Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Walker 's mouth quivered on a tearful smile . |
| 2 | Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse . |
| 3 | If recognition proceeded on a word-by-word basis we would know the beginning and end points of each word , and recognition could indeed take place entirely within the lexicon as these earlier models seem to assume . |
| 4 | On the other side , faithful to the spirit of the UDC 's liberal internationalism , Labour insisted on an early return to unrestricted free trade . |
| 5 | The hammer fell on an empty chamber . |
| 6 | At the end of a shaft of light streaming down an alley which led to the river , a scorpion dozed on a broken brick , though at Huy 's approach the little brown statue bristled , pincers and sting instantly alert . |
| 7 | In particular , I studied for some while a figure chalked on a great blackboard which stood close to the bench bearing the sheeted body . |
| 8 | The association ran on a tight budget funded from various sources . |
| 9 | The flat figure stood on a small base as if ready to be moved round a board like a chessman . |
| 10 | Erm and so it was sort of going to the corner shop and buying what they could , er when they had the money , and sometimes they would borrow money from somebody whose benefit came on a different day . |
| 11 | The crash happened on an acute bend at Hallikeld Corner on the A684 road to Osmotherley . |
| 12 | By morning everything had changed : the sky was still clear , but the sun shone on a new landscape . |
| 13 | AN emergency aid programme was promised for flood-devastated North Wales yesterday as the sun shone on a massive mopping-up operation . |
| 14 | Work started on a new base close to our rented unit in Watford . |
| 15 | Soon after completion of the network of lines around Stratford , work started on a massive locomotive plant . |
| 16 | In the spring of 1940 government work started on a large scale , but until then many skilled men became redundant and were transferred to private firms . |
| 17 | First top Celomer management went on a two-weekend course . |
| 18 | Wealth went on a circular tour , and royal taxation was either wasted or enriched a class of profiteers , either the war captains or the purveyors who operated between the Exchequer and the army . |
| 19 | The plaintiff child slipped on a snow-covered step at a school . |
| 20 | It may be inferred from what the judge said on a later occasion that counsel indicated that the Crown was prepared to accept a plea of guilty to manslaughter and the judge did not dissent from that course . |
| 21 | Later , the prince and princess stood on a windswept hillside overlooking the border area with communist North Korea , as war veteran Sam Mercer described a battle fought there between Chinese troops and members of the Gloucestershire Regiment in April 1951 . |
| 22 | As the sun set on a great day , they all made their way home , awaiting the next challenge , so if anybody out there fancies their chances , just ring the Sheffield Pest Control branch . |
| 23 | ‘ I shall be with His Grace anon , ’ the prince replied on a small note of displeasure , before again turning to Joan . |
| 24 | Suddenly his foot turned on a sharp stone and he almost fell . |
| 25 | Such colonization occurred on a large scale mainly in western Siberia , in areas nearest to the peasants ' departure point , and in regions largely pacified by the troops by the mid seventeenth century . |
| 26 | The end of phase one of Kylie Minogue 's unstoppable rise to world fame came on a sunny afternoon in June 1988 . |
| 27 | The conference began on a rainy morning during the last week of March 1923 in the somewhat unlikely setting of the drawing room — a venue chosen to accommodate the ‘ off the record ’ nature of many of the attendances . |
| 28 | The Waste lay on a high part of the forest so that when they reached it the sun , which had already sunk from sight in the valleys , was still poised above the dark low edge of the distant forest . |
| 29 | ‘ my eye fell on a little hymn which my sister had copied ; it was that beautiful one : ‘ There 's a home for little children Above the bright blue sky … |
| 30 | The US-led group insisted on a specific policy commitment to cut internal support for agriculture , to reduce barriers to farm imports and to phase out extra subsidies . |