Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Kenneth Baker appears on the big screen , also lamenting the loss of Chris Patten , the revellers chatter among themselves : ‘ Now I do n't like him . ’ |
| 2 | But in terms of luxury , elegance and sophistication , the Land Cruise was ( and is ) poles apart from the Venice Simplon Orient Express unleashed on an unsuspecting world in May 1982 . |
| 3 | The Moebius Strip stands on the southern bank of the Grand Canal about a kilometre along from the Baratha Arcade , between the Church of the Directed Panspermia and a crustacean restaurant . |
| 4 | Sarah Bamfield seized on a loose ball and swung the ball across the D for Lucy Youngs to poke home at the far post . |
| 5 | D. F. Sherry and B. G. Galef experimented on the black-backed chickadees ( Parus atricapillus ) of Canada ( these are close relatives of the British tits in which the spread of the habit was recorded ) . |
| 6 | Richard Barnett reports on a remarkable comeback . |
| 7 | The probable trigger for the induction of LTP is the entry of Ca 2+ through NMDA channels located on the postsynaptic cell . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh dear , oh dear , ’ Miss Williams said on an indrawn breath . |
| 9 | LYNETTE L'HOMME One month after working for the company as a temp , Lynette L'Homme joined on a permanent basis in June and is now employed as a Purchasing Ledger Clarkess . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , in 1274 at the Council of Lyons , Gregory X imposed on the English clergy , for the next six years , a tenth based on a new assessment . |
| 11 | TV 's Ken Barlow climbed on a huge chair to chat to 7ft 3ins Rob Bruintjes ( left ) and Britain 's tallest man , 7ft 6ins Chris Greener . |
| 12 | Football : ‘ Jacki ’ is proving to be a video nicety : Celtic 's Polish import sounds the alarm bells for England as that crucial World Cup encounter in Chorzow beckons : David Livingstone reports on the Scottish liberation of a footballer who has enlivened the Parkhead terraces |
| 13 | United seek values of a visionary : Ken Jones reflects on a tarnished ideal as Old Trafford struggles for a new sense of stability |
| 14 | The neo-Romantic poet and painter David Jones drew on an eclectic range of writing styles to create a whole series of semi-private painted inscriptions . |
| 15 | But Falkirk fought back , and were rewarded with four minutes to go , when Neil Duffy pounced on a loose ball in the box to beat John Martin and rescue a point . |
| 16 | But Falkirk fought back , and were rewarded with four minutes to go , when Neil Duffy pounced on a loose ball in the box to beat John Martin and rescue a point . |
| 17 | Of the scientists Margaret Sharman did research in the Department of Zoology at Oxford , Monica Shorten worked on rat control in the Bureau of Animal Population and Jean Stanier worked on a nutritional survey at the National Institute for Research in Dairying at Reading . |
| 18 | Our quest for the Drus traverse began on the well-worn path from the station , our objective for the day the Charoupa refuge , magnificently situated at the top of the Charoupa rognon , in the awesome , rocky cwm below the south faces of the Drus and Aiguille Verte . |
| 19 | Colonel Smith had been the thief , with Trent 's habit of loyalty as the accomplice ; the Latinos were merely the instruments , Trent thought as he looked across at the thick shape of Pedro Gomez seated on the windward side of the cockpit . |
| 20 | There may even be an emblematic quality in the image which Fowles records as the inspiration for The French Lieutenant 's Woman ; of Sarah Woodruff poised on an extreme , southerly edge of England , staring across the Channel towards an imaginary lover . |
| 21 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 22 | Karita Mattila started on the flat side , but eventually developed the right glow and intensity . |
| 23 | Lucian Freud embarking on a mammoth artistic task which occupied several months of early morning work . |
| 24 | By February only forty-three of the 394 schools in Samara guberniia remained on the official food supply list . |
| 25 | Rodney Powell scored on the then 12-year-old last May , and later sold him to Davidson , primarily to ride in this year 's Olympic Games . |
| 26 | Air Battle of the Ruhr ( Airlife , 220pp , illus , hbk , £16.95 ) by Alan Cooper concentrates on the major offensive against German industry in the Ruhr . |
| 27 | His winner against Portsmouth was clinically-executed , an angled shot from twelve yards after substitute Mick Quinn flicked on a long ball from Ray Ranson . |
| 28 | Snooker : The young Thai breaking new ground : JANICE HALE reports on the rapid rise of James Wattana , Asia 's snooker ‘ natural ’ |
| 29 | Alan Hutchison reports on the behind-the-scenes organisation for yesterday 's visit to Edinburgh by Prince Charles . |
| 30 | At the time Ruth Guilding reported on the sudden cancellation of this educational occasion in the London Evening Standard ( 14.3.1991 ) . |