Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linda asked her on a sudden impulse . |
| 2 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Connie parked herself on a white divan and poured out some black steaming liquid . |
| 7 | Haile Selassie seated himself on a crimson throne , and shortly afterwards the Empress took her place on a smaller throne . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Already involved with her longstanding boyfriend Neil Turley , Jenny declined his advances , but undaunted , fearless Frank phoned her on a regular basis and left messages with her unsuspecting boyfriend , a West Ham fan who was flattered that the team 's top scorer was training so late at night . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | John Barker based his on a discarded first joint of a fishing rod , stripping off the cork handle and ferrules for the main tube , and trying both wooden dowels and glass fibre for the sail spars . |
| 12 | Sandys went off to Washington at the end of January to update himself on the latest US operational thinking and advances in weapon technology . |
| 13 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 14 | But Gareth Williams beat him on the second . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Well I think Mr represented you on a previous occasion , that 's why I 'm asking you now . |
| 17 | There is a ‘ barrier ’ between the attractive and the unattractive — between , as Graham puts it on a later occasion , the ‘ beggars ’ and ‘ choosers ’ of the sexual life . |
| 18 | Annabel tried to persuade Stephen to join her on a bright-blue canvas swing seat with Charlie . |
| 19 | As preparation for his new appointment the BDA sponsored him on a two-year course at Bulmershe College , now Reading University , for a certificate in youth and community work , which he duly obtained . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So obviously you just write down that Rita did it on the 10th . |
| 22 | However , while searching the many rooms for signs of the species Homo Sapiens , Daisy caught herself on a mystic spinning wheel and fell into a sleep so deep it would surely last for a hundred years ( zzzzzzzz ! — Ed ) . |
| 23 | Mr Carman went on : ‘ Is it right Mr Mellor visited you on a social basis in the daytime without his wife ? ’ |
| 24 | Tippy placed hers on the old bureau . |
| 25 | On March 1 , 1991 , Bolger personally telephoned US President Bush to congratulate him on the allied victory . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Marcus keep you on a short leash , does he ? |
| 28 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 29 | Alina perched herself on the far end of the three-seater . |
| 30 | As Christine takes us on a final tour of the house she and Doc D share in a village ten miles out of Norwich , I venture the question that must be on every SHE reader 's lips . |