Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the hippies had all but gone the police and the RSPCA pounced on a lorry , inside was a horse which had been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 2 | A large number of problems has been encountered , one of the most surprising being the fact that no UK Government department had taken responsibility for enforcing the EEC controls on the sale of protected wildlife specimens . |
| 3 | The La lies on the watershed of the main Karakoram and although we were still politically in India , geographically we had reached the valleys of Central Asia . |
| 4 | THE POLGARS live on the eighth floor of a block of flats on Semmelweis Street , a workers ' area in Budapest . |
| 5 | Besides these photographs were Pedro 's polo helmet , which now had a map of the Malvinas stamped on the front ( which Angel always wore in matches ) , and a jar of earth he 'd dug up from the Islands on the day he 'd been sent home as a prisoner of war . |
| 6 | Oldham 's superiority was not confirmed until the 80th minute when Sharp completed his first treble since his summer move from Everton : Chamberlain blocked Ritchie 's effort , and the Scot pounced on the rebound . |
| 7 | With such a huge area to search and a coastline renowned for its ever-changing currents and vicious rocks , those who man the Dakletons rely on the sharpness and accuracy of the emergency call . |
| 8 | In the following year the duc de Richelieu , the French chief minister , sent an agent to Switzerland , Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to report on the press there and the possibility of France influencing it in her favour . |
| 9 | The Eibenstein stands on a small hill in its own lovely park and garden , yet it is right in the middle of this bustling resort . |
| 10 | The Palestinian need for Jordan seemed to be borne out during the years 1983–6 when the PLO lived on the edge of political extinction . |
| 11 | They said that John Russell , with the Spencer steadied on the neck of a dead mule , waited until he was sure . |
| 12 | As Chapman observed : ‘ Although I do not suggest that the Arsenal go on the defensive even for tactical purposes , I think it may be said that some of their best scoring chances have come when they have been driven back and then have broken away to strike suddenly and swiftly . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd not wish to argue , Elizabeth Roisin , and we ourselves know that the Macleans sit on the left hand of God Himself , but Abbot Kenneth could be objecting that a claim to actually be the Lord sounds a touch excessive . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Biffen 's plea at the monthly meeting of Aberdeen and Kincardine NFU area executive followed on from an Ellon branch resolution urging the NFU to detail on a regular basis . |
| 15 | There are a number of species of Nilssonia from the Jurassic distinguished on the form of the leaflets . |
| 16 | It was considerably more than the hour Friar Tuck had reckoned on when he and the Trapper emerged on the track where he had left Marian and Allen . |
| 17 | ‘ The NHS stands on a par with any achievements of any government of any nation since the Second World War . |
| 18 | The patients of the NHS rely on the willingness of thousands of donors to give blood . |
| 19 | The Normans insisted on the production of titles to estates and threatened to confiscate those for which none were forthcoming . |
| 20 | Every morning at about 8 am ducks come out of the Thames to sleep on the jetty . |
| 21 | Through her keen interest in horses , Mrs Rowan had read many years ago of the Russian and Mongolian mare herds and the tales of the Huns surviving on the milk during their rampaging campaigns . |
| 22 | The TARDIS materialises on a desert-covered , barren planet , with two fiercely burning suns . |
| 23 | In the winter of 1805–6 the Serbs went on the offensive and soon gained control of the whole of the pashalik , including the city of Belgrade . |
| 24 | Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations . |
| 25 | when was the DBMS introduced on the proposed equipment ? |
| 26 | The minutes of the SGM held on the 4th May 1990 were read and it was agreed that the chairman sign them as a true record . |
| 27 | The large demands which the BEA made on the capital market — at first directly in their own capital issues and then indirectly through the Treasury borrowing requirement — attracted criticism that electricity was ‘ crowding out ’ more desirable investment projects with potentially higher rates of return in the private sector . |
| 28 | The BBC put on a programme about the event a few years ago , harping particularly on the fact that it had been hushed up until then . |
| 29 | Tory campaign managers complain that the BBC concentrated on the negative aspects of the campaign at the expense of the positive . |
| 30 | They were up there the day the Braer went on the rocks . |