Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view from Frystetjorn was unforgettable — brightly painted houses set on a patchwork hillside , orchards heavy with bright red apples and the village of Ulvik , its white church being caressed by the sunshine . |
| 2 | Betsy 's neighbours , the wives , probably enjoyed lives centred on the rearing of so many extra children ( the child population under fourteen increased by 50 per cent ) . |
| 3 | As you are probably aware , the actual network of lines and stations beneath London 's streets does not conform to the neat , straight lines with regularly spaced stations depicted on the map . |
| 4 | The head and antlers of the magnificent full grown male appeared on the skyline not fifty yards away . |
| 5 | All the cafe owners we spoke to insisted they 've never seen cars parked on the carriageway . |
| 6 | All the cafe owners we spoke to insisted they 've never seen cars parked on the carriageway . |
| 7 | The value of such exposure is difficult to measure but , when three of the company 's craft demonstrators recently returned from tours of Japan , they all reported that an amazing number of people approached them to say they had seen Wedgwood featured on the Did You Really Know It ? programme during October . |
| 8 | He walked first of all towards the place where he and Christian had tied their horses , but then changed direction to where he had noticed Anna seated on the steps of a caravan . |
| 9 | As they dragged her away from the flaming Audi , she had turned and seen Adam lying on the road , shielding himself . |
| 10 | He was not , in fact , the first to work with the Longhorns : a blacksmith named Welby living on the borders of Leicestershire and Derbyshire had been attempting systematic improvement of the type using animals from the Derbyshire herd of Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow House , Burton-on-Trent ( a herd which by 1720 was already uniform and impressively well matched for shape and colour ) , and a Mr Webster of Canley , near Coventry , bred animals from the same herd with stock from Westmorland and Lancashire . |
| 11 | And there 's a grown man sitting on the floor over there . |
| 12 | To demonstrate the power of the animals , a fully grown man stands on the back of the 6-inch-long shrew , balancing himself on one leg . |
| 13 | Because I know what I 'm going to say to any kids who have the audacity to come to my house which they wo n't but erm and I 'm sure a lot of people do so the rest of the year we we 're encouraging children not to approach strangers and everything else and then this one day of the year or maybe two days or maybe the whole run-up from now until November the fifth you 've got kids begging on the street penny for the guy and all that sort of thing . |
| 14 | The aim of this project is to provide this much needed information focussing on the employment effects , a particularly important aspect in these times of relatively high unemployment , as well as a matter of considerable controversy . |
| 15 | Now , you 've had time to sleep on the problem . |
| 16 | When the trench was completed Willie sat on the grass to watch the others fix the Anderson shelter inside it . |
| 17 | Water based lubricants smeared on the barrier , next to the vulva , will increase sensation . |
| 18 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 19 | The MP , David Mellor , has condemned press reports on the condition of his wife 's eyesight saying such items are not in the public interest . |
| 20 | Electric appliances called dehumidifiers work on a closed refrigeration cycle , both drying and heating the air . |
| 21 | Bass have spent months working on the deal and we 're told they will not even bother to attend tomorrow 's meeting of Premier clubs . |
| 22 | IT 'S killer bee time in the States and smart federal scientists have spent $100,000 working on the problem of how to track the swarms that ravage farming and kill anything in their way . |
| 23 | The length of time spent stretching depends on the sport you are training for and the degree of flexibility you wish to attain . |
| 24 | And if the process of inquest clarified internal boundaries , it almost certainly also compelled fief-holders to reflect on the extent of the services they owed to the count . |
| 25 | Steve O'Shaughnessy 's hoisted kick landed on the edge of the area and , after Cusack 's shot was blocked , the ball ran to Nick Pickering who fired left footed into the bottom corner . |
| 26 | The speed with which personal-computer users have abandoned programs based on the clunky old MS-DOS operating system — the internal software used to make personal computers tick — for prettier versions based on Windows has taken even the nimblest software firms by surprise . |
| 27 | Large and boldly executed housing stands on the bank of the River Calder between Stanley and Bottom Boat , seen well across the flood plain from Birkwood Lock . |
| 28 | Whether the Court could consider such a newly introduced element depended on the Court 's jurisdiction in respect of disputes between the Revenue and a taxpayer . |
| 29 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 30 | Other clues to a general theory of addiction have led researchers to focus on the dopamine system — even when looking at drugs which do not affect dopamine receptors . |