Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the alliance with Athens must have been renewed before the beginning of the Peloponnesian War when Thessalians fought on the Athenian side again ( Thuc. ii.22 ) . |
| 2 | For a split second he looked oddly vulnerable , but then he pushed himself up in the bed , her wary eyes lingered on the naked gold of his shoulders , and she quickly changed her mind . |
| 3 | The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood . |
| 4 | ‘ They 're under the hedge and — ’ His eyes fell on the snoring bulk of the human . |
| 5 | Simple tent-shaped straw huts stood on the spongy surface with fish-tails at their doorways and rumpled blankets inside . |
| 6 | THE wee boy 's best shoes clumped on the polished floor as his elder sister let go of his arms . |
| 7 | His shoes squeaked on the hard floor and Julia heard him walk towards the door . |
| 8 | Her shoes squeaked on the polished linoleum . |
| 9 | Their feet crunched on the brittle undergrowth , leaving sharp footprints where the early morning frost had taken hold . |
| 10 | But no response came from the darkness , and after swaying precariously back and forth for a minute or two , his feet slipped on the twisting bamboo rods and he fell to his knees . |
| 11 | Rich raw smells of tar , rotting excrement , spices and brine rose up along with the sight of ship masts , looped sails , small boats beached on the first mud of the receding tide , sailors in striped breeches and greasy caps leaning on the wooden railings , others arm in arm on their way to the taverns , piled kegs and crates , winches , the last of the horsedrawn sleds and — a gathering knot of people beyond a bonded warehouse . |
| 12 | Stock boats came on the first day , they start coming away in May . |
| 13 | The protests began on the final day ( March 5 ) with young lamas shouting slogans . |
| 14 | The revelations emerged on the first day of the World Indoor Championships in Toronto , representing the worst possible news for beleaguered international athletics officials coming hot on the heels of the repeat Ben Johnson scandal . |
| 15 | A party of gardai and customs officers swooped on the scenic seaside village of Rosscarberry at dawn today to make the seizure . |
| 16 | With due respect to the galleries it will be the counter attack which the Europeans mounted on the final afternoon which will linger in this mind the longest . |
| 17 | A few weak lights shone on the far side , and headlights on the Otter Ferry road , two miles away across the black expanse of waves , swung out briefly , like a lighthouse beam … and then dimmed and disappeared . |
| 18 | Since tables began on the current basis 22 years ago , Clerical Medical has appeared in this listing now fewer than 51 times out of 66 . |
| 19 | Our problems started on the first pitch . |
| 20 | There is still a feeling of langour about Crow Wood , lying in those fertile surroundings where cattle thrived on the rich pastureland . |
| 21 | Sea-birds froze on the packed ice on the marshes . |
| 22 | High above a trio of hawks faltered on the rising air and the only sound was the scraping of insects . |
| 23 | When the sulphonamides came on the clinical scene , he gave much attention to them . |
| 24 | Two wyverns fell on the same night and after the Emperor 's death the aerial attacks gradually subsided and the siege settled down into a protracted stalemate . |
| 25 | Many were two-storeyed and followed a custom not familiar in the classical period of Greece in that two orders appeared on the front colonnade , Doric on the ground floor and Ionic above as in the rebuilt Stoa of Attalos II of Pergamon in the agora of Athens ( 38 ) . |
| 26 | The reason the two items appeared on the same day is your Editor 's responsibility . |
| 27 | Brussels : Prices tumbled on the last day of the forward account Oslo : Caution ahead of the 1990 budget clipped 3.83 points off the index to 527.08 . |
| 28 | Now that the Khanate was secure , the only challenges lay on the other side of the Great Sea . |
| 29 | Arsenal and Blackburn , who also admire Earle , will watch any developments , while Liverpool were in touch with Wimbledon the minute the three players went on the open market . |
| 30 | Earlier , clashes with riot police had been reported when 10,000-15,000 demonstrators marched on the presidential office in Taipei on Sept. 9 to demand a plebiscite on Taiwan rejoining the UN as an independent country , on the release of dissidents and on the repeal of sedition laws . |