Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] on [art] [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 | Write all your metaphors and similes down on a separate sheet of paper . |
| 3 | The original exchange brought traders together on a single floor . |
| 4 | At Lyness , the Thorsvoe noses in on the low tide . |
| 5 | THE angle between Saturn and Pluto on March 20 and October 9 homes in on the financial sector of your chart . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You can never be too early starting your kids off on the right foot — in fact , it 's essential |
| 9 | She loped over to the rocks and squatted , eyes still on the empty sky , fingers tugging at the lines like every day . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's just the things you poke your hairs up on a sharp stick |
| 12 | The flat , as yet unsought , no more than a vague possibility among others , would assume dimensions , location , a horribly plausible reality in which he found himself arranging his pictures carefully on a non-existent wall , thinking over the disposal of his household goods , the exact location of his stereo system . |
| 13 | There was the hum of cars up on the main road . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Parks ' eyes now on a fourth title |
| 17 | Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman . |
| 18 | Four or five months ago on a gentle Autumn evening I climbed some steep stairs in a converted house in Holland Park to call upon my then closest friend and ally , the Robert whom my agent mentioned so cunningly and cruelly in his self-exposing telephone conversation this morning . |
| 19 | Two months ago on an innocent April afternoon , yet already she had lived through a lifetime of sorrow . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The cautions referred to had been given and he had been questioned months earlier on the first charges . |
| 22 | After-care sessions initially on a weekly basis but later less frequently , are recommended for up to two years . |
| 23 | TWO CCG staff were put through their paces recently on a testing weekend with the 52nd Lowland Volunteers of the Territorial Army . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Dreaming the hours away on the lovely sands , one can imagine anything about Sandwood Bay . |
| 27 | and there 's not any reason why once your in you canne put another couple of lines in , and you can even put a couple of lines in on a different number if you want |
| 28 | He keeps his feet henceforth on the blessed path of humility . ’ |
| 29 | How long it will remain confidential is a matter for debate , but the US government intends to control the technology 's export strictly , issuing licences only on a case-by-case basis and then only to ‘ US companies seeking to use these devices to secure their own communications abroad ’ . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |