Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 2 | All I mean by forearm rotation is that the forearm rotates slightly to the left on the backswing so that the club moves up on the correct swing plane . |
| 3 | THE flag goes up on the 1993 Eastern Centre Motorcycle Grass Track racing season on Sunday at Brazils Farm , Woodham Ferrers , near Chelmsford . |
| 4 | His father had died serving the Empire as one of the Black Riders and as the boy looks down on the great imperial road from the quiet house of his foster-parents he listens to tales of the powerful Count Jasper , Governor of the Citadel and commander of those orthodox forces . |
| 5 | ‘ Why I want to warn every mum-to-be ’ Leslie Ash speaks out on a hidden danger |
| 6 | Although new names have produced the successes , Longman falls back on the old to consolidate the same . |
| 7 | From here to the coast the hills are open , the sun pours down on the huge dry fields , the atmosphere is colourless . |
| 8 | Mansell 's Newman-Haas team-mate Mario Andretti lines up on the first row after finishing second fastest qualifier with 223.414 mph . |
| 9 | Most referees will tell you that when a new directive comes out on a particular law , referees tend to concentrate on that law , sometimes at the expense of refereeing other laws . |
| 10 | On the other side of Pottery Bridge , carrying the A639 , a sizable marine vessel sits up on the right bank . |
| 11 | COUNTRY star Daniel O'Donnell sets out on a 46-date UK tour next week … after fears that he might never perform again . |
| 12 | ‘ A good brisk walk is equivalent to a jog any time ’ ) ; that when a lightly built eight-stone person runs around on a hard surface , his/her knees suffer a momentary weight equivalent to three-quarters of a ton with each step he/she takes ; that dieting and exercises together can cause hormonal imbalances , infertility and period loss in women ; that the death rate of stressed , worried , prejudiced-against-smoking non-smokers can be three times as high as that of relaxed smokers . |
| 13 | Pop concert goes out on a bad note |
| 14 | Gargy Patel looks back on the first twelve months of the motorway completed after two decades of delay . |
| 15 | Ampullaria glides along on the muscular foot , by means of muscular waves passing along its under surface . |
| 16 | My daughter lives over on the main Oxford road . |
| 17 | Raven passes by on the other side of the street , but he do n't notice us . |
| 18 | For every 100,000 inhabitants , Belgium boasts 32 central bankers , France 31 , Germany 23 , America and Britain both 9 , while Japan gets by on a paltry 5 . |
| 19 | Even such things as the maximum angle of bank in certain configurations are specified , so once a pilot sets out on a particular flight his actions , or at least the manner in which he should fly the aeroplane , are known in precise detail . |
| 20 | Neil Jenkins switches from outside-half to centre to allow Adrian Davies to reclaim the number ten jersey and Ian Jones comes in on the right wing for only his second tour outing . |
| 21 | In some cases you will find that three times the drift on the outbound leg is too much , and the outbound heading comes out on the wrong side of the wind . |
| 22 | In this vacuum of real news , pressure builds up on the non-news programmes to fill the gap . |
| 23 | The corn earworm moth , whose hungry larvae can decimate an otherwise healthy crop , has antennae tuned to these as well as other specific frequencies , with the result that when the female flies about on a clear moonlit night , she ‘ sees ’ — through her antennae — the whole field lit up , like an array of a myriad natural light bulbs . |
| 24 | To a backdrop of deserted stands , Andrew Hudson becomes the first South African to score a hundred on his Test debut : ( below ) Curtly Ambrose mops up on the final day , bowling Meyrick Pringle . |
| 25 | She likes to see the fastening , which means that for convenience , the shoe ends up on the wrong foot . |
| 26 | The family gets by on a hundred and sixty pounds a week from social security and family allowance payments . |