Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The prosecution that both Sean and Stephen Hill were aware the IRA intended to carry out an attack on the policeman . |
| 32 | The Speaker , Sean Treacy , ruled out a debate on the matter . |
| 33 | She kept a record of everyone 's birthday at the factory and , until the company grew too big , always brought in a cake on the appropriate day . |
| 34 | Then you can relax over a cocktail on the verandah as the sun sinks low , and reflect on a day well spent . |
| 35 | This is to enable us to continue to build up a database on the application of our provision in response to special needs . |
| 36 | The age of the children , their number , the ability of the wife to earn a second income at home , whilst the elder children helped run the boat , the responsibility for dependent relatives , the possibility of sharing a house : such factors governed the decision to keep up a home on the land . |
| 37 | Historically , this engaging adventurer carved out a career on the frontiers of Christendom and Islam without troubling himself much about religious differences : he was happy to ally himself with Muslims when it suited him . |
| 38 | When I went in for medicine I had the feeling that maybe I would take out an appendix on the kitchen table … now this has been a big disappointment of my life as a GP that whatever I can do , there 's someone else who can do much , much better . |
| 39 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 40 | Daniel slapped down a florin on the counter and caught the landlord 's eye . |
| 41 | Medeghino was exiled from Milan to Lake Como for killing a man , and there he took over a castle on the natural fortress of the Sassoi di Musso near the village of Musso at the northern end of the lake , killing the castle 's governor . |
| 42 | The crisis has also forced Chancellor Norman Lamont to cut short his holiday as the Bank of England tries to stave off a run on the Pound . |
| 43 | The pulsating roar of the engines formed a steady background as Delaney kept up a barrage on the door . |
| 44 | Robert took up a position on the boundary , fairly near to the maths master . |
| 45 | The holes are formed by transferring one stitch to the next needle to the right or left , leaving the empty needle in working position so that it picks up a stitch on the following row . |
| 46 | Coun. Mrs Kirkham , who is married with two teenage children , is a seasoned county councillor and was elected to represent Victoria ward in Thornaby in 1985 before taking up a seat on the borough council in 1987 . |
| 47 | It was resolved when the provost took out an injunction on the students , and now some will be coming before the courts . |
| 48 | They were trotting along a path on the side of a hill when they detected a man walking below them . |
| 49 | Did the girl from Aberdeen really say , " Och , no , not on the table ! " as my father flattened a bluebottle with his hand , and did he really put down a newspaper on the same table to eat his breakfast ? |
| 50 | The planning authority also has to advertise locally any proposals involving large buildings ( those more than 20 metres high ) , or any ‘ unneighbourly uses ’ — such as a casino , scrap yard , cemetery or slaughterhouse — and put up a notice on the site itself . |
| 51 | Charles , who has just failed the first year of a law degree and is hard up , put up a notice on the fence : " Danger — Keep Out — No Liability Accepted . " |
| 52 | Indeed , for examples of foregrounding sharpening and guiding one 's reading of a text one need look no further than Blake 's own analysis : " This structure suggests that parallelism and contrast may well form important attributes of the passage " ( p. 17 ) ; " The end of each line seems a little more powerful as that pattern is disrupted " ( p. 27 ) ; " The metre used in a poem sets up an expectation on the part of the reader or listener that the pattern will be preserved throughout the poem . |
| 53 | Though he could pick up a bit on the stable management , if he 'd a mind . |
| 54 | There was no sign of Benny , but Ace assumed that the Professor had taken up a position on the other side of the stanchion . |
| 55 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 56 | ‘ Could n't we write out a message on the ground , Brown Owl , so that the pilot could see it — with stones or something ? ’ |
| 57 | Keegan raced away immediately after the game — reportedly to check out a striker on the continent . |
| 58 | ‘ The Mafia immediately put out a contract on the gang . |
| 59 | It was a little winter scene — the Thames frozen from bank to bank , people skating , and children playing round a bonfire on the ice . |
| 60 | Flynn had overcome this shortage by holding a night school for his gangers , where he taught the simple precepts of laying down a line on the ground from a survey map . |