Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution . |
| 2 | The decision centred mainly on the particular circumstances leading to the relationship between the bank and the debtor . |
| 3 | A car swished by on the main road . |
| 4 | The two of them looked at it , as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum . |
| 5 | His mind touched briefly on the two defaulters who were awaiting their fate in the basement cells . |
| 6 | The pregnant housewife was found stabbed and battered after going missing when her car broke down on the M-50 motorway . |
| 7 | The body of the pregnant housewife was found near the M-50 motorway after her car broke down on the hard shoulder . |
| 8 | The pound fell heavily on the foreign exchanges to close down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six . |
| 9 | Perhaps more importantly the Merseyside Crime Survey ( MCS ) showed clearly that the impact of crime fell disproportionately on the elderly and the poor : |
| 10 | We finally gave up , agreeing that it was perhaps an old Dutch ritual performed always on the last night of a holiday . |
| 11 | The liability to repay the deposit at the end of the term remained throughout on the original landlord and was an obligation to repay to the original tenant . |
| 12 | A car flashed by on the other side of the road . |
| 13 | The click of the misfire , as the hammer snapped home on the dud cartridge , was all the warning Angel One needed . |
| 14 | We then suggested that people create small groups in which individual responses could be gathered together and discussed before the chosen spokesperson reported back on the collective view . |
| 15 | The bicycle basket sagged heavily on the front mudguard . |
| 16 | Outside , the sun beat down on the red baked earth of Provence , but the summer salon was cool . |
| 17 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 18 | The sun shone down on the grassy slopes , accentuating petal colour : blue of germander speed well , pink of camp ion , mauve of tufted vetch and white of stitchwort . |
| 19 | THE SEPTEMBER sun shone brightly on the uniformed gathering . |
| 20 | Now , on a bright September morning , the sun shone warmly on the terrible little group that crossed the prison yard . |
| 21 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 22 | Yesterday , as the sun broke through on the peaceful setting of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh they and others who fought with the International Brigades against General Franco and made the ultimate sacrifice , were remembered . |
| 23 | The accolade focused specifically on the ceramic dome tweeter that Wharfedale have developed and which is now , incidentally , fitted to the ‘ C ’ version of the Harewood model . |
| 24 | Then as her gaze focused unconsciously on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , she found herself remembering what Silvia had said : ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you ’ . |
| 25 | The room was depressing : the single window looked out on the narrow street ; there were net curtains as well as heavy , red velvet drapes drawn half-way across . |
| 26 | Her erratic gaze paused briefly on the broken nail she was picking with her other hand . |
| 27 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 28 | The autumn sun glinted softly on the pastel-coloured vehicles , most of which Mr Frizzell expected to sell before winter paralysed the second-hand car business for four months . |
| 29 | Training in financial management depended heavily on the Advisory Services expertise . |
| 30 | Rain pattered gently on the unlined metal above , and he hoped it drowned his panting breath . |