Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] on its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rodney was in an easy chair ; Veronica perched on its arm . |
| 2 | Elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1910 , Lapworth served on its council ( 1927–9 ) and was awarded the Davy medal ( 1931 ) . |
| 3 | As Professor Elton has argued , Parliament 's importance in England rested on its utility to the monarch , on its readiness to co-operate in the business of ruling . |
| 4 | He led them round the range of the Ochils and swept through the strath down which the river Allan poured on its way to the Forth far behind him . |
| 5 | The Tri-Pacer tossed on its back and badly damaged by Typhoon Marion at Bangkok . |
| 6 | Judith glanced up at the blue and white JNF money-box , with the map of Palestine embossed on its face , standing on the mantelpiece next to Molly 's letter . |
| 7 | The positions of Byelorussia and Kazakhstan are less clear , while the Ukraine , with the nightmare of Chernobyl etched on its consciousness , wants to rid itself of those weapons . |
| 8 | Jim Bateson , trading group manager with BP 's International Lubricants Marketing division , led the project team , while Unipart drew on its expertise in designing shops on computer . |
| 9 | The latter was probably always more important , for medieval towns such as Stamford and Grantham lay on its line . |