Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
| 2 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
| 3 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 4 | It 's very much the last attempt — not er , not for , from the point of view of negotiating or er , but , but simply a matter of fact , er we need erm we need to move , we need to have additional sources of , sources of income , that er the type of facility that we 're looking to build will give the club to put it on a firm financial footing , and at the same time to give the local people of the City and er the , the surrounding County er tremendous new facilities . |
| 5 | After the Istanbul Biennale last autumn , it is the turn of the Greek art dealers to make a bid to put themselves on the international map . |
| 6 | Should they attempt to influence the bishops , Archbishop Felici warned them on the first day of the new session , they would lose their privileges , a threat that caused considerable resentment as much among the fathers as among their advisers . |
| 7 | The department sent him on an Assertive Course . |
| 8 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 9 | Such sarcasm ill becomes anybody on the shaky ground that Goldschmidt here treads . |
| 10 | But those who choose violence set themselves on the opposing side from democracy . |
| 11 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 12 | The management prides itself on the true Italian-style home cooking served in the dining-room , and the excellent roof-top terrace affords beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples . |
| 13 | Even Hermsprong ( 1796 ) , one of the first political novels , whose eponymous hero models himself on the noble savage , confines itself to great houses or to those that emulate them , while the savage himself , in true romance tradition , turns out to be an aristocrat , and the rightful heir to his wicked uncle 's estate . |
| 14 | On his way home to Philibert Place one day , Marco wanders through an alley to waste ground where a hunchbacked boy pushing himself on a makeshift trolley is reading to his ragged companions from a newspaper — about Samavia . |
| 15 | The main street of the village faced them on the other side of the Westport road . |
| 16 | Visual images flashed on and off at fractions of a second to imprint themselves on the subconscious mind . |
| 17 | ‘ It would have been a fascinating exercise to auction it on the free market and see how much it got , though ’ , said Maître Binoche . |
| 18 | Again , Brian Harley hit a less-than-perfect drive , but his two-iron across the angle of the dogleg put him on the front edge of the green . |
| 19 | The old lady sat herself on the red plush sofa and behind her the woodwork of the grand piano gleamed in the dim light . |
| 20 | Manchester United wait on Bryan Robson 's decision on his fitness for the Rumbelows Cup Final against Nottingham Forest today , and hope to use the match to launch them on the final leg of their title procession . |
| 21 | The band run themselves on a democratic basis and have their own voting system . |
| 22 | Owen 's reaction touched him on a sore spot ; and it was made all the sorer by an angry feeling inside him that there had indeed been incompetence , Egyptian incompetence , that he , Mahmoud , was ultimately responsible for it — and that there was absolutely nothing that he could in practice do about it . |
| 23 | Firstly , although Wessel ( 1797 ) and Argand ( 1806 ) had tried to make complex numbers a little more respectable by showing how to interpret them , their addition and multiplication geometrically , there remained , possibly because of doubts concerning the intuitive use of geometrical arguments , the desire to put them on a firmer basis . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're always on the look-out for stories of good performance and good practice somewhere in the group , ’ says Jones , who writes all the copy in a job taking him on a growing number of foreign assignments . |
| 25 | Susy 's affectionate and gentle nature eased it on the one side , James 's common sense and recognition of Susy 's value to his life made it easier on his . |
| 26 | These two seemed friendly enough , but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive . |
| 27 | From Tuesday 18 September until Thursday 20 September we will be On Location in the International Designer Room to advise you on the best colours for make-up and the latest fashions and accessories to enhance your personal look . |
| 28 | But increased security accompanied her on a private visit to the Midlands yesterday for a meeting of the Motor Neurone Disease Association . |
| 29 | It was a special gift from a famous actor in California who had tried to persuade Sweetheart to join him on a luxury tour of Europe . |
| 30 | Both safely negotiated the treacherous short 15th hole and Faldo 's putter rescued him on the 18th green . |