Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Triumphantly , he slapped a wodge of notes down on the polished mahogany counter , as if anxious to be rid of it , and snatching a 12 bore from the gunsmith , he strode out into the square . |
| 2 | At Lyness , the Thorsvoe noses in on the low tide . |
| 3 | THE angle between Saturn and Pluto on March 20 and October 9 homes in on the financial sector of your chart . |
| 4 | We have therefore shown in the foregoing argument that the Voigt and Reuss estimates are upper and lower bounds respectively on the overall moduli of the composite , whatever its internal geometry may be . |
| 5 | A MAN said a silent prayer of thanks yesterday on the third anniversary of his heart transplant for the anonymous donor who gave him his life . |
| 6 | You can never be too early starting your kids off on the right foot — in fact , it 's essential |
| 7 | She loped over to the rocks and squatted , eyes still on the empty sky , fingers tugging at the lines like every day . |
| 8 | Two contrasting features mark the relations between Rome and the Greek world during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. On the one hand commercial relations must have decreased because there were fewer Greek imports than in the sixth century . |
| 9 | There was the hum of cars up on the main road . |
| 10 | But they wrote and edited with their eyes also on the contemporary situation and on the future , with a determination that the people 's faith and worship should not be swamped by the religions of their Babylonian masters , and that once back in God 's Land , they should not commit the same dreadful mistakes again . |
| 11 | I saw parties feeding on the seed-heads of thrift in the middle of a gannet colony , on the seeds of rushes out on the windswept moors , and in my own garden where they quickly cleaned up the remaining rowan berries . |
| 12 | This may be explained by the fact that more hydrogen was used in a metabolism other than methanogenesis in these subjects even on the basal diet . |
| 13 | The cautions referred to had been given and he had been questioned months earlier on the first charges . |
| 14 | It has been this policy of screening tenants over the decades before the main sale of council houses was pushed through by the Government that has resulted in the buying of houses largely on the best estates , and has helped to reinforce the emergence of the ghetto in many areas of Britain . |
| 15 | The tabby a couple of houses away on the other side is a cheeky sod and was due a lesson next time I found him walking around like he owned the place . |
| 16 | Dreaming the hours away on the lovely sands , one can imagine anything about Sandwood Bay . |
| 17 | He keeps his feet henceforth on the blessed path of humility . ’ |
| 18 | Pin and tack the pleats on the right side from top of valance to bottom of stiffening , by bringing the solid lines together on the wrong side as with pinch pleats ( fig. 33 ) . |
| 19 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
| 20 | In April it called for a three-tier market , including an international equity market made up of the top 350 companies , a national market for most of the remaining companies listed on the Official List and the USM , and an enterprise market with minimum requirements for those companies not on the Official List , the intention being that those companies in the enterprise market should comprise higher risk operations . |
| 21 | The alley 's dead end glowed red in the wash of its brake lights , long shadows being thrown by the garbage hoppers over on the far side , and the sound of the cab 's turning engine had a hard edge in the chill night air . |
| 22 | It was n't until I heard Dennis say , ‘ I 'll just fetch up another bottle of the Hunter Valley ’ that it was borne in on me that the woman who was frenching me and bringing herself off on my belt buckle was none other than Karen Parsons , the wife of Dennis Parsons , who was currently six feet away on the other side of the dining-room door and closing rapidly . |
| 23 | Once it had been on the top deck of a multistorey car park in town , with shoppers passing only a few feet away on the other side of a layer of tinted glass , and she 'd felt like a tight-fitting skin over a multiple explosion that was sounding off again and again and again . |
| 24 | Larsen saw that the skylight through which they had entered was situated at its midpoint , its twin a few feet away on the opposite slope of the roof . |
| 25 | Miranda , in black linen shorts and halter top , lay with her feet up on the terracotta-coloured sofa , enjoying her idleness . |
| 26 | Kenneth sighed with pretended regret , putting his feet up on the low wall of the terrace and rocking his seat back on its rear legs as he shaded his eyes with one hand . |
| 27 | I sat alone in a compartment , coming to terms with the fact that I was free at last and if I wanted to put my feet up on the opposite seat or take off my tie , no one in uniform had the right to bustle in and call me Airwoman in that well-known disapproving voice . |
| 28 | And Vasilissa stuck her feet out on the other side . |
| 29 | You could set your back against the roughened old trunk , plant your feet securely on the wide bough and gaze out undisturbed over the great surges of greenery . |
| 30 | She looked up , towards the man who was striding purposefully away from her , and scuffed her expensive evening shoes moodily on the gravelled path . |