Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun prp] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Much will now depend on Nordstrom being able to plug into a ‘ superhighway ’ using digital and fibre-optic technology to provide new telecommunications links .
2 At press conferences and public appearances the good-natured Chavez sits on King 's right in what was the Tyson seat and the promoter poses for photographs with his arm flung around the Mexican 's shoulders .
3 Wilson insisted on America 's right as a neutral to continue trading with Europe .
4 The jet industry based on north-east Yorkshire and in historical times focussed on Whitby was active from late Neolithic to Victorian times , a span of over four thousand years .
5 Pearce appeared on Cardiff 's left .
6 ‘ If he counts until tomorrow night your boy wo n't get up , Ray , ’ said the tubby man sitting on Plummer 's left .
7 He had telephoned Uncle Vernon before midnight to explain that Rose Lipman had insisted on Stella being present at a small celebration given by the Board of Governors .
8 All she could do now was to rely on Ethel being merciful ( which was not one of Ethel 's main qualities ) .
9 And I still do n't know if he was the man I saw outlined on Harriet 's blind .
10 Experts say the explosion at the gas works on Tyneside was deliberate .
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