Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a damp start for fund-raisers yesterday , when walkers set out on the annual march from Cultra to Bangor to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Hospice in Belfast 's Somerton Road . |
| 2 | It was n't long before she heard Douglas 's car draw up on the short gravel drive . |
| 3 | Their heads thrash about on the bloodied floor , gnashing their teeth and foaming at the mouth . |
| 4 | A side view of the decamer ( Fig. 1 b ) shows that CsA-binding loops of CypA are on one face of the pentamer whereas the secondary structure elements line up on the opposite surface . |
| 5 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 6 | ‘ All boats go up on a rising tide , ’ observes Frank Delaney philosophically at the end of one of those come-on-Fred-we-give-you-all-this-advertising-how-about-an-in-depth-profile pieces , in this case on Harper-Collins , that PN does so well . |
| 7 | Small wonder , then , that a lot of resentment and guilt rub off on the social worker himself or herself ; and that , when opportunity arises for public shouts of , " No better than we are ! " , it may be seized upon with a fine disregard for logic in expiation of sins which might be regarded in others as excusable . |
| 8 | After all the Christmas lights remain up on the main street , and are still working . |
| 9 | Two of London 's top match teams head off on a magic mystery tour this Sunday with the historic London AA Shield as their goal . |
| 10 | Ms Johnston uses the world war as a springboard into other conflicts ; that between England and Ireland ; between Ireland north and south , and even within the south itself , as the English officers look down on the Irish men , and the northern Irish sergeant barely conceals his contempt for the southern Catholics in his ranks . |
| 11 | Fun arises when members of both teams end up on the same leaf . |
| 12 | After the naming of an HST Power Car ‘ Great Western at Paddington by Brian Scott , Director InterCity Great Western , and Peter Noble , the Great , Great Grandson of I.K. Brunel , a 140-strong VIP party of press , businesspeople and InterCity staff set off on a special non-stop run to Devon , covering the 193 miles to Newton Abbot in two hours 33.5 minutes — an average speed of 92 miles per hour ! |
| 13 | Most people provide small items set out on an open plan system , which gives the children a great deal of choice . |
| 14 | In other words , it 's the spherical centre of the axes or intersecting lines that the track control arms move along on the inward and outward strokes of the springs . |
| 15 | Light from the desk-lamp fell on his hands spread out on the blue blotting-paper , thin hands with thin fingers , only half the size they would become . |
| 16 | The Hawaii Ironman is the original and ultimate triathlon , where the swim is through 2.4 miles of ocean , and is immediately followed by a 112-mile cycle ride up on the black lava fields , where by mid-morning the temperature will be over 100 degrees . |
| 17 | INTO THE WEST : Two travelling children chase around on a stolen white stallion . |
| 18 | Runners and spinnaker sheets and guys double up on the same winches by using sheet jammers and , while this might be fine for a highly tuned crew , a less well-trained outfit might find it demanding . |
| 19 | Caroline Flint says the change does n't address the real problem : that all women lose out on the right level of postnatal care . |
| 20 | The rest of the section were standing in the rain with all their clothes spread out on the wet grass because he had not wanted to admit that he was ill . |
| 21 | no you have to get yourself up with your four legs , you 've got four legs so you can get up , that 's it , just , that 's how horses get up on the front legs first , then the back , that 's right |
| 22 | Most conference venues fall down on the little matters of personal caring . |
| 23 | A sign up on the narrowest section of the Aonach Eagach perhaps reading ‘ WARNING ! |
| 24 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 25 | The fairies of the wallpaper smile down on the conjugal bed , which is a single , as slim as a bunk . |
| 26 | When the offer first came up we 'd had an even lower-budget series go out on a national US cable network but , apart from that critically-lauded effort , no TV experience . |