Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A split-half reliability carried out on the data from children in the standardisation sample between the ages of 4 years and 8 years 11 months produced correlations of between 0.64 and 0.84 for the different items . |
| 2 | The rarity of artefacts found during excavations of such farms not only affects the archaeologist 's ability to date the buildings , but also makes it extremely difficult to understand the details of the activities carried out on the farm . |
| 3 | Goodenough 's group confirmed that the emotional content of dreams could be affected by pre-sleep stimulation ( in this case , a film entitled subcision — explicitly showing a series of operations carried out on the penis as part of a tribal aboriginal initiation rite ) . |
| 4 | As I sit down to write I have a photograph propped up on the desk in front of me . |
| 5 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 6 | The maintenance carried out on the aquarium was a regular 10% water change and a regular ( every two weeks ) larger water change of 20% using an aquarium gravel cleaner to rid the gravel of unwanted waste . |
| 7 | There is still a great deal to be learnt about early Anglo-Saxon society , both as a result of new excavations , the publication of older ones and research carried out on the wealth of material already published or in museums . |
| 8 | As you will appreciate , we hope to be collecting feedback on any research carried out on the tape within the next 4 to 6 months . |
| 9 | As far as the passengers were concerned , the unscheduled stop and the sight of an ambulance drawn up on the quayside lent an element of excitement to spirits which were beginning to flag slightly as the end of the cruise loomed closer . |
| 10 | The " full recovery plan " would set aside 5.4 million acres , at a cost of 32,000 jobs in the timber industry : an alternative drawn up on the instructions of Interior Secretary Manual Lujan would protect 2.8 million acres but result in the loss of 15,000 logging jobs . |
| 11 | There was a boat drawn up on the shore , dark oak painted white to the water line , the prow a swan 's head . |
| 12 | Dimetrodon and other dinosaurs padded about on the surface of the Coal Measures which were bent up into the great hump-like structure , or anticline , of the Pennines ( Diagram 4 ) . |
| 13 | Maggie 's sitting hunched up on the bench , its iron legs striking chilly through her tights , conker cases under her feet , cigarette between her lips . |
| 14 | I was a speed-freaking northern oik brought up on the afro-d ultra-hip gibberish of pre-senile Charles Shaar Murray , the manic sulphatic babblings of Tony Parsons and my then hero , Julie Burchill . |
| 15 | But Hunt said that if the race were officially started and the cars lined up on the grid , he would have no choice but to race . |
| 16 | Meredith was sitting in the stalls with his feet propped up on the row in front . |
| 17 | There 's a little girl fallen over on the ice . |
| 18 | The tap is then closed and the stopper placed back on the tube to prevent release or contamination of the air . |
| 19 | Space for a raiding party was limited , and jolting across the sand perched up on the back was extremely uncomfortable . |
| 20 | We walked along the intersecting tyke walls and met a voluntary warden eager to talk to us about some of the work carried out on the reserve . |
| 21 | Thanks to the volume of work carried out on the Enron project , UK turnover last year was ahead of budget , with net profit being more or less on budget . |
| 22 | An incomplete or sloppy check carried out on the canopy can be lethal , because if it comes off it is a matter of luck whether it hits or misses the tail . |
| 23 | The term ‘ stock-taking ’ refers to a physical check carried out on the bookstock to ensure that the library still actually has all of the items listed in its catalogue or shelf register . |
| 24 | No wonder he had his work cut out on the bench . |
| 25 | The current crop of presenters lined up on the steps of the same church outside Broadcasting House where the original team — Terry Wogan , Bob Holness , Jimmy Young and all — had posed exactly a quarter of a century before . |
| 26 | If you had seen that band drawn up on the parade-ground , with full regalia glittering in the sun , while in front six bugles sounded Retreat and the audience came spontaneously to attention , you 'd have liked it , I 'm sure . |
| 27 | A site was chosen ; two townplanners appointed ( one of them a parson ) , the town marked out on the ground : but all in vain . |
| 28 | Before lunching in the Staff Dining Room the 41 member band lined up on the lawn to provide a short concert for staff . |
| 29 | But often boats moored up on the river tend to blend into one another , but these three boats are completely separate , separated , they do n't overlap each other at all . |
| 30 | A twenty year mortgage taken out on the property amounting to £24,000 has not been fully repaid . |