Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
2 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
3 | The flight was successfully undertaken to the area of Kerkenah Island , where two 22X Squadron Sunderlands met the Hurricanes and led them on the last leg to the island . |
4 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |
5 | A van passed them on the other carriageway . |
6 | A car passed them on the single track road , heading north ; they stood aside to let it pass , waving at the single occupant when he waved at them . |
7 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
8 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
9 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
10 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
11 | The blow caught her on the right side of her face , high on the cheek bone , beneath the eye . |
12 | Rose gave a yelp of rage , her arm shot out and Evelyn gave an involuntary cry as the stone caught her on the left shoulder . |
13 | Then , when he sought to take the oath , the House itself refused and excluded him on the dubious ground that , being an atheist , he could not swear . |
14 | In Germany the privilege of driving it was handed to Mario Andretti who crashed it on the first lap . |
15 | ‘ The Yorkshire Evening Post ( YEP ) used it on the front page with a by-line . |
16 | But Rutherford hooked well , Crowe provided several of his best cover-drives , the groundstaff captured a dog before it could interfere with play , and Tufnell 's effort to prevent a boundary by slide-tackling the ball had the same result as when he tried it on the same ground a year ago : four . |
17 | He found it on the far side , punched the red button and watched the big metal doors start to move . |
18 | ‘ I found it on the barbed wire . |
19 | He found it on the last day of 1869 under nearly twenty feet of sand . |
20 | GUIL : He caught us on the wrong foot once or twice , perhaps , but I thought we gained some ground . |
21 | He worked each through a transition training programme with the assigned aircraft and schooled them on the forthcoming filming . |
22 | Fazisi is more complicated , almost the entire first half of the book is about the campaign , how it originated , how sponsors were found ( Pepsi sponsored them and then dropped them on the first day of the race ) . |
23 | I used to wear jeans and jackets and shirts but my parents burned them on the same day my dad beat me up , and after that I had to wear saris . |
24 | My friend 's friend advised us on the best solicitors for a rape case , but warned that the final bill might be enough to buy a flat in Mayfair . |
25 | The main street of the village faced them on the other side of the Westport road . |
26 | ‘ Like it ? ’ asked Sergeant , who had dashed round through the gate and now welcomed them on the other side . |
27 | ‘ Oh , in cash , he paid me on the same day , insisted on doing so . |
28 | The dark bulk of St Catherine 's faced him on the other side of the wide road . |
29 | He joined her on the cushioned seat . |
30 | Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads . |