Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | I says , well I can tell you what you phoned up three times on t' row for , I says , you 've no money again have you ? |
| 3 | ‘ This jacked into the recorder , ’ he said , ‘ and this on the earpiece of the phone . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're not on the rota for cooking . ’ |
| 6 | He emphasised that in dismissing McCrory 's application for judicial review he was not imposing a ban on the wearing of poppies in prison . |
| 7 | Criticising other people for their inadequacies puts a tremendous burden of perfectionism on the sufferer in his or her own activities . |
| 8 | Not until the 1920s was struggle again witnessed on the terrain of poor relief , this time with dramatic consequences ( Chapter 4 ) . |
| 9 | Seen in this much broader context the campaign over the peace-tax issue is obviously at most a relatively minor skirmish in a very much larger battle , one that is being fought , as is the peace-tax issue itself , on the terrain of classical political and constitutional theory — namely , the relationship between citizens and the state . |
| 10 | The policies did not develop on the terrain of racism , however , but under the sign of culture . |
| 11 | It was the outcome of protracted political struggles taking place ‘ outside ’ the state in the narrow sense on the terrain of civil society . |
| 12 | Michael Lee checked the address on the scrap of paper and then the name plate pinned high to the wall of the tenement . |
| 13 | Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor . |
| 14 | Up here , Antoinette 's profile was faintly illumined by the night-light which floated in a saucer of water on the wash-stand by the bed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He placed one hand on the nape of her neck , and she murmured at the touch . |
| 17 | Ethel Scrimgeour , ‘ a tall and handsome maiden lady given to piety and good works , whose appearance was made remarkable by an immense knot of hair twisted on the nape of her neck in the mid-Victorian way , ’ remained Joyce 's friend to the last . |
| 18 | Now the sun stroked Jasper 's back , laid a burning hand on the nape of his neck . |
| 19 | And I am aware of my past life ; I feel it looming up behind me , breathing lightly on the nape of my neck . |
| 20 | Susan felt the gesture as if it had barely lapsed — felt his hand on the nape of her neck , the gentle pull that turned her face up to his — and she cried out , almost as if she hoped to be heard . |
| 21 | It rested now on the nape of his neck . |
| 22 | The hairs lifted slightly on the nape of his neck and a rush of tingling spread on his scalp , then flooded his face so that he blushed in the darkness . |
| 23 | At Macbeth 's Hillock , the grue rises a little cold on the nape of the neck . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you feeling better now , cara ? ’ he added , on that deeper , more gentle note which sent the small hairs on the nape of her neck into a kind of ecstasy of awareness . |
| 25 | But the hand was still there , warm now on the nape of his neck ; and the hand guided him as he lurched forward again , the firm body beside his , holding him upright ; helping him up dark stairs and through a pitching doorway . |
| 26 | She wore her hair low on the nape of her neck , its weight giving fragility to the long , slender throat , the chignon itself gleaming like spun silver . |
| 27 | Polly bent her head , masking her burning face with a trembling hand as she smoothed the feathery curls on the nape of her neck . |
| 28 | God knows , perhaps I have a sixth sense , but the hair on the nape of my neck prickled with fear . |
| 29 | ‘ I can manage , ’ said Belinda , darting towards the safety of shrubs and shade that beckoned her , but he came up behind her as she struggled with the iron latch and she felt his breath fan the tiny hairs on the nape of her neck . |
| 30 | The hairs on the nape of my neck tingled and my tired heart lurched with fear . |