Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] in a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I nodded — and several thoughts arrived simultaneously in a rush on my mental doorstep . |
| 2 | He had quite a cheerful blaze going by the time she came back , with an armful of twigs and berries which she arranged artistically in a vase on the table . |
| 3 | Of all the community services on offer , he had chosen the coastguards , which involved nights spent quietly in a hut on the cliff tops watching for shipping ; and the hardest part of all the trials he endured in the Navy was being marooned on a ship for months on end with no opportunity to be alone . |
| 4 | ‘ I got my legs out of the way and curled up in a ball on the driver 's seat . |
| 5 | A BABY died yesterday in a blaze on Lewis , the second fire death on the island within 24 hours . |
| 6 | Erm Dr was the medical officer of health , part time , and Dr was a character , he always had a white carnation , he rode round in a carriage on occasions , and he er wrote copperplate . |
| 7 | That benighted member of the Established Church of England ended up in a barrel on an English pier . |