Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass . |
| 2 | She 's blond , Sloaney , utterly vacuous and gossips on the phone . |
| 3 | Worrying about people 's comments instead of keeping calm and concentrating on the flying and on getting down safely is often the root cause of a bad landing . |
| 4 | A vicar has now joined the ranks of the unemployed and signed on the dole . |
| 5 | This castle , built c. 1130 , is of stone and is about 125 feet high and based on a plan 70 feet square . |
| 6 | After all , it is about the conservation of the old and founded on a suspicion of the new . |
| 7 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 8 | As the waves crashed round the hilltops the wizards ' palaces broke free and floated on the surface of the waves . |
| 9 | He focused again on the patterns made by damp and mould on a patch of distempered mortar level with his eyes — a piece of coastline seen from a hill , headlands enclosing a bay with a wide curve . |
| 10 | Turning away from the commscreen , she saw Ari sitting hunched and troubled on the bed . |
| 11 | It specialised in producing the fusillage for A272 Coachliners , which were then transported to another of the corporation 's branches for assembling , and smaller ten-seater aircraft which were built , assembled and tested on the site . |
| 12 | Never mind , as long as you 're careful and tread on the drugget . ’ |
| 13 | The shackles , the whip and the hoe , these emblems of slavery , lie broken and scattered on the ground ; while the plough , the sickle and the flail , emblematical of improved and free labour are conspicuously displayed . |
| 14 | John Tavener 's cello work The Protecting Veil is hymn-like and bordering on the minimalist . |
| 15 | Joe could n't be sure without checking , but he thought that the street was somewhere outside of Soho proper and bordering on the fringe of Chinatown . |
| 16 | Dot sat rigid and shivering on the wicker armchair in the conservatory . |
| 17 | And he put his hand out to her , warm and loving on the counterpane between them . |
| 18 | A tender aquatic of great beauty , usually grown as an annual and placed on the pool when all danger of frost has gone . |
| 19 | The first person goes round the outside and pats on the head those sitting saying ‘ duck ’ each time . |
| 20 | The procedure is simple and based on the wording of each contract adopting expert determination : precedents used in the various applications do not vary greatly from each other . |
| 21 | Duvall , semi-conscious and moaning on the floor . |
| 22 | ‘ And when assembly lasts too long they start getting bored and roll on the floor or play Pat-a-cake . ’ |
| 23 | In winter it grew dark and fed on the sap in trees , or the blood of animals . |
| 24 | Hot water is even more scarce and depends on the weather , or whether or not a fuse has blown . |
| 25 | The door under the stairs was as he recalled it , low and cut on a slant to fit in under the balustrade . |
| 26 | You pull the chain down really low and pee on the edge of them . |
| 27 | All the tanks in the house are unheated and rely on the room temperature — which was 74°F while we were there . |
| 28 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 29 | The gel was fixed with a mixture of water ethanol-acetic acid ( 70:20:10 ) and dried and exposed on a Phosphorimager 400A ( Molecular Dynamics ) . |
| 30 | Beyond the brief : All three are prepared , indeed eager , to go beyond what might be thought to be the narrow design brief and comment on the nature and selection of the material they are asked to make attractive and intelligible on the page . |