Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] [num ord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He introduced Whitlock and Sabrina to Bailey who then sat down on the second black leather sofa and took a cigar from his pocket . |
| 2 | Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf . |
| 3 | SERB forces were last night closing in on the last Muslim-held stronghold in eastern Bosnia , battling at close range with defenders of Gorazde . |
| 4 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 5 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
| 6 | We all took off on the last hundred yards ' dash and I was mildly surprised to find that the first man past the post was myself — and I was n't really out of breath . |
| 7 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 8 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 9 | Meanwhile , England women also finished their team event with a splendid 3–0 win against Hungary and finished in fifth position , four places up on the last European Championships in Gothenburg . |
| 10 | I proceeded to catch up on the last ten years of what everyone had been doing . |
| 11 | Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking . |
| 12 | Gargy Patel looks back on the first twelve months of the motorway completed after two decades of delay . |
| 13 | He looked back on the last ten days , reflecting on the events which had brought him to where he now was . |