Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps . |
| 2 | What would they think if Johnny were to sit casually on a chair which , to their eyes , simply was n't there ? |
| 3 | The issues in Samson were focused commonly on the internal struggles of the individual confronted with temptation , and whether the poem achieved a tragic dimension or not . |
| 4 | The Honourable Diana Spencer was born late on the afternoon of July 1,1961 , the third daughter of Viscount Althorp , then aged 37 , and Viscountess Althorp , 12 years his junior . |
| 5 | The badly-damaged Toyota is taken away on a breakdown wagon after the head-on crash Picture : CLIFF BRETT |
| 6 | The Everqueen was dead , the Phoenix King was lost , and Dragon Prince Caledor was imprisoned forever on the Isle of the Dead with the greatest and wisest of the High Mages . |
| 7 | Perched on the tailboard of a tiny wooden malabar pulled by two short-legged Cambodian ponies , Senator Nathaniel Sherman was puffing reflectively on a Havana cigar as he surveyed the early morning scene . |
| 8 | The 1963 Hovertram is seen here on an Illuminations tour at Little Bispham loop , its northerly terminal . |
| 9 | Bristol was poised here on a cusp between two styles , and a few years later ( 1754–55 ) in the sadly lost Assembly Rooms on Prince Street , Thomas was able to press his Rococo leanings even further . |
| 10 | Ten minutes after the restart Philpott on the right this time , crossed from the byline and Walsh was lurking again on the edge of the six yard box to head in his second goal . |
| 11 | SPAR was tested mainly on a corpus of 23 texts averaging nine sentences in length . |
| 12 | Powerboating is run much on the same line as cars … the pilots have to qualify in practising … |
| 13 | Operation ‘ Winch ’ , ' 3 April 1941. the first Hurricane IIA aircraft to be delivered to Malta are seen here on the dock of H.M.S. Ark Royal' . |
| 14 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 15 | Alex fidgeted impatiently as Miles was brought forth on a stretcher , ignoring the welfare of the Base Coordinator completely . |
| 16 | Returning through Brotton I looked across the valley and wondered why a huge Union Jack was flying half-mast on the top of the Zetland Hotel at Saltburn . |
| 17 | Guillaume had already bought some drawings of Modigliani 's , but one afternoon at the Rotonde Max Jacob and Modi were sitting together on the terrace with Modi sketching as usual on the Rotonde 's thin paper napkins when Paul Guillaume sat down at their table and asked Modigliani whether he ever painted . |
| 18 | It is known that the reliquary of Saint Winifred was taken away on the wagon that was loaded with timber for Ramsey , but no one has shown how this came about . |
| 19 | If the Laboulbeniales is found only on a single species of guest , or only on the host , this may indicate that the commensal relationship is of fairly recent origin . |
| 20 | Er the distribution within Greater York is based essentially on the Greater York study , which identified the number of sites in and around Greater York and allocated those to the appropriate districts . |
| 21 | Indeed , the advocacy of the multi disciplinary CMHT is based precisely on the observation that services for mentally handicapped people are fragmented ; the CMHT is the vehicle for developing a comprehensive and articulated service system . |
| 22 | Harold and Felicity were sitting together on the sofa , heads close . |
| 23 | Mr Claridge is seen here on the lower parachute … standing on his shoulders is parachutist John Boxall . |
| 24 | The first trial under the Witchcraft Act of 1563 was held in Chelmsford in 1566 , when Agnes Waterhouse was hanged largely on the evidence of a small child . |
| 25 | The relative prosperity of Sheffield was based partly on the production of special steels ( carbon steel , alloy steel , and stainless steel ) and related manufacturing industry . |
| 26 | Snow was settling thickly on the raw earth , now , and on the blacker areas which had already been topsoiled . |
| 27 | I hoped Nassim was making enough on the insurance claim to have the job done properly in the not-too-distant future . |
| 28 | The concurrent and predictive validity of the BPVT is based mainly on the extensive research which has been conducted with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ( PPVT ) , and particularly the high correlations obtained when scores of the PPVT have been compared with scores from standardised intelligence tests . |
| 29 | Luke was standing outside on the balcony , and once again she found herself looking at his back . |
| 30 | Bristol and Plymouth were to be secured by local sympathisers and then James was to arrive somewhere on the south coast , to lead a march to London . |