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Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [noun] on " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	She sits for a moment on the arm of the chair , and rests her hand on my neck .
2	Varroa originated in the Far East where it lives as a parasite on the Apis cerana species of honey bee .
3	Looking eastward , the tall column to the memory of Captain Cook , a local lad , stands like a lighthouse on the purplish blue heights of Easby Moor .
4	It looks like a brand on a pig about to be priced .
5	‘ Looks like a fossil on wheels .
6	The heading for this section looks like a play on words , but it is intended to point out the fact that , while development control is one of the instruments by which planning policies are implemented , there are also policies relating to the actual operation of the control .
7	The spreadsheet looks like a notebook on the screen , and each two-dimensional page has a ‘ thumb tab ’ at the bottom which can be labelled with an appropriate name , such as a month or sales region .
8	The Welsh One looks like a lizard on the front though , which is remarkable .
9	Looks like a canal on there .
10	The chapter commences with a comparative analysis of Precedents 1 and 2 , and then finishes with a commentary on Precedent 3 and Precedent 4 .
11	She finishes with a chapter on pattern calculation using a calculator for the basic block shape .
12	The chapter finishes with a section on ‘ Privatisation in Practice , .
13	The club closes after May 27 to go to Ibiza , but reopens with an all-dayer on July 1 .
14	The report concludes with a discussion on the health effects of organochlorines and suggests ways in which individuals can limit their intake of dioxin-like compounds .
15	Beccaria concludes with a section on prevention , which he sees as being very much preferable to punishment — it increases aggregate utility , the happiness of the greatest number ( or , rather , decreases their aggregate unhappiness ) .
16	The tree stands in a quarry on the National Trust Estate .
17	Over 200 years old , this lovely farmhouse stands in a garden on the banks of the River Eden .
18	The 31 year old peer lives in a mansion on the Cirencester Park Estate , to which he 's heir .
19	The 31 year old peer lives in a mansion on the Cirencester Park Estate .
20	She now lives in a flat on the 19th floor of a tower block in London 's east end , a self-confessed prostitute and drug addict .
21	And he lives in a house on Suez Street ,
22	He lives in a loch on Mrs Little 's beat .
23	Peter ( Val 's brother ) lives in a town on the east coast of the island called Nanaimo , which has a population of about 50,000 and is connected to Vancouver ( which lies almost opposite ) by a regular ferry service .
24	This is to be found to the west of the town and starts from a point on the A.16 .
25	The key of this record will be the highest in that block , which usually corresponds to a track on a disk .
26	In other words , if we choose coordinates so that the linearised flow near the origin takes the form we can use these equations to work out the point on the side of B where a trajectory emerges from B if it starts at a point on the top face of B. ( We assume that the box B is a cube with faces which are part of the planes .
27	It gathers detritus ( wood , and other forms of cellulose ) which it carries into the heart of its giant nests , and uses as a substrate on which to cultivate fungi , on which it feeds .
28	He meets in a group on D , going 3 times a week to talk about his life , their lives and their offences .
29	She nourishes them with a special fluid which exudes from a nipple on the wall of the pouch in which her larva lies .
30	He also says in a note on the score ( the disc 's liner note is slightly different ) that Lighthouses ‘ examines orchestrational notions of depicting weather and sea and natural phenomena in terms of our conditioned responses to such musical ‘ approximations ’ .