Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] on [art] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The assumptions made about savings in the previous sections were either entirely ad hoc ( the proportional savings assumption ) or based on the class savings hypothesis . |
2 | And after the barbed wire was another fence that was higher and again the floodlights played and caught on the cutting edges … and after the high barbed wire was a wooden fence that was three yards high . |
3 | The prince , Raja Pala , lost on a hunting expedition , came across the pool and spied on the star nymphs . |
4 | The high table was covered in pure silk cloths , bathed in light by countless wax candles which winked and dazzled on the silver trenchers , flagons , glass goblets and knives with precious pewter handles . |
5 | I already had two vital tools of the caddie 's trade in my pocket : notes on the measurements and characteristics of each hole , which I had checked and rechecked on the practice days ; and a chart , issued ahead of each day 's play by the PGA which told me where the hole would be cut on each green . |
6 | He also published a novel , acted in movies and assisted on the screen plays of others ; but he did not direct again after 1974 , perhaps because a much-anticipated family saga , La Maison des Bories , reveals many of the faults of those film-makers swept away by the nouvelle vague , and none of the movement 's freshness . |
7 | After that she took out the contents of the red velvet box Marc had pressed into her hand that morning and put on the pearl earrings that had once belonged to her beloved 's grandmother , knowing that now she had a right to them . |