Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title sits uneasily on a place which is , for very good reasons , unsure of its own identity . |
| 2 | The chorographer ( though not Reyce ) points out : ‘ That p't of the countrye that is nere unto the sea is nothing so fruiffull neyther so comodious for cattell as the other but more fitte for sheepe and come , ’ and so contained many more 20s. men — upwards of 43 per cent in Blything hundred , and more than twice as many as in townships situated wholly on the clay . |
| 3 | UNCITRAL likewise engages in widespread consultation , drawing widely on the expertise of practising specialists . |
| 4 | Continue working up the graph , row by row , again knitting right on the right and left on the left . |
| 5 | These apartments situated right on the water have been awarded the highest possible classification by the English Tourist Board 2–5 Keys and Highly Commended . |
| 6 | Situated right on the beach and in the lively ‘ Golden Zone ’ , a wide variety of boutiques , restaurants , bars and discos lie practically at your doorstep ! |
| 7 | The ideal Family hotel , the Sandbanks is one of the only hotels in the area situated right on the beach , one of the very few in the UK to hold the coveted EEC Blue Flag Award for clean beaches . |
| 8 | Yep , well each station in those days had one of the war-time sirens on , on , situated right on the top of the tower of these fire stations , enormous great sirens with a very piercing , loud sound , erm so that was the audible warning , to tell them that they were wanted in the fire station . |
| 9 | The Metropole is the only hotel in Bellagio situated right on the lakeside , as well as being in the village centre , it is in fact one of the finest locations in Bellagio . |
| 10 | Situated right on the lakeside and next to the picturesque harbour in the centre of Menaggio , is the Hotel Bellavista . |
| 11 | We go downstairs and sit side-by-side on the sofa . |
| 12 | Having consulted widely on the subject , we have decided to extend the criminal law dealing with squatting . |
| 13 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 14 | He regretted the Opposition had not agreed a bipartisan policy and it had to be asked why they had no similar feelings about the forced repatriation of people from Hong Kong to China ‘ which goes on on every bitas big a scale as anything we are contemplating now ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ But what goes on on the terraces seems to be very simple and almost harmless compared with that Rugby Club of yours . ’ |
| 16 | I suggested that they had more than likely received a stern lecture in lieu of a death sentence ; in the world of Arabs , blame for unsanctioned sex is placed wholly on the shoulders of the female . |
| 17 | He ran aside , firing upward on the run . |
| 18 | Concentrate rather on the walking itself . |
| 19 | Has a repeated ‘ kik ’ note , and a ‘ song ’ rendered as ‘ wait , wait ’ uttered slowly on a rising or falling scale . |
| 20 | Malcolm got right on the phone with him and sorted it out . |
| 21 | ‘ Mach helped me , ’ he said , watching her closely now , his hand resting loosely on the gun in his pocket . |
| 22 | Her arm tightened around him , her other hand resting loosely on the shoulders of another singer . |
| 23 | Chairman John Gunn described the rumours as ‘ malicious , gratuitous and unnecessary , reflecting badly on the market ’ . |
| 24 | The girl then had to sit nervously on the edge of the sofa — there were n't many chairs — while the guest stretched himself , yawning , naked and sweaty . |
| 25 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 26 | And significantly , her boss and colleague sit in on the trial , revealing their emotional investment in what 's at stake . |
| 27 | sit in on the public |
| 28 | Erm it was actually somebody who came for an interview and you know how you sit in on the presentations when you do the group presentations ? |
| 29 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 30 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |