Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] on [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thirteen thousand feet up on the shores of Lake Titicaca . |
| 2 | ‘ The brigade actually sets the fireworks off on the ramparts of the castle , ’ fire safety officer Denis Neads said yesterday . |
| 3 | Now when you go through most of the things that you will see you can touch , but there are things up on the shelves at the sides and we put them there for special reasons , usually cos they 're very heavy or cos they might break easily . |
| 4 | Below us rows of lads have put their winklepickers up on the backs of the seats , their feet crossed at the ankles , perching like a flock of shiny blackbirds with pointed wings . |
| 5 | The dragonwoman had quite recovered her composure now , and looked levelly at Hrun as he threw the two men down on the steps before her . |
| 6 | The next day , on our arrival back at the hospital , there were bars up on the sides of Nigel 's bed . |
| 7 | Rockhoppers nearly always nest in colonies up on the tops of cliffs , sometimes 30 metres above the sea , which , on the face of it , seems a daft place for a bird which can not fly ! |