Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] be [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tipped the rice into a pan and put it on the top on a low number and retreated to the living room where Alan was sprawled on the sofa reading the copy of a Sunday newspaper they had collected from a garage shop next to the pub . |
| 2 | The double tendering success came about because the offices of Boosey & Hawkes were located on the site of the planned new Sainsbury 's superstore in Hendon . |
| 3 | In the next experiment , the expression of ICAM-1 , HLA-A , B , C or HLA-DR was examined on the surface of TFN-α ( 10 ng/ml ) or IFN-γ ( 100 U/ml ) treated and untreated target cells . |
| 4 | The pressure to do work against 'cos they knew that Germany were working on the same lines , did n't they , the enormous pressure to get there first . |
| 5 | Although Boardwalk was drawn on the inside , Kelly hoped to get a good enough break to be able to settle third or fourth . |
| 6 | There is no evidence at all that Tom was placed on the Plant Commission to ‘ block change ’ . |
| 7 | In 1989 , historians and archaeologists using these new techniques discovered that Stamford was built on the site of an ancient geomantic earthwork representing a running bull . |
| 8 | We have heard recently that Trafford is working on the same lines , so we will have to get a move on . |
| 9 | At the end of 1978 , when he realized the danger that Khomeini was inflicting on the Shah from France , Marenches say he tried to have him expelled from the country . |
| 10 | If Belinda had been a more devious soul , she might have thought to suggest that Deana 's harping on the subject of Dr Russell spoke rather strongly of a crush on her side as well , but Belinda was n't devious , so she simply blushed even more and found on the desk in front of her a diabetic patient 's chart that suddenly needed her urgent attention . |
| 11 | There was an urgency about United 's forward line yesterday , in the knowledge that Cantona was sitting on the bench . |
| 12 | Both are worried that Keith is embarking on the long downhill road to delinquency and even the nursery staff have resorted to clichés to describe his behaviour . |
| 13 | J.C.H.R. Steenstrup pointed out that an account of a northern voyage given to King Alfred , and incorporated into his translation of Orosius ' Histories against the Pagans , mentions Witland as an area east of the Vistula ( now north-east Poland ) , and judged that Cnut was operating on the southern shores of the Baltic . |
| 14 | Louis and Madeleine were slumped on the sofa by the fireplace . |
| 15 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
| 16 | The beauty had disappeared below deck now and Fernando was leaning on the handrail waiting for her and gazing out towards the harbour buildings . |
| 17 | During the time that Ted and Jim were working on the engine , our chief researcher Bill Welbourne had been finding out a few details about the aircraft . |
| 18 | Hodai and Jenjin were sitting on the grass . |
| 19 | In general Wilson and Stewart were complimented on the political assistance they were providing in what for them was an " agonisingly difficult " situation . |
| 20 | He could see that Chopper and Frankie were sold on the idea . |
| 21 | While Leontief , Pigou and Patinkin were speculating on the effects on demand of what might have to be , in principle , quite massive price reductions , the AD-AS framework gives the impression that relatively small price changes would make a powerful impact on aggregate demand . |
| 22 | Dominic , Barnabas , Samantha and Georgina were sitting on the kerb poking sticks through the drain cover . |
| 23 | I do n't think the snake had fully wakened up when I caught it , and I was careful not to jar it as I ran back to where my brothers and Blyth were lying on the grass . |
| 24 | There was no lack of change in Aberdeen 's team , though , with McKimmie replacing Winnie and Shearer being left on the bench to accommodate the return of Booth . |
| 25 | She listened for Patrick 's cry but the only noise was from the Kenny children as they squabbled over a piece of bread , and Maggie was sitting on the bed with the baby sucking in vain at her scrawny breast . |
| 26 | Yuan and Alexei were seated on the far side of the space which lay between the tables . |
| 27 | In the tenth , eleventh and twelfth centuries the kings of France and England were anointed on the head with chrism , the specially sacred mixture of oil and balsam used in the ordination of priests and the consecration of bishops . |
| 28 | In 1469 , King Louis XI of France conferred with King Henry IV of Castile here ; in 1526 the captive King Francis I was exchanged for his two sons , who stood in for him as hostages with his great enemy , the Emperor Charles V ; in 1659 , the Peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain was negotiated on the island ; and a year later , the contract of marriage was signed which consolidated that epoch-making treaty , between Louis XIV and the Infant a ( it was while helping to decorate the Spanish pavilion for the occasion that the painter Velázquez is said to have caught his death of cold ) . |
| 29 | Lisabeth and Fenella were waiting on the pavement outside the Spring Onion when I arrived to pick them up . |
| 30 | They were to be sent to market next month and Ray was depending on the money . |