Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] on [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 2 | Your very welcome Letters of the 20th of Aug. and 14th of Septr. reached us on the 23rd and 25th of Jan : they were a joyful relief to us all and were the most acceptable to me since for the first time you acknowledge I have been tried and not found wanting : believe me it will always be my highest gratification to merit the good opinions of every one but of none more than yourself : and the more confidence you repose in me the more strenuous will be my efforts to prove myself worthy of it . |
| 3 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 4 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 5 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 6 | Both safely negotiated the treacherous short 15th hole and Faldo 's putter rescued him on the 18th green . |
| 7 | Certainly , salmon seem to use smell to guide them on the last stage of their journey . |
| 8 | So obviously you just write down that Rita did it on the 10th . |
| 9 | But they have more difficulty defending themselves on the second and more serious charge . |
| 10 | Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day . |
| 11 | However , it was not sent out for review until mid-September , Jones receiving it on the 20th . |
| 12 | This band of gold probably originates from Egypt , where lovers wore it on the fourth finger of the right hand or ring finger . |
| 13 | Cos Paul put it on the next day . |
| 14 | Also , it 's not simply a garrison , it 's a fortified city ; with damned great walls and ditches and bastions built on three sides of it , and the sea to defend it on the fourth . ’ |