Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
| 2 | In the early months of 1332 these lords began to organize an invasion of Scotland to recover their lands and place Balliol on the Scottish throne . |
| 3 | You will find most of your fellow-passengers have booked KLM on the unhesitating recommendation of both their friends and their Travel Agent . |
| 4 | We visited Paleokastritsa on the western side , famed for its bays shadowed by magnificent cliffs . |
| 5 | On June 11 the Chamber of Citizens elected Jugoslav Kostic ( representing Vojvodina on the Yugoslav Presidency ) as its chair . |
| 6 | On the one hand , in a certain sense , all the elements which comprise X condition the tribunal 's power to decide upon Y. The statute says , explicitly or implicitly , if X you may or shall do Y. On the other hand , to accept that the reviewing courts should be the ultimate arbiters of the meaning of all the elements comprising the X factor would cause review to become very like appeal . |
| 7 | ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win . |
| 8 | yeah no its twenty five to ten though , still got Poirot on the other side |
| 9 | The journalist with whom I 'd joined TWW on the same week from sister papers in Cardiff had wickedly gone into another room to make the mischievous call . |
| 10 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 11 | Young Irish star Adrian Maguire joined Scudamore on the 32 winner mark yesterday with Richard Dunwoody just one behind . |
| 12 | There 's also a guy called Ron Tyson who collects every magazine article ever written about Hendrix … so long as it 's got Hendrix on the front cover . |
| 13 | The possibility of confusion is very great ; for just as Eleanor of Castile landed at Acre in 1270 , accompanying Edward on the seventh crusade , so Eleanor of Aquitaine had landed there 120 years before , accompanying her husband ( that is , her first , Louis VII of France ) on his crusade — which is presumably what Pound means by ‘ Acre , again ’ . |
| 14 | I heard Duncan on the 606 show and he made the classic comment about Jimmy Armfield that ‘ the manager 's indecision is final ’ . |
| 15 | He touched Joseph on the shiny sleeve of his coat and nodded towards the large-faced clock on the wall above the door , " I 've got to go , Mother is expecting me home for lunch . |
| 16 | ‘ I think a wife 's place is by your side , whether it 's in the kitchen or making a programme in some remote corner of the globe , ’ said Keith , who is planning to do Floyd on the Far East next year . |
| 17 | He is an amateur photographer , living in a bare-knuckles gold-mining boom town called Matupa on the southern rim of the Amazon basin . |
| 18 | Engaged as consultants , Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton half solved the problem by changing the rear suspension , but it took another outsider to put BRM on the right track . |
| 19 | Conceived as part of the Turkish government 's determined programme to put Turkey on the artistic map the International Istanbul Biennial was launched in 1987 with the second exhibition of contemporary art in 1989 . |
| 20 | It was funny I should have just tidied the room this day , thought Nessie as the two strangers laid Kevin on the new-made bed . |
| 21 | President , I would take this opportunity on behalf of the region to condra sorry , congratulate Nigel on the excellent work that he has done since becoming the National Health and Safety Officer . |
| 22 | I called Ollie on the black phone , the secure phone , to find out what was going on , to fill in my knowledge a little bit more . |
| 23 | DAY 42 and Michael and the team hit Istanbul on the last boat out of Odessa . |
| 24 | Whatever their nominal aim , all the policies which will be discussed in this chapter were intended to keep France on the high road towards grandeur . |
| 25 | Helmut Kohl 's calls to brief Major on the British economy are doubtless answered by a builder screaming at the German Chancellor to speak English , or ordering him to get off the line so they can deal with the other jobs they 've got on the go . |
| 26 | But even so , then ask Fred on the long term would be ideal . |
| 27 | The teams will leave Liverpool on the first leg on Sunday , November 15 , but the actual challenge begins on Wednesday , November 18 . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw Celia on the other side of the road and ran across to her . |
| 29 | He was on the pavement , waiting , when he saw Volkov on the opposite side of the road . |
| 30 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |