Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their houses , no more than huts , were scattered along the sunken tracks or half hidden in woods , or else perched on the slopes of the low hills . |
| 2 | Standing together in the back yard of the ‘ Windy Ridge ’ , all four of them momentarily experienced that eerie silence that always prevailed on the banks of the River Severn at high water during the hours of darkness . |
| 3 | Answer : Mulberry Harbour — a pre-fabricated , sectional , floating harbour , designed and built in Britain and successfully assembled on the beaches of Arromanches . |
| 4 | They are the most common type and usually marked on the maps as " an dun . " |
| 5 | They are the most common type and usually marked on the maps as " an dun . " |
| 6 | German ‘ pure ’ contrapuntal keyboard music was at first always for organ , not harpsichord , and stylistically modelled on the Venetians , as may be seen in the two fantasies and two canzoni francese in Paix 's book and the various organ works of Hassler and his successor at Augsburg , Christian Erbach ( c. 1570–1635 ) . |
| 7 | Here was the scandal seen through the eyes of an old man , its central figure , but now powerless , toothless and thoughtless ; easily tired , and probably over-cautioned on the dangers of speaking in courtrooms . |
| 8 | But this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3–0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |
| 9 | A Sri Lankan total of 408 for eight , and a first-innings deficit so far of 28 , would not normally be a cause for satisfaction , but this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3-0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |