Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am thinking about my spectacles lying on the desk before me as I write . |
| 2 | He would say little more for my questions infringed on what he considered Laura 's private domain . |
| 3 | A coach driver steered 27 elderly passengers to safety yesterday by crashing his vehicle into an empty house after its brakes failed on a steep hill in Paignton , Devon . |
| 4 | The purpose of teaching these topics explicitly and formally is to provide student-teachers with the opportunity to evaluate their own experience and to make professional judgments about their learners based on scientific principles and evaluated evidence . |
| 5 | Moon led the couples through their vows sitting on a stage wearing a white and gold crown . |
| 6 | The Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , says he is backing calls by the United States for its allies to agree on a joint strategy to end the war in Bosnia . |
| 7 | Farmers argued that as their day already began at sunrise , they would gain nothing and would also lose an hour for their workers insisted on finishing at the same time as town dwellers . |
| 8 | The Independent has recently taken delivery of 65 laptops fitted with the software for their journalists to use on the move . |
| 9 | ‘ Most of my students come on personal recommendation . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ A policeman in plain clothes jumped on my friend , so another one of my friends jumped on his back and then another policeman came up and smashed a radio into her head . |
| 11 | ‘ A policeman in plain clothes jumped on my friend , so another one of my friends jumped on his back and then another policeman came up and smashed a radio into her head . |
| 12 | The fishhouse ( an early dream ) went up in 1977 , and most of my pennies went on the building , so that staging was designed around a 48″ tank size . |
| 13 | At ten o'clock one morning one of my cats leapt on my face . |
| 14 | I feel up inside the overhang where the back of the bench joins the arm , the leather of my gloves catching on rough splinters of metal . |
| 15 | Many of my volunteers commented on how much they enjoyed eating so much fruit and vegetables and how much fitter they felt , so I have no doubt that it is the reduction of fat and the increase in better , healthier food that together helped produce such positive benefits . |
| 16 | ‘ I have one of my men working on it . |
| 17 | I understand several are ready to take on Taylor and attempt to stop some of their stars travelling on a trip where England will play a tournament against the USA , Brazil and Germany . |
| 18 | The form allows applicants to state their choice between going to the local office of the department for interview , or having one of their officers call on them at home . |
| 19 | At least half a dozen of their comrades lay on the ground behind them . |
| 20 | They 'd seen too many of their comrades tread on something nasty or gut-shot in a FAKINTIL ambush . |
| 21 | Of those extending additional credit , 55 per cent attributed it to the failure of their customers to pay on time . |
| 22 | The welfare of their families depended on their budgeting and management skills , and in the closely-knit working class communities the talents of skilful housewives were readily acknowledged . |
| 23 | As the dancers changed partners , set to each other , backed away , then set again and spun with crossed arms , Donald McCulloch became masterful , gripping the girls ' hands strongly , spinning so hard that the balls of their feet ached on the cobbles , and passing them on with an almost lordly flourish of his arm . |
| 24 | Evidence in this report was gathered from 12 groups and individuals some of whom were prepared to have their names and the names of their organisations go on the record . |
| 25 | of patients operated on within three months of their names appearing on the register ? |
| 26 | The sound of their cries tinkled on frigid air . |
| 27 | Their jobs and those of their employees depend on foresight . |
| 28 | It was rumpled , with the impression of their bodies clear on one side and across the middle . |
| 29 | And I watched er , some of their clips coming on the T V like . |
| 30 | Although the range of its occupations was wider and more comprehensive , its mainstay was agriculture , with most of its tradesmen farming on the side — unless their crafts were the subsidiary pursuits . |