Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bert had appeared on the stairs , looking tired and demoralised . |
| 2 | As they sat together on the grass , she looked at the tumbling waters of the beck and told him how Maria had slipped on the stepping-stones , down by the farm . |
| 3 | Don Roberto had worked with the Colonel and had acted as cut-out between him and the CIA on the operations which Trent had undertaken on the Americans ' behalf . |
| 4 | If Shildon had waited on the stairs instead of leaving by the street door , he could creep back and force the flat door while she was asleep . |
| 5 | Ward had jammed on the brakes . |
| 6 | In 1985 Belau had defaulted on the loans from foreign banks financing the project and was successfully sued in the US courts [ see p. 36701 ] . |