Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 2 | Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads . |
| 3 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 4 | Your very welcome Letters of the 20th of Aug. and 14th of Septr. reached us on the 23rd and 25th of Jan : they were a joyful relief to us all and were the most acceptable to me since for the first time you acknowledge I have been tried and not found wanting : believe me it will always be my highest gratification to merit the good opinions of every one but of none more than yourself : and the more confidence you repose in me the more strenuous will be my efforts to prove myself worthy of it . |
| 5 | ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard . |
| 6 | He [ Chang ] said that the fact Korea found itself on the other side of that line as defined in Acheson 's address , combined with the House action yesterday , appeared to raise the serious question as to whether the United States might now be considered as having abandoned Korea . |
| 7 | Sandys went off to Washington at the end of January to update himself on the latest US operational thinking and advances in weapon technology . |
| 8 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 9 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 10 | She prised Burton out of digs in Streatham to install him on the top floor of her house in Pelham Crescent — just a few doors down from Emlyn Williams . |
| 11 | As the last of the militiamen were swallowed up by the forest a great roar of delight rose from the gipsies and they crowded around Noah to congratulate him on the unexpected victory he had scored over the Burford magistrate . |
| 12 | So obviously you just write down that Rita did it on the 10th . |
| 13 | Tippy placed hers on the old bureau . |
| 14 | On March 1 , 1991 , Bolger personally telephoned US President Bush to congratulate him on the allied victory . |
| 15 | Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day . |
| 16 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 17 | Alina perched herself on the far end of the three-seater . |
| 18 | Regrettably , Mr Biffen wore his on the brief journey from his seaside hotel to the beach . |
| 19 | However , it was not sent out for review until mid-September , Jones receiving it on the 20th . |
| 20 | The weather was fine this morning and after a full English breakfast , Kenneth accompanied me on the leisurely stroll to the theatre . |
| 21 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
| 22 | The construction company , John Mowlem , Hants to build it on the central pier dividing the Royal Albert dock and the King George V dock . |
| 23 | Cos Paul put it on the next day . |