Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 2 | THE Phoenix Players stepped on to the Rialto stage last night with their presentation of O'Casey 's ‘ Juno and the Paycock ’ . |
| 3 | The last of the Rat-Tail men walked on down the High Street towards the Cross , stars his calling-cards . |
| 4 | The field station consists of a modern Ann Exe built on to the old coast guard station . |
| 5 | Hertha Ayrton carried on with the experiments during her husband 's absence in America in 1893 and subsequently became the leading authority on the subject . |
| 6 | The Valencia trainer came on to the pitch and was ushered back towards the tunnel by Fernando Giner , a home defender . |
| 7 | Pausing only to bury Wounded Mouth , the Nez Perce bands travelled on to the south fork of the Clearwater . |
| 8 | From here , the Westbury Brook flows on through the meadows , towards the Severn , where it once powered Severn Mill , on the river bank . |
| 9 | United 's best chance of the half came just a minute later ; Martin Foyle ran on to the perfect Paul Simpson through ball , he actually got past goal keeper Andy Gosney but he was forced just a little bit wide . |
| 10 | A large number of jubilant Boro fans ran on to the pitch to congratulate Pollock , a gesture which is now a criminal offence . |
| 11 | In fact , after going three goals down , in sheer desperation Mr Singh ran on to the field , dispossessed an Alborne forward , rounded two defenders and netted in the top left corner . |
| 12 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 13 | Having introduced us to the widely ranging Cichlasoma family , and given ideas of how to keep them , our three cichlid experts , JEFF CHALLANDS , MARTIN CHANDLER AND PHIL ROBINSON move on to the nitty-gritty of tanks and equipment . |
| 14 | Not since Harold Wilson prattled on about the white heat of the technological revolution — or some similar meaningless platitude — and launched Concorde , has there been so much talk about innovation and our intellectual heritage . |
| 15 | Climbing the waterstair , Princess Volupine moves on to the piles to meet the Jew who ‘ is underneath the lot ’ . |
| 16 | Dawn was breaking over Labour 's headquarters in Walworth Road , south London , yesterday as Mr Kinnock stepped on to the balcony , his face ghostly white in the television arc lights and his lips drawn tightly after the longest night of his career , writes Jon Hibbs . |
| 17 | Early interviews saw Russell ranting lovingly about Tim Buckley , third single ‘ This River Never Will Run Dry ’ dabbled alluringly with woozy C&W miserabilism and — heaviest hint of all — a five-minute break for retuning at their last London headlining gig back in January was accompanied by ‘ Wichita Lineman ’ drifting through the PA and a slide of Glen Campbell projected on to the stage . |
| 18 | Beyond the tree-fringed mouth of Bull Pot of the Witches , the path to Ease Gill cuts left on to the fell 's edge and passes close by a trap door covering a shaft that leads into Lancaster Hole , the first route into the main cave system of Leck Fell . |
| 19 | But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team . |
| 20 | Mr Carter droned on about the United States not being strong any more and being too afraid of the Russian bear and being out-traded and so on . |
| 21 | Having got his attention-grabbers out of the way , Mr Beckman went on to the more serious stuff . |
| 22 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 23 | On landing , the Ashdown mob spilled on to the apron and surrounded Kinnock 's plane , still singing and trying to persuade the party leaders to shake hands like opposing troops on the Western Front at Christmas . |
| 24 | Shirley Williams stumbled on to the scene and a 19,000 Conservative majority turned into a 5,000 SDP ( 1981 version ) one . |
| 25 | farther east , Russian campaigns against the Buryats around the southern end of Lake Baikal went on from the 1630s to the 1680s , causing great turmoil as some Buryat and Mongol tribes withdrew to Mongolia , or were buffeted back and forward between the two aggressive empires . |
| 26 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 27 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 28 | So she sat there for about 'arf an 'our , listenin' to the singin' and so forth , and then , just as she was beginnin' to get a bit bored , this Billy Graham comes on to the platform . |
| 29 | Young Rawlins went on to the most arduous part of the game — attempting to memorise the host of gifts on a conveyor belt , ranging from a cuddly toy to a microwave . |
| 30 | Yes , and an astute decision by Milton 's manager , Keith Stocks , saw substitute Brian Marlan brought on in the sixty eighth minute and two minutes later he was all smiles as he headed home Nigel Mott 's cross to break the deadlock . |