Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in his eightieth year , Thesiger looked back on a life travelling in the Sudan , Arabia , Afghanistan , Morocco , East Africa and ‘ Eth … |
| 2 | Dr Courtney sat down on a sofa . |
| 3 | A small crowd gathered on the pitch to commemorate April 1963 , when the Beatles passed through on a train to somewhere else . |
| 4 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 5 | The second cell ( 82c ) contains a moaning , naked Orc chained down on a bed of nails which rip the boil-infested flesh on his back . |
| 6 | In the winter of 1979–80 the Trannon careered off on a course of its own . |
| 7 | MAY 1993 During the Khmelnitski exchange visit to Hunterston great interest was shown in TOP and the Director and Deputy Director of Khmelnitski NPP sat in on a team meeting to see it in action . |
| 8 | Morris laid out on a table spotted with spilt coffee , invitations from Peter Stothard , Andrew Neil , Granada Television and TV-AM . |
| 9 | With a great qualm mining at him inwardly , Cameron got up on a tree stump and said his piece . |
| 10 | Meryl Sank down on a window-seat and listened ; already the house was uncannily quiet . |
| 11 | The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres . |
| 12 | Burun sat down on a pile of cushions on the floor , and settled himself to wait . |
| 13 | Burun sat down on a bench which was decorated with gold filigree . |
| 14 | And Daniel came in on a hospital trolley disguised as a sleigh with scarlet blankets and silver-paper runners , drawn by hospital porters dressed as polar bears . |
| 15 | The modest target posed no problems for the bubbling Pontblyddyn side as they stormed to a winning 67–3 in the 20th over , opener Mark Hughes ( 31 ) and Mark Williams ( 16 ) ensuring that shell-shocked Colwyn missed out on a zone semi-final . |
| 16 | When the band split up in 1985 Sting started out on a solo career which has seen hits like Spread A Little Happiness and If You Love Somebody , but he has yet to get near the success , in the singles chart at least , of one of the biggest-selling pop groups in history . |
| 17 | At exactly zero nine hundred hours Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO trotted in on a jet black mare and brought his charger to a halt in the middle of the manmade square . |
| 18 | While this was being done , Byrne and Phillips went off on a recce down to the road . |
| 19 | Aunt Kit sat down on a tin trunk , rolled up the sleeves of her gown , and looked at me . |
| 20 | Jamila sat down on a stool and stared into space as if happy to leave the subject of her father 's suicide to others . |
| 21 | Athelstan sat down on a stool and gestured to a bench which ran along the wall . |
| 22 | Two , two or three week 's running Jenny came up on a weekend and brought us a bar of chocolate each |
| 23 | Prince Charles spoke out on a visit to Oxford , the day after Central broadcast a documentary detailing the persecution in Iraq . |
| 24 | In January 1960 Macmillan set out on a tour of Africa , first stopping in Ghana : ‘ Nkrumah was an engaging character with much charm of manner and courtesy ’ , he writes . |
| 25 | Alix sat down on a stool , put her head on one side . |
| 26 | The tabloid stories emerged after Wyman missed out on a video shoot for ‘ High Wire ’ . |
| 27 | In July , the month in which Vincent was enrolled at the mission school , a desperate Tolstoy and his friend Stakhov set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn Monastery not far from Moscow . |
| 28 | Alec sat down on a step and lit a cigarette . |
| 29 | ( Gen. 12.1 ) So Abram set out on a journey where faith rather than sight would be the guiding light , seeking a home , a city , a country . |
| 30 | Dame Frances sat down on a stool , her face in her hands . |