Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From thence he progressed into Formula Ford , with an Alexis that he bought on the never-never . |
| 2 | Well , it was only a bedsitter and Andrea and I sat on the one divan having a smoke and a glass of the fizzy stuff I always brought her , and I said , ‘ What about slipping between the sheets ’ ? ’ |
| 3 | They put the parcels on the table and tidied the room while Frankie and I sat on the sofa and watched . |
| 4 | He called a convocation of the greatest High Elf Mages and they assembled on the Isle of the Dead to begin the great ritual . |
| 5 | but anyhow it , well they , they were there and he bought the pub did n't he and they were moving on the Saturday and he came on the Saturday morning and he cried take the furniture to pieces , some of the furniture , the wardrobes and there was a dining room table that they could n't get into the pub , could I dismantle them and re-assemble them again and that was the first time I 'd ever met him were n't I ? |
| 6 | We were to do it from Friday to Friday but I turned on the tapes on , when was it |
| 7 | My wife Eva and I live on the northern-most tip of the island of Barbados where we run the Pirates Tavern and the tourist centre of ‘ Animal Flower Cave ’ . |
| 8 | Denis and I worked on the show each morning and on our final evening we performed it in ninety degree heat for a deeply moved and even more deeply biased audience of mutual families . |
| 9 | ‘ I used mainly my green Ibanez that I had on the last tour , but for a Be-Bop solo on Giant Steps I used an Ibanez George Benson . |
| 10 | After a goalless first leg we lost 2–0 at Elland Road and I handled on the line to give away a penalty . |
| 11 | Then in the afternoon she played with Diana , or talked happily to Matthew while he worked on the farm . |
| 12 | At 19 she was married to an affluent US writer Harry Mathews and she modelled on the cover of Vogue and Life magazines . |
| 13 | Grantham Hospital chiefs were last night being asked why they did not notice symptoms of the syndrome in Allitt before she started on the children 's ward . |
| 14 | The alternative option , clearly the one it favoured , was ‘ to accept Israel as it existed on the condition that each refugee be allowed to return to his home , whether it was under Arab or Israeli jurisdiction . ’ |
| 15 | In a moment of madness Rosenoir kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground . |
| 16 | He kicked Alan Kernaghan as he lay on the ground . |
| 17 | The signatures of Mark Rainsford and Arthur Guinness as they appear on the famous lease of 1759 . |
| 18 | The importance of training was emphasised by Lord Clyde when he reported on the child abuse inquiry in Orkney , recommending an extra year of training for social workers . |
| 19 | So , short of sending the recording tape on a long detour through the corridors of the Palace of Westminster before it goes on the air , the parliamentary censors will have to work faster than they think . |
| 20 | Christina asked Celia as she appeared on the terrace carrying a tray of fresh tropical fruit and a teapot . |
| 21 | I have never seen him at the Council of Europe and I serve on the social , health and family affairs committee , which he has never attended . |
| 22 | Bob and I stand on the edge of the dance-floor and discuss the clientele . |
| 23 | Susan and I sat on the paling hillside as the sky whitened . |
| 24 | A thought struck Jonadab and he hesitated on the point of blowing out the candle . |
| 25 | ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ . |
| 26 | Surkov and I sprawled on the twin beds ; Rozanov sat on the floor , his back against the drawn curtains ; Masha , in a comfortable chair , kicked off her high heels and drew her legs under her flower-patterned skirt . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't want those kids worrying too much about their mother and father , ’ he told Laura as they stood on the pavement , waiting for a cab . |
| 28 | Chirac did n't even know where to go while Le Barre was speaking on an empty white platform with no chairs , and when it was his turn to speak he had no chance of a good clean start because he had to shake hands with Le Barre as they passed on the stairs . |
| 29 | The glass of the door to the patio was bumpy , mottled and had deflected a ray of sunlight on to Hosanna as he basked on the step , making him golden , religious . |
| 30 | Karen Schendel looked up and smiled at Whitlock when he knocked on the open door . |