Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] on [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the car lived on as a classic . |
| 2 | The Australian trainer came on with a bucket of water to try to revive the apparently comatose Fulton . |
| 3 | However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw . |
| 4 | A dim light came on behind a blind in the Frankenstein mansion . |
| 5 | Then the door behind my head jerked open , the car light came on like a flashbulb , and there was a seven-foot black pimp snarling down at me with a mahogany baseball bat in his fist . |
| 6 | Gradually her technique improved , and Water Gypsy glided on through a country solitude of farms and fields . |
| 7 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 8 | New Scientist sailed on with a discussion of the Roman Catholic Church 's acceptance of science as long as science accepted miracles and where did that leave both sides . |
| 9 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 10 | The lobby opened on to a bar area where men in dark suits and ladies in cocktail dresses sipped before-dinner drinks . |
| 11 | A SMALL boy slept on as a thunderbolt wrecked his bedroom . |
| 12 | Black is the usual choice , but a stippled grey/black/green or brown/green/black dabbed on with a sponge gives an interesting effect . |
| 13 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 14 | The Infinity 's neck is made from oil-finished rock maple , with the trademarked pointy headstock grafted on via a scarf joint behind the first fret . |
| 15 | Everything cooks very slowly in a slo-cooker because the heating element is extremely gentle and costs no more to use than leaving a light bulb switched on for a day ( a few pence ) . |
| 16 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 17 | A frog climbed on to a lily leaf quickly |
| 18 | Every second door opened on to a cafe or club . |
| 19 | Quinn 's voice went on without a pause . |
| 20 | The kettle went on for a lunchtime brew-up before we tackled the group of small , uninhabited islands which lie west of Whalsay : Nacka Skerry , Nista , Mooa , Isbister Holm ( the only place in Shetland where sea-aster grows ) , East Linga and Grif Skerry . |
| 21 | As he bent his knees for a closer look , a single spot of blood from his cut hand fell on to a wing ; shocking crimson on the pale surface , spreading into a crude blotch . |
| 22 | The Governor Eyre controversy dragged on for a number of years , creating deep divisions within respectable society . |
| 23 | The stranger 's face was almost hidden by a leather cap tied on with a strip of canvas . |
| 24 | Meat Loaf came on to a volley of missiles and for one , beautiful moment , it seemed he was going to get down from the stage and beat some arsehole to death . |
| 25 | Mrs Browning had a felt hat tied on with a scarf knotted under the chin , a thick tweed suit , woollen gloves , and fleecy-lined suede boots . |
| 26 | Addison has encapsulated the result by observing accurately that ‘ for a few critical years after 1945 , the home front ran on without a war to sustain it , and Britain was reconstructed in the image of the war effort ’ . |