Example sentences of "[adv prt] on a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The spider came down on a thread in front of me while I was driving . |
| 2 | ‘ You have an inoperable cancer of the right lung , ’ said the great man , and he pointed to a large X-ray photograph blown up on a screen in front of us . |
| 3 | The pot was taller than a man , and a prisoner had to climb up on a table in order to extract a sample with a huge ladle . |
| 4 | The hay had been brought up on a wain in front of which two of the farm horses stood , blowing plumes of steamy breath . |
| 5 | He spread the map out on a stone in front of him . |
| 6 | Les Dennis has been presenting ITV 's top game show for seven years and was just 14 years old when he started out on a career in showbusiness . |
| 7 | Les Dennis has been presenting ITV 's top game show for seven years and was just 14 years old when he started out on a career in show business . |
| 8 | It always seems odd , looking back on a turning-point in life , that bells did not ring and warning hooters go . |