Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other girl made no attempt to hide her disgust as she turned back to the books lying before her on the table , and Rory felt her spirits sink still further as she headed for the door . |
| 2 | Three or four cars wheezed past us on the dusty road . |
| 3 | So he passed over and the trumpets sounded for him on the other side . ’ |
| 4 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |
| 5 | Governments would not be swayed , nor would ministers tremble , on receipt of elegantly crafted and crisply sarcastic Notes written by him on the antique encryption machine which could be seen in a corner of the office , slowly rusting away in the hot , salt air . |
| 6 | He had already acquired some ex-episcopal lands back in 1647–8 , in settlement of earlier debts owing to him on the public faith . |
| 7 | A female courts one or more males and then goes round laying eggs in nests prepared by them on the ground . |
| 8 | At some unconscious level that was exactly what she had expected six months earlier — to step off the plane and see the man of her dreams waiting for her on the tarmac . |
| 9 | You can not rely on the right questions coming to you on the spur of the moment . |
| 10 | If things go against me on the ninth , then I go somewhere serious . " |
| 11 | But ultimately the test is whether the buyer could fairly and reasonably refuse to accept the physical goods proffered to him on the ground that their failure to correspond with what was said about them makes them goods of a different kind from those he had agreed to buy . |
| 12 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 13 | One detects a certain apathy towards the whole business of synodical government , and parishes find it difficult to fill the vacancies allotted to them on the Deanery Synods . |
| 14 | Sir Anthony concludes : ‘ A regulatory agency — which is what the Department were , at the time , in relation to the protection of investors — ought , to my mind , by definition adopt a rigorous and enquiring approach as regards material coming into its possession concerning an undertaking about which suspicions have been aroused , and also as regards representations made to it on the part of the undertaking in question . |
| 15 | Her visit produced a flowering of names associated with her on the little island , like Queen Mary 's Bower and Tree , and stories grew up that the five-year-old child began to learn Latin , Greek , Italian and other subjects there , including the art of embroidery for which she was later famous , while taking time off for gardening . |
| 16 | The theory would appear to be borne out by his subsequent record : only one further final appearance , at Los Angeles , and eight losses to players ranked below him on the computer . |
| 17 | It was of no consequence ; Garland knew every step of the way and Mitch trotted ahead , pursuing an erratic course as he nosed out the rich odours brought to him on the moist air . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) This Firm can pay the disbursements , as they arise , on the basis that the interest charges incurred by us on the expenditure on your behalf would be your responsibility , to be paid out of your damages before payment to you . |
| 19 | The receipts received by us on the consultation document about the directive show that the Contract Cleaning and Maintenance Association claims that some 40 per cent . |
| 20 | Why were some men waiting for her on the night she died ? |
| 21 | ‘ Let me explain to all of you why this case is so different , ’ Tanner continued , hunching his huge shoulders , his big hands spread before him on the table . |
| 22 | Morton , eyes narrowed , hands clasped before him on the desk , seemed decisive , intelligent . |
| 23 | I had four cameras lying around me on the seabed , all set at different distances . ’ |
| 24 | Occasionally she half hoped to see him again , she would find herself watching faces rising towards her on the escalator of the Tube and wonder what she would feel if one of those faces were suddenly to be his . |
| 25 | Their contention was that the constable must have a specific fear in mind ; ‘ he must be able to say which pit , which miners and when , ’ and that it must have been clear from the words and deeds of the appellants themselves ( and the others associated with them on the spot ) that a breach of the peace would ensue . |