Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huge crowds built up on the Western side of the Wall as West Berliners witnessed the historic developments , some even crossing over into the East for a walk . |
| 2 | The words came out on a shaky laugh . |
| 3 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 4 | In the match at Manchester , the scorer of one of the Tottenham goals took off on a frenzied high-stepping run , knees and arms pumping like pistons — and he was going backwards . |
| 5 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 6 | Many fans missed out on the limited runs of the seven-inch versions and the 12-inch was also more suited for export . |
| 7 | Many new fans missed out on the spiky delights of their early material so Red Rhino did a mopping up exercise and put 12 songs on a mid-price album called ‘ Tommy ’ . |
| 8 | The hours burned by on the green screen , and when they finally flopped in Lucy 's living room , sipping brandy , a key turned in the lock and in came the charmingly dishevelled one and only son . |
| 9 | She was barely aware of other tourists as the sound of their feet rang out on the cobbled streets , and over the following hours Fabia was deep in everything there was to see apart from the castle and the National Gallery with its collection of old and new European art . |
| 10 | I watched the red tip of her cigarette glow ; white headlights streamed by on the other side of the motorway , as we headed north in the darkness . |
| 11 | I 've heard similar things about ‘ Talk To Your Daughter ’ , where the original demos of some tracks ended up on the final recording . |
| 12 | For that first period , Mr claims a sum of seventeen thousand eight hundred and five pounds worked out on an hourly basis . |
| 13 | Since the Greeks looked back on the Mycenaean past as a ‘ Golden Age ’ of gods and heroes , they tended to regard history as a decline from this ideal state and not as an ultimate order of reality . |
| 14 | Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief . |
| 15 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Invitations went out on a geographical basis so each night we had a good cross section of staff like roadworkers , clerical assistants or estimators . |
| 17 | The girls sat down on a large pew-looking bench in the alcove and laughed at Billy who was standing with his back to the blazing logs doing his knee bending policeman act . |
| 18 | Stay-at-home Americans missed out on the best of the world 's bull market in the 1980s . |
| 19 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 20 | Her ancestors came over on the legendary vessel . |
| 21 | Julie pointed out with devastating logic as she corrected the last of the school-books piled up on the large oak refectory table in front of her . |
| 22 | Both men were expelled ‘ for gross political mistakes in tackling social tension , especially the events of November 17 , 1989 ’ , when police clamped down on a pro-democracy demonstration . |
| 23 | But as the numbers spun round on the electronic scoreboard , it was clear this was a big one . |
| 24 | Immediately the men homed in on the dead animal with the single-mindedness of monsoon flies . |
| 25 | Other men bustled around on the wide dock area , busying themselves . |
| 26 | The large canvases include two new chequerboard compositions , with inserted panels resembling prayer mats laid out on a tiled floor , reminders of his visit to Morocco in 1991 , when he was making a film of Matisse 's work in Tangiers for Channel 4 . |
| 27 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 28 | Besiktas lost out on the Turkish title on goal difference and want the Israeli striker to boost their squad for next season 's bid for honours in Europe and at home . |
| 29 | Leeman plugged away with constant strikes and both his colleagues joined in on the 17th end when continued Brackley accuracy brought the game to a premature conclusion . |