Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Selkirk stood , looked down at Corbett and patted him on the head . |
| 2 | If you 've any sense you 'll give me a ride to Shipton and put me on a train , then go back to your farm and forget all about me . ’ |
| 3 | He pushed the wadding carefully into the cartridge before taking it from Benny and placing it on the garden wall . |
| 4 | He had waylaid Mr Dwerringhouse and hit him on the head to stun him , but in falling to the ground , the older man had hit his head on a large stone and sustained a fatal blow . |
| 5 | They all agreed it was better to make steps on the eroded paths scarring Beinn Eighe and keep everyone on the one track . |
| 6 | Shoppers fled after a man carried the device into the post office in Castle Street and left it on the counter . |
| 7 | They drove back to the Hall , and Diane grilled a beefburger for Jed and put it on a bun . |
| 8 | ‘ Comin' up , ’ Jenkins replied , uncapping a Budweiser and placing it on the counter in front of Laidlaw . |
| 9 | Once he had arrived at the Southern Capital , he had proclaimed his loyalty to the old gods loudly and publicly , disowning the Aten and throwing himself on the mercy of the priests of Amun , who even then were growing bold as the revolutionary pharaoh lost his grip both on reality and his empire . |
| 10 | For a time he offered his services to Louis VII of France and accompanied him on the second crusade as papal legate in charge of the Anglo-Norman contingent . |
| 11 | Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house . |
| 12 | His ordeal came to an end , he told Lord MacLean , only when his abductors burst through a road-block north of Perth and dumped him on the roadside after a high-speed chase along the A9 towards Stirling . |
| 13 | Of course , for serious devilry the War Bag has to go by itself , and a camera would just be a liability , but I have n't had a real threat for a couple of years , since the time some big boys in the town took to bullying me in Porteneil and ambushing me on the path . |
| 14 | There he made a clean sweep with the past by changing his surname from Kaye to Kasmin and launching himself on a career as a poet . |
| 15 | Having waited long enough to see if they were needed , the two girls went up to Moran and kissed him on the lips as they did every night . |
| 16 | Then , on 11 April 1951 , they drove the stone to Arbroath and laid it on the altar of the ruined abbey , draped in the saltire flag of St Andrew . |
| 17 | ‘ The sooner ye 're gone , the sooner ye 'll be back … then I 'll run ye up to Dublin and get ye on the plane , ’ he said hopefully . |