Example sentences of "on [det] [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might focus on each part of your body in turn , relaxing from your feet up to your head . |
| 2 | Because she had spent much of that day watching her mother supervise preparations for the traditional Gio ceremony observed by the family on each anniversary of her great-grandfather 's death , Lan knew the altar held all the favourite foods and beverages that the high-ranking courtier had enjoyed during his lifetime . |
| 3 | Even an indexical phrase like " This chair " does not transmit an " ontological commitment " on each occasion of its use . |
| 4 | Somehow it has measured and remembered the distance it ran on each stage of its outward journey . |
| 5 | He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 6 | The back rooms looked into the soil of the hill , but the front over the richly clad valley and shining estuary on each arm of which were clusters of houses that thinned to scattered dwellings dotted among trees on the promontories . |
| 7 | The vineyards on each side of their path were tangled and choked with weeds . |
| 8 | Contrary to popular myth , many men can remember those small but important details about the women in their lives , such as their birthday and the fact that they have two eyes , one on each side of their nose , probably browny-blue ( the eyes , not the nose ) . |
| 9 | Immediately underneath the stone lay a cist containing several rude cinerary urns , and alongside of it were found a gold fibula and an armilla of a peculiar type made from a broad band of gold beaten out so as to form a convex centre , on each side of which was a fluted ornamental border , and a raised rim returned at the edge . " |
| 10 | Culdub Oakapple opened his mouth to say that acclaim was all very well in its way , but they had been hoping for something a bit more financial than that , but the two Gnomes on each side of him trod on his foot to stop him , because you could not always trust the Oakapple to be tactful . |
| 11 | Leaning towards her , he put a hand on each side of her face on the smooth tree bark , thus imprisoning her . |
| 12 | She shrugged , and then giggled in surprise as the rounded shoulders of the spacesuit ascended like blunt-nosed rockets on each side of her helmet . |
| 13 | Nothing was ordinary , nothing was expected , except for her two black legs and the black plaits on each side of her head . |
| 14 | Her cheeks were pink , and a couple of coils of copper hair had fallen from her hairdo , one on each side of her head . |
| 15 | One hand on each side of her waist , he pinioned her , slid his tongue into her mouth . |
| 16 | It divided into two , then curled back on each side of her head , bursting into bud , then leaf , to wrap around her skull . |
| 17 | He settled one hand on each side of her hips and pulled her back into the V of his legs . |
| 18 | The Robemaker moved forward , prodding Nuadu onwards and , as they moved down the centre of the Workshop , the blazing furnaces roaring on each side of them , Nuadu felt his skin already shrivelling from the heat . |
| 19 | She lifted Albert 's arms from the table , sat herself promptly down on the newspaper in front of Albert and let his arms fall on each side of her . |
| 20 | ‘ Take her down ! ’ he ordered , and watched as she floundered and kicked at the man on each side of her . |
| 21 | The sea runs on each side of me , |
| 22 | You 'd have mountains on each side of you and there 'd only be one way to go . ’ |
| 23 | The train was ( and still is ) accompanied by a staff of competent workmen from Wolverton Works , under a Royal Train foreman also from Wolverton Works , to keep a vigilant watch on each side of it , note any irregularity and periodically examine it throughout . |
| 24 | Where the burrows are located in a bank it is necessary for the gun to stand on the all-round vision requires one gun on each side of it — and each man needs to know exactly where the other man is standing . |
| 25 | Surely the question is whether the land on each side of it has the same greenbelt function , or different greenbelt functions ? |
| 26 | The path is about three metres wide , with grass on each side of it . ’ |
| 27 | From the gates a long , dark road led up to the house , with the black shapes of old trees on each side of it . |
| 28 | She too had been caught by the Nazis , I walked along beside her and the bears walked on each side of us . |
| 29 | The meal finished , Stan Carver , placing his hands on each side of his plate , slowly raised himself up from the table and , standing still for a moment , said , ‘ Thank God for a good dinner . ’ |
| 30 | Shrugging the receiver between cheek and shoulder places an enormous strain on the sternocleido-mastoid muscles , the prominent bulges on each side of your neck , and the splenius capitis , the muscle that runs up to the base of your skull and stops you wearing your head at a jaunty angle . |