Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After some initial successes , the authorities cracked down on the protesters . |
| 2 | As I walked round the lake , a flotilla of ducks paddled furiously after me , hoping to be fed , while fieldfares fluttered about on the lawns . |
| 3 | And the words issued out on the wings of a wail . |
| 4 | As the ‘ laar ’ ( breath ) of wind is from the south east , I head slowly up the western shore , knowing that , with the ebbing tide , there will be a few seals hauled out on the rocks . |
| 5 | There must be seals — and then there they were , 18 seals hauled out on the rocks . |
| 6 | The clatter was quite effective until one of the masters stamped down on the offenders . |
| 7 | At this , her hands crashed down on the keys and she jerked forward , saying , ‘ Do n't do that , Daddy , please . ’ |
| 8 | Scientists report that 150 dead or dying dolphins washed up on the shores of Italy and Sicily since June were infected by the same morbillivirus which accounted for those killed in 1990 [ see ED no . |