Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb past] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forrester eventually got on the pitch with about 5 minutes left , and indeed Fowler was attempting to put him through when the ball richoched back to him , hit him in the stomach and sat up in a ‘ kick me please ’ type fashion , which he did , and scored . |
| 2 | She smiled across to where Edward still frolicked on the sand . |
| 3 | Mike O'Grady also got on the record-breaking 10–0 score sheet . |
| 4 | Raymond Snoddy , in the Pearson owned Financial Times , last Friday also reported on the possibility of Pearson taking UK Gold , the entertainment channel set up by Thames and the BBC , to Asia , and of Longman becoming involved in the educational channel for broadcasting to Asia . |
| 5 | The disintegration of the USSR caused so many new problems in the food and financial spheres that the economy of Russia soon teetered on the edge of catastrophe . |
| 6 | Sarah twisted away from the physician 's grasp and darted back inside the foundry to where Bill Yardley still sat on the trough . |
| 7 | In response to his instructions , the maid pulled up a chair for the little girl , and Artemis carefully sat on the edge of it , her legs still too short to reach the floor . |
| 8 | Fred Hanna also commented on the currency movement , but not adversely . |
| 9 | In extra-time Doey popped up with a second , while Stephen Hanvey and Paul Wilson also got on the scoresheet . |
| 10 | Whereas Mr Blair also called on the Government to be tough on the causes of crime , Mr Clarke conceded that social factors could not be ignored . |
| 11 | Slatter also served on the county committee for 30 years , edited the club handbook , and eventually became an Honorary member of both Buckinghamshire and the Minor Counties Cricket Association . |
| 12 | Sisters Mary and Joan Baker also went on the trip . |
| 13 | Had Neil Armstrong really walked on the moon or was it a magnificent hoax ? |
| 14 | Bull O'Malley closed the door and walked back into the kitchen where Peg still sat on the chair , holding the basket on her lap . |
| 15 | Once Marion nearly stood on the doll baby , set carefully in a soft , sheltered hollow . |
| 16 | Johnson and Boswell later bantered on the matter , each playfully accusing the other of being the one the woman feared — ‘ the wicked young fellow , the wild dog ’ or the ‘ terrible ruffian ’ fortunately accompanied by ‘ a civil decent young man ’ . |
| 17 | The horrible reindeers laughed and laughed , they thought it was funny , but poor Randolph just lay on the ground , with large reindeer , tears dripping off his face . |
| 18 | Continuing tensions in relations with Iran also focused on the impounding by the Turkish authorities of a cargo ship , the Cape Maleas , as it was at anchor in the Bosphorus on Oct. 22 , 1991 . |
| 19 | Furious , Dr Dunstaple now seemed on the point of turning on the Padre and mowing the wiry cleric down with his fists , but by this time Louise and Mrs Dunstaple had hastened to his side and now they dragged him away , hushing him desperately . |
| 20 | Mr Foster also called on the region 's chairman Peter Carr to issue a statement clarifying the position , adding : ‘ So far the NRH has failed to provide any kind of explanation or issue any credible public statement . |
| 21 | Mr. Cowan then laid on the table the fifty volumes from Cassells Library which he presented to the Society . |
| 22 | The Ciskei thus appeared on the point of disappearing as a separate state , amid speculation that other homelands might follow suit . |
| 23 | The social worker was gradually able to undertake counselling about the feelings of grief Joan still had on the death of her first husband whom she dearly loved , and about her guilt in not being able to cope with Stanley . |
| 24 | His pal May and Atkins also deejayed on the show , playing an electric mix of house and European electronic music they 'd got into in high school when all the other kids were listening to the Gap Band and Prince . |
| 25 | Defenders Pietro Vierchowod and Paolo Maldini also got on the scoresheet while Malta gained some meagre consolation when Carmel Busuttil converted a penalty . |
| 26 | At the Aug. 6 UN Security Council vote on the imposition of wide-ranging sanctions on Iraq [ see below ] , the Yemeni permanent representative abstained , and Yemen again abstained on the vote at the Arab League Cairo summit . |