Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [art] rocks " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were shown the place ; there was dried blood on the rocks and sand . |
| 2 | You can step across the fording on the rocks . ’ |
| 3 | The Last Honeymoon centres around a marriage on the rocks , and its charac ters are more than mere stereotypes . |
| 4 | Duane Jackson ( Jeff Bridges ) has survived rocky adolescence and service in Korea to earn big money in the 70s boom , but as Anarene prepares for centennial celebrations , with a replica of ‘ Old Texasville ’ in the town square , he 's saddled with debts of $12 million , a marriage on the rocks and a tearaway elder son with a liking for older women . |
| 5 | Martin and Sinatra did Marriage on the Rocks ( 1965 ) , and the following year Dino and Joey Bishop were in the spoof western Texas Across the River ( 1966 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Was our marriage on the rocks ? |
| 7 | He was concentrating on maintaining his grip and keeping his mind closed to the pressing images of his fate on the rocks below . |
| 8 | The wind was blowing up the hill so I was able to ignore the thick cover on the left of the track and concentrate all my attention on the rocks to my right . |
| 9 | On top of the general fall in the value of property pledged for various loans , and used to inflate share values , the Thames estuary land deal has put the group on the rocks . |
| 10 | She could hear the sea pounding on the rocks far below . |
| 11 | wearing a crash helmet and erm a buoyancy jacket , cos if you fell in you could hit your head on the rocks . |
| 12 | The 500ft Demetrius was driven ashore and broke its back on the rocks in a Force 11 gale as it was being towed to port the week before Christmas . |
| 13 | He had taken her innocence and beguiled it , filled her childish head with enthusiasm for his own mad fantasies , and left her depleted , a high-minded virgin on the rocks of her own barren dreams . |
| 14 | ACTRESS Minnie Driver , who tonight stars with Bill Paterson and Sinead Cusack in Channel 4 's premiere of the film God On The Rocks , has flown off to see in 1993 in New York . |
| 15 | Already the night air was laying hoar-frost on the rocks , and a gleam of thin ice was sparkling on the surfaces of the flatter stones . |
| 16 | The Ladies of Scotland 's cookies , followed by meat loaf , succeeded by the Lady Queen Bees ' angel cake buried under cheese dips and rye on the rocks at the party , would daunt the strongest stomach . |
| 17 | ‘ I was about to become hamburger on the rocks ’ , he admits . |
| 18 | He was working at present on the rocks at the north-west point , which were only accessible at low tide , or from a boat . |
| 19 | The sound of his parents ' calls were muffled and then grew distant and all he could hear was the rough footfall of the man on the rocks and scree and the sound of his breathing … |
| 20 | River police and firemen were called to the scene after being alerted by a passing cyclist and found the unnamed man on the rocks . |
| 21 | But there was no mussel harvest on the rocks |
| 22 | This was the explanation of the beast Allen had found dying at the forest edge , its leg broken from a slip on the rocks . |
| 23 | Even in the last few feet , the small stream has life in it — minnows , tadpoles , water bugs and green moss on the rocks . |
| 24 | Which MP is the author of The Smile On The Face Of The Tiger , Scotch On The Rocks , Palace of Enchantments , Vote To Kill , and The Truth Game ? |
| 25 | The man with her demanded a double Scotch on the rocks and Emil told him that alcohol was available only after departure . |
| 26 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |
| 27 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
| 28 | Scotch on the Rocks |
| 29 | Scotch on the rocks : Chris Greig is ‘ prepared to face reality now ’ and cut bulk export prices |
| 30 | Down in Captain Shotover 's nautical Sussex retreat , civilisation is seen as a ship on the rocks . |