Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turn to see Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare standing theatrically on the mezzanine above , barking into a mobile phone . |
| 2 | The lights of Rialto slid by on the right . |
| 3 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 4 | When Elizabeth of England died early on the morning of 24 March 1603 it had already become obvious to her entourage that James VI of Scotland was her only possible successor . |
| 5 | The amount of banknotes issued by the Bank of England depends largely on the demand for notes from the general public . |
| 6 | The Venetian author of the Italian Relation of England commented specifically on the English sense of national pride , and presumably was thinking of attitudes which he encountered generally and not merely the point of view of the more literate : ' … the English are great lovers of themselves and everything belonging to them ; they think that there are no other men than themselves , and no other world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner , they say ‘ he looks like an Englishman ’ ' ( 35 , pp.20–1 ) . |
| 7 | A large photograph of Helen looked down on the mourners . |
| 8 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 9 | Above all , his teaching about his own role in the purposes of God depends entirely on the conviction that he must fulfil the Old Testament . |
| 10 | The envelope contained a ‘ Big Mouth Strikes Again ’ label with the words AND SO SAY ALL OF US scrawled strangely on the other side . |
| 11 | I have n't read either , but I think it is smart of HarperCollins to cash in on the classic revival vogue . |
| 12 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 13 | Early in April 1848 the committee which Nicholas had set up under Menshikov reported negatively on the two most popular journals of the day , The Contemporary and Notes of the Fatherland , and recommended the creation of a new body to supervise the activity of the regime 's censors . |
| 14 | Quickest winner was former St Teresa 's amateur Andrew Jarvis , who got the better of a big-punching clash with Scunthorpe light-middle Sean Martin , with Martin counted out on the ring apron after being felled by a great left hook which landed seconds before the end of the second session . |
| 15 | The arrival of flight IB 640 from Tenerife came up on the screen . |
| 16 | The Metropole is the only hotel in Bellagio situated right on the lakeside , as well as being in the village centre , it is in fact one of the finest locations in Bellagio . |
| 17 | Systematic names-particularly in IUPAC nomenclature-rely heavily on the use of numerical prefixes to indicate the number of atoms or number of groups in a substance ( see table 4.4 ) . |
| 18 | A group from Switzerland turned up on the doorstep of Low Birk Hatt on her birthday ( they knew — they had gifts ) , a whole cheese arrived overland from New Zealand , and the rooms at the farm began to fill up . |
| 19 | It was time for News on Sunday to set off on the trail of the people and organizations who had theorized about the prospects for a popular left-wing newspaper for so long . |
| 20 | And you need n't be going just to America to cash in on the two dollar £ . |
| 21 | The cross-town route proposed by Durham County Council would link the A66 from Teesside with the A1(M) , via a new road through Darlington coming out on the A68 past Faverdale on the edge of the town . |