Example sentences of "[noun] on a [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accused drew by cheque card on a bank balance which had insufficient funds to meet the sum . |
| 2 | ‘ FW de Klerk and the National Party went to the electorate on an apartheid platform which was very clearly and consistently stated … |
| 3 | No , but when you switch on the telly on a Saturday afternoon there 's football , football , football ! |
| 4 | She sat very upright and looked down at her green lap and the bronze toes of her boots , and the brown silk handbag on a gilt chain which contained a handkerchief , a phial of sal volatile and some of Aunt Emily 's calling cards in a mother of pearl case , since she had none of her own . |
| 5 | How can the Prime Minister possibly justify spending £23,000 million in capital and maintenance on a missile system which does not work properly , which does not deter , which is not independent and against whom there is now no one to target it ? |
| 6 | England will face the world champions in the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit on a grass surface which will be laid over artificial turf . |
| 7 | Having decided on the hotel the customer is then able to fill in the requirement on a booking page which is then transmitted to the hotel . |
| 8 | Eva herself was a good cook and often made cakes on a Saturday morning which " she presented with pride and joy " . |
| 9 | Like if I worked at home on Saturday night , and I worked at home on a Sunday lunch-time it would be really , really busy all the time , and like there 's four areas to cover in and there 's only two areas and I think its too |
| 10 | Seventy five percent of solving the problem because the big problem for capacity was the in-bound on a Saturday morning which , of course , will be solved now |
| 11 | British Rail is to install modern electric power lines on a railway line which it described as ‘ totally unsuitable ’ for modernisation two years ago . |
| 12 | Ray , and an Alliance team which included geologist Dave Casey , joined forces with a GIA team on a field trip which took samples from 18 volcanoes . |
| 13 | She said , " Philip , I know that if you had taken on this job on a business basis you would have had to charge hundreds . |
| 14 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 15 | As part of the economic reform programme , agreement was reached with the IMF on a stabilization fund which could reach $2,000 million , on the rescheduling of Bulgarian debt repayments to Western countries , and on a $250 million loan from the World Bank . |
| 16 | good hour , let's all sit round listening to bloody band on a Sunday night it 's only to , Lancaster to go in bar for twenty five pound , there were five |
| 17 | The superiority of this latter group on a test task which involved choice between A and B could well depend on their having learned different labels ( and on the control group having learned the same label ) for these stimuli . |
| 18 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
| 19 | On me , it looked like the fairy on a Christmas tree which has shed all its needles . |
| 20 | How to comment on a proposal : When you make observations on a planning application you should only comment on planning grounds . |
| 21 | Is not it madness to be spending billions of pounds on a missile system which does not deter and may not work — and when we have no one at whom to point it ? |
| 22 | From 1881 the helmet-plate centre featured the arms of the City of Guildford , the county town , in white metal on a brass shield which was encircled by a band inscribed : EAST SURREY . |
| 23 | THERE would be no better way for Manchester United to stamp their authority on a Championship race which swung their way at the weekend than to beat arch-rivals Manchester City in their 116th Football League derby at what will be a pulsating Old Trafford tonight . |
| 24 | For failing to report you 'll be fined twenty pounds and your licence will be endorsed and for failing afford precedence on the pedestrian on a zebra crossing you 'll be fined ten pounds . |
| 25 | You see the , the elderly people on a Sunday morning who go in there and there 's some , some rather |
| 26 | C. If you ask the people on a housing estate what they do for a living — what their occupations are — you probably will get answers like those in the drawing . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd say he was a transit airline passenger on a refuelling stop who got off his aeroplane , changed into a pair of overalls in the toilet , drove off with a van-load of baggage , took what he wanted and was back on his plane well within the time his flight was called , to continue his journey without even going through customs . |
| 28 | For this reason , you will not find an audio dub button on an 8mm machine which has hi-fi FM sound . |
| 29 | i A coach tour operator has been fined £800 for allowing smoking on a coach tour which had been advertised as a smoke-free holiday . |
| 30 | That was Phillis Harley 's verdict on an aerobics marathon which raised funds for children 's homes in Aberdeen . |