Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you can guarantee , he was on t' phone on Saturday , he phoned me up on Monday , he phoned me on Tuesday and said , now I remember what I wanted . |
| 2 | Currently , by virtue of being on the rota of solicitors , the advocate has undergone self-evaluation whereby he indicates publicly that he is competent to deal with criminal matters . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're not on the rota for cooking . ’ |
| 4 | He emphasised that in dismissing McCrory 's application for judicial review he was not imposing a ban on the wearing of poppies in prison . |
| 5 | The policies did not develop on the terrain of racism , however , but under the sign of culture . |
| 6 | Michael Lee checked the address on the scrap of paper and then the name plate pinned high to the wall of the tenement . |
| 7 | Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor . |
| 8 | The city provost and his marshals became more organised , clamping down more ruthlessly on the legion of thieves which flourished in the slums around the Rue Saint Antoine . |
| 9 | During the second World War , Haworth took a completely different scientific route , working on the purification of uranium metal . |
| 10 | The funniest moment came after I 'd read out a letter about a young couple who were getting married at St Luke 's Parish Church in Charlton , let's say at 2 o'clock on the whatsit of May . |
| 11 | Or was she relying on the unlikelihood of Tom 's being able to defend his own corner effectively ? |
| 12 | ‘ On the lookout for things . |
| 13 | A snipe was drumming as , obeying instructions and on the lookout for floods , we walked the long bank of a high tyke wall . |
| 14 | Or from Jessie Stilwell in Occasion For Loving , who watches a white woman on the lookout for adventure fall in love with a black man , and who proclaims from her liberal stance : ‘ We do n't see black and white and so we all think we behave as decently to one colour face as another . |
| 15 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 16 | Squeak squeak — it 's not James asking for a pay rise , but Doc Croc 's mousey mate on the lookout for pages and machine bits . |
| 17 | It depends on the act of viewpoint-shifting , which we must now consider more closely , remaining always on the lookout for loopholes through which the egoist might slip . |
| 18 | Zebra finches are always on the lookout for sex outside their ‘ marriage ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm always on the lookout for players who will benefit Derry City and Ian has agreed to come over for a month initially , ’ said Coyle . |
| 21 | They advanced cautiously , wide brims shading their eyes from the climbing sun , constantly on the lookout for signs of life or opposition . |
| 22 | This is the teacher-as-social-worker : providing emotional support , attending case conferences , subject to physical and verbal assaults , on the lookout for signs of physical and sexual abuse , no longer able to assume standards of behaviour — and , as if incidentally , also intended to teach , with the upheaval of a new curriculum and its accompanying paperwork . |
| 23 | We certainly , if you look at the breakdown of our sales er , we only sell about a hundred and fifty er , million pounds worth er , of goods and services in Asia , Pacific erm , we would certainly like to make acquisitions in that area just as we did in North America er , in the seventies and eighties and we have now small Pearson er , office , for instance in Tokyo , it 's quite slow , erm , er , in that area but certainly we 're on the lookout for acquisitions in , in Asia , Pacific . |
| 24 | A couple of wretches on the run , skulking in the bushes on the lookout for prey , would never have dared break cover and try their luck with us . |
| 25 | Once you have a theme you can be on the lookout for souvenirs on holiday , or provide people with inspiration for presents . |
| 26 | The Confederation of British Industry has warned companies to be on the lookout for letters from overseas publishers inviting them to submit entries in fax , telex and trademark directories . |
| 27 | For this reason Henry II was always on the lookout for excuses and opportunities to intervene in Berry . |
| 28 | Still , they will be on the lookout for opportunities to let members know about their achievements whenever appropriate . |
| 29 | The years 1908–9 were dramatic : on the lookout for spies , Jane abducted a German who seemed to be acting suspiciously in Portsmouth , and ‘ deposited him in the Duke of Bedford 's animal park ’ at Woburn . |
| 30 | He is on the lookout for cars — smart , chauffeur-driven cars . |