Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Night after night I sat on the sofa looking out to sea , the way Francis had . |
| 2 | This was very lucky and one of the two strokes of luck we had on the whole job . |
| 3 | But to work out how successful a campaign has been , the retailer needs to balance the profit made against the amount of money he spent on the campaign . |
| 4 | IN the last issue of Welcome we reported on the effects of the Braer oil-spill at Jarlshof in Shetland . |
| 5 | His best effort was a second to Chief Celt at Towcester , when he was not fully wound up but he went great guns for Steve Smith-Eccles in a fast bit of work I watched on the Line gallop on Waterhall on Wednesday morning . |
| 6 | Saying that ‘ the Pilgrim Fathers will always hold a unique place among the venerated saints of mankind ’ may be going too far , but their plain approach to life , the simple statement of belief they made on the voyage in the Mayflower Compact , and their peaceful settlements and good relations with the Indians among whom they settled were certainly in sharp contrast to what happened in most colonies . |
| 7 | That 's the type of sergeant you got on the job — Creepers . |
| 8 | He experimented unsuccessfully with the ammonia-soda process ( later perfected by others ) , but for mass production of alkali he relied on the proven method invented by N. Leblanc , which generated quantities of hydrochloric acid . |
| 9 | Many women found it difficult to put an exact figure on the amount of time they spent on the various areas of farm work . |
| 10 | Drawing it with difficulty he pounded on the gates shouting wildly . |
| 11 | But he does practice a kind of English methodism , an immersion into character he learned on the job from Mike Leigh and Alan Clarke . |
| 12 | In part it rested on the belief that in order to restore peace and security in the Gulf , as Resolution 678 authorises member states to do , it is necessary to destroy Iraq 's capacity to wage war . |
| 13 | Now she grew herbs along the south-facing wall at the end ; and in summer she sat on the tiny lawn , smelling the yellow roses and watching the clematis creeping over the fence from next door . |
| 14 | Well I should n't say this , I , I , I d I , I , I said it I have n't s really said it to Irene but I did say it to Con we went on the Friday did n't we ? |
| 15 | At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow . |