Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seb backed up his threat with a two-pronged pitchfork , jabbing it to within inches of Boz 's face as the gipsy placed his foot on the first rung . |
| 2 | Fighting continued around Sarajevo , Bihac and Goradze and in various areas of northern Bosnia-Hercegovina , while in the south Bosnian Croatians consolidated their hold on the area they had named the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosna [ see p. 39012 ] . |
| 3 | On the few occasions when she had been compelled to enter the water , she had stayed in the very shallowest part of the pool and had never for a moment released her grip on the handrail . |
| 4 | Had Furlanetto done his homework on the great singers of the past , simply in order to try and absorb something of the tradition in double-quick time ? |
| 5 | Just in case the sea cadets trained their gun on the river . |
| 6 | Pike based his appeal on the contention that he had fed the horse properly but it had n't absorbed it . |
| 7 | During the 1970s , with two power stations in relatively peaceful operation , the Board consolidated its position on the Somerset coast . |