Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben Alder has always seemed as impenetrable to me as a hi-fi magazine , but from up on the ridge it gives away its secrets and reveals a relatively simple ascent from the west up a long , inclining slope . |
| 2 | And now you devote a whole issue ( NI 179 ) to a ridiculous game — giving gold medals to the countries you approve of and dumping on the countries you do n't . |
| 3 | That night , three men were killed — one shot and two crushed by tanks on the Moscow ring road moving in the direction of the Russian Supreme Soviet — but the feared attack on the building itself did not take place . |
| 4 | A change of scene both from lakeside and historic town is to be had by leaving Schwyz on the road which ascends southward into the valley of the Muota ( the river which enters the lake just west of Brunnen ) . |
| 5 | He seemed to be having great difficulty in keeping his eyes on the road , but after a corner entailed leaving rather a lot of tyre on the road he apologised then grinned at her . |
| 6 | On the road it handles well . |
| 7 | ‘ When you 're on the road you do n't have to think about anything . |
| 8 | ‘ Be frank , on the road you do n't want all the bullshit , sitting up all night with them , chatting to them , they nick your f—ing mini-bar , nick your clothes . |
| 9 | For the same reason they have focused on the groups who seemed most likely to be needy : the working class in the inner city , the isolated and the institutionalized . |
| 10 | Silas introduced them , and in an effort to make amends for the earlier incident on the highway she held out her hand and spoke quietly . |
| 11 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many direct employees of Scottish Enterprise are currently working on the defence industries initiative he announced on 14 October 1991 ; and if he will make a statement on the actions which have so far been taken . |
| 12 | Work on the Museum now reports that the wing control surfaces have recently been reworked and they hope to have on the wings themselves restarted soon . |
| 13 | When , in the first Test at Trent Bridge , Gooch and Broad put on 125 for the first wicket the smiles were widening all the time ; when the last wicket fell with just 245 on the board we knew where we really were . |
| 14 | You know the thing is I feel that when I was tried to get the theatre board and I have contacted various people on the board I have never been listened to . |
| 15 | Increasing the range and diversity of role models children meet in mathematical textbooks and building on the knowledge they have already acquired are two of the ways we can contribute to building the self-esteem shown in many Government reports to be crucial for success . |
| 16 | Dub says : ‘ On the field they worked out a series of calls and signals for the defenders , but Jan still struggles to make conversation . |
| 17 | That means concentrating on what our customers need and on the things we do best without allowing boundaries to cloud our vision . |
| 18 | ‘ On the course it does n't feel any different . ’ |
| 19 | Here , the outputs depend on the states they had previously that is , Q = 1 , if S was 1 previously . |
| 20 | Before going he had told us that firstly , all his carp had been caught on sweetcorn and bread and although fishing with boilies on one rod all week he had been able to get a take , in his words they just did not seem to eat them ; secondly , although there were plenty of carp on the surface they did not seem the least bit interested in floaters , and thirdly he was at a loss to know what one needed to do to put a cat on the bank . |
| 21 | The three years I spent studying took a similar shape to my school years ; on the surface I did well , passing my exams with seemingly not too much trouble . |
| 22 | On the surface it looks very crazy . |
| 23 | For the appellant Mr. Lester submits that it should now be appropriate for the courts to look at Hansard in order to ascertain the intention of the legislators as expressed in the proceedings on the Bill which has then been enacted in the statutory words requiring to be construed . |
| 24 | When the hon. Gentleman sat on the Standing Committee on the Bill he did not vote on any single occasion against the precise measures to which he now refers . |
| 25 | On the Embankment they strolled along , surveying the local ‘ talent ’ . |
| 26 | Aye , she says I 'm feeling sick , well that 's er all your if your head is what you call it when you feel awful , you know I say if you 've been on the , on the drink you know when you get up and your head ooh , well that sets your stomach off , so his trouble 's coming from his head , on his stomach |
| 27 | She came and sat on the bed which creaked uneasily with the weight . |
| 28 | When he 'd put her down on the bed he said grimly , ‘ The doctor should be here shortly . |
| 29 | ‘ And now you ring her up on the day we get back from our honeymoon and get her to come down and tell you all about it ! |
| 30 | The custom of cleaning the close had been explained to Madge on the day she moved in by a small woman carrying a metal pail and a large card . |