Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [be] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few minutes Elisa was on the settee in the sitting room where , at last , she regained consciousness . |
| 2 | OLD Trafford misfit Neil Webb is on the verge of demanding a transfer from Manchester United . |
| 3 | AIRLINE boss Richard Branson is on the verge of victory against British Airways rival Lord King after claiming a ‘ dirty tricks ’ campaign had been waged against Virgin Atlantic . |
| 4 | According to the match programme Maradona was on the pitch , wearing the No.10 shirt . |
| 5 | Champney Road was on the east side of Plumford . |
| 6 | PCs Bill Cotton and Ken McDonnell were on the scene just minutes after a woman hurled the toddler into the river . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw Gabriel on the cover of a magazine , and David Mellor was on the cover of something else and I thought , who 's looking funkier ? |
| 8 | Miss Trunchbull is on the floor ! ’ |
| 9 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw that Richard Blake was on the move again , and inwardly she groaned . |
| 10 | The Wise Woman would do her homework because Mother Francis was on the warpath . |
| 11 | Last week Frankie Vaughan was on an operating table undergoing major surgery to the most important artery in his body ; the Aorta . |
| 12 | PC David Waters was on the scene in minutes . |
| 13 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 14 | Filip , Mii , assistant general manager Lee Reiswig and IBM 's Research vice president Jim McGroddy are on the venture 's board , Filip said . |
| 15 | With Sarah Chester 's on the brink of insolvency it occurred to me he might be panicking … ’ |
| 16 | Viewers will see the interview interrupted when a voice announces that a Mr D. Melons is on the line asking for the actress . |
| 17 | Current Darlington boss Ray Hankin is on the short-list . |
| 18 | Australian tycoon Alan Bond was on the point of conquering the world until he bought shares in Lonrho without first checking with Rowland . |
| 19 | In four days time , Karen King was due to go to her Aunt Jane 's on the Isle of Man , still hoping to persuade Jessica to join her on the boat . |
| 20 | and that week , Al Jolson was on the hippodrome with Sonny Boy . |
| 21 | LEEDS UNITED manager Howard Wilkinson 's bid to take Swedish internationals Patrik Andersson and Joachim Bjorklund to Elland Road was on the brink of collapse last night . |
| 22 | ONLY two hours before entering the operating theatre of a Manchester hospital for major heart surgery yesterday , an indefatigable Graeme Souness was on the telephone to his temporary replacement as Liverpool manager , Ronnie Moran . |
| 23 | Uli Stielike , Alex Ferguson and Graeme Souness were on the short-list . |
| 24 | Tristan Garel-Jones and Alan Howarth were on the Chairman 's staff at Central Office . |
| 25 | Simon Garrett 's on the grid |
| 26 | Because the City is designated , erm Cherwell District is designated , South Oxford is on the verge of being designated , like the Vale , and the only undesignated district in the county will be West Oxfordshire . |
| 27 | Aunt Bertha was on the air . |
| 28 | For instance , when I was promoted to the Football League line , Alan Dawson was on the phone immediately welcoming me . |
| 29 | All I knew was that North Yemen was on the south western coast of the Arabian peninsula , that the language was Arabic and that the country had been closed to the West until 1962 when a revolution overthrew the ruling Imamate . |
| 30 | ‘ There are no secrets when Maggie Howard is on the job . |