lambretta he brooded on the exciting and slightly scary world of West Coast direct action , radicalism , Beat and homosexuality . |
| 2 | Rapid flying can soon lead to heat loss by convection , and at night nocturnal insects like moths protect themselves against heat loss with hairs on their thorax which maintain a stable air layer around the body surface . |
| 3 | I 'm the other spaceman , I got hairs on my chest I never get depressed . |
| 4 | He shrugs off his legacy of injuries — a fractured bone in his back , ripped Achilles tendons , the deep bruise on his face which he picked up on the way to winning a bronze medal in Poland . |
| 5 | And then and then you 've got the option then you 've got the further option that if you want to reduce your premiums on your pension you can do . |
| 6 | Smearing her eyes on her sleeve she turned to face down her enemies . |
| 7 | This was but a temporary setback , for after a rest and a defeat on his return he proceeded to win his next nine races , completely outclassing his rivals at distances from nine furlongs to two and a quarter miles . |
| 8 | ‘ I could tell from the fear on his face he was not joking . ’ |
| 9 | He had too many disputes on his hands which never produced the results that he desired . |
| 10 | She felt the sudden weight on her legs which told her the cat had leapt up again . |
| 11 | Well Vicky at college on our course she 's not Victoria she 's Vicky . |
| 12 | Yesterday when he had imprinted his lips on her mouth she had had no foretaste of what a deliberate kiss of his could be like . |
| 13 | I think you 're allowed you 're allowed to make thirty pound a week profit fifteen hundred pound a year , anything over fifteen hundred pound on your business they got ta pay tax . |
| 14 | At one time she 'd have sworn with hand on heart that Dane had absolutely no effect on her knees whatsoever . |
| 15 | This can occur with any mineral , but it is by far the most common in clay minerals which typically have rather loosely bonded cations on their surfaces which can be readily exchanged for cations in solution . |
| 16 | When John Major complained of the relentless diet of violence on our screens he tapped into a real public concern . |
| 17 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 18 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
| 19 | When you get a bit more wool on your back you know it does n't work like that does it ? |
| 20 | We thenken on his presens her , |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection either , ’ she murmured impulsively , forgetting her uneasiness , ‘ but even with sand on your face you 're … ’ |
| 22 | Despite this , the model has a grip on our imagination which inhibits enquiry . |
| 23 | 7.2 Should you use any personnel to execute work on our premises they shall be required to abide by the safety rules and other relevant regulations laid down by us from time to time . |
| 24 | ‘ contributed to the … view that unless it appears that the wife clearly understood the effect of an instrument conferring a voluntary benefit on her husband it may be invalidated . ’ |
| 25 | Under a pillow on our bed I found a cache of fat neatly rolled marijuana joints . |
| 26 | The weather has also been reasonably kind , so it 's a bit of both really — with the sun on my back it definitely helps me to perform a lot better . ’ |
| 27 | It was a happy debut for the latest model to drop off the fast-bowling conveyor belt ; Patrick Patterson had played for Lancashire the previous summer without making much impression , but now on his home patch with the sun on his back he hit Test cricket with a bang . |
| 28 | She turned right into the High Street then jumped from the cycle and began pushing it up an alleyway on her left which led into the stables cum car park at the rear of the Berkeley Chase Hotel . |
| 29 | She had been about to collude with Stan in the face of all her good resolutions , and there would have been yet another indelible stain on her spirit which , she suspected , were it available to her , she would not care to put unwashed in her underwear drawer . |
| 30 | But there 's a stain on our carpet which will join the store of indelible memories left by the sofa . |