Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps . |
| 2 | The issues in Samson were focused commonly on the internal struggles of the individual confronted with temptation , and whether the poem achieved a tragic dimension or not . |
| 3 | RINGO Starr is going back on the road , but unlike his fellow former Beatle , George Harrison , his performances will have nothing to do with Transcendental Meditation , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent . |
| 4 | Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags . |
| 5 | The Honourable Diana Spencer was born late on the afternoon of July 1,1961 , the third daughter of Viscount Althorp , then aged 37 , and Viscountess Althorp , 12 years his junior . |
| 6 | Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner . |
| 7 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 8 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 9 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 10 | Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep , pretending to watch out for something in the sky . |
| 11 | The Everqueen was dead , the Phoenix King was lost , and Dragon Prince Caledor was imprisoned forever on the Isle of the Dead with the greatest and wisest of the High Mages . |
| 12 | ‘ Shortly after it returned , Pete was rolling around on the carpet and found a titbit , ’ Andrew explained . |
| 13 | In fact the Ravenscraig , present Ravenscraig was built up on the first place from a steelworks known then as Corral Steelworks . |
| 14 | Frank was lying back on the pillows with his eyes closed . |
| 15 | Fortunately she had managed to read quickly through her own piece , which looked really professional , but she wondered what J.D. was thundering about on the editorial page . |
| 16 | But Donald was doubled up on the sofa . |
| 17 | The Tote was the only legal means of off-course betting for decades but off-course betting did not thrive until Ladbrokes was allowed in on the act . |
| 18 | Carwyn Williams was sitting out on the balcony watching the waves . |
| 19 | Ten minutes after the restart Philpott on the right this time , crossed from the byline and Walsh was lurking again on the edge of the six yard box to head in his second goal . |
| 20 | He told them about Mahmoud being put back on the case . |
| 21 | Powerboating is run much on the same line as cars … the pilots have to qualify in practising … |
| 22 | Drafted into the final eleven when Hooper was ruled out on the morning of the match with a hairline fracture of the finger sustained in the nets , the 24-year old Adams would soon be called on to intervene on his team 's behalf with the bat . |
| 23 | Operation ‘ Winch ’ , ' 3 April 1941. the first Hurricane IIA aircraft to be delivered to Malta are seen here on the dock of H.M.S. Ark Royal' . |
| 24 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 25 | Returning through Brotton I looked across the valley and wondered why a huge Union Jack was flying half-mast on the top of the Zetland Hotel at Saltburn . |
| 26 | Menzies was crouching back on the bench , his legs braced , like a cornered hare frozen in a last effort to baffle the enemy . |
| 27 | Guillaume had already bought some drawings of Modigliani 's , but one afternoon at the Rotonde Max Jacob and Modi were sitting together on the terrace with Modi sketching as usual on the Rotonde 's thin paper napkins when Paul Guillaume sat down at their table and asked Modigliani whether he ever painted . |
| 28 | The Hague Linker is getting in on the act . |
| 29 | Mrs Sweet was holding out on the police . |
| 30 | Peter was lying back on the sofa , doing nothing in particular . |