Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.

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1 In the records of the first Protectorate Parliament of 1654 Erle appears only on the committee of privileges , presumably because he refused to sign the Recognition , and he was not re-elected in 1656 , although approved at a preliminary gentry meeting .
2 Away across the canal , brave little Anabelle sat down on the footpath under the great beast 's nose .
3 Perhaps the last three Sonatas verge more on the side of a string quintet , after all they were roughly contemporaneous with the great C major String Quintet ?
4 Ten Trekkies got down on the floor to play this , some still wearing Federation anoraks , which seemed to be cheating somewhat .
5 Each DRB reported separately on the results of its own survey and feedback from the core Group questions was collated centrally by Human Resources .
6 Blond , Danish-faced Mary sat solemnly on the chancel steps with a Joseph smaller than herself in a striped towelling bathrobe and a towel tied to his head with plaited wool .
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