Example sentences of "[vb past] on [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice rose on a wave of passion . |
| 2 | Her voice rose on a note of hysteria . |
| 3 | His presidential address in New York dwelt on the importance of communication between science and industry . |
| 4 | As with the indecent assaults on males , there were few headlines which dwelt on the theme of sex fiends and sex beasts . |
| 5 | By contrast Aleksandr Yakovlev , regarded as the most liberal politburo member , won an unexpectedly warm reception for an impassioned address in which he dwelt on the value of perestroika in doing away with the Stalinist legacy and restoring morale and morality and the dignity of both the party and the individual : he observed that " not only emptying shelves but also emptying souls brought about perestroika and demanded revolutionary changes " . |
| 6 | But he corrected me when I mused on the potency of class hatred and class anger in the Sheffield meeting . |
| 7 | And to coincide , the Bodlean Library has opened an exhibition showing original sketches and maps he drew on the back of exam papers . |
| 8 | One of the principal figures within the Association was to be Henry Newbolt , imperialist poet , celebrant of the mystique of the public school , future chairman of the Board of Education Committee which reported on the state of English in 1921 , and — like Haldane — a supporter of the national efficiency group in its aims of planning imperial policy , improving education , and recapturing commercial prosperity . |
| 9 | But the families in the little awkward places , at the heads of the small glens , on boggy ground that would not drain — they were nearly helpless , they trembled on the threshold of destitution , impaled on the horn of the one-year lease , uncertain whether it was worth going into debt to improve the ground and knowing that , even if they did , they could still be turned out next term day and their place annexed to the holding of a better-off neighbour . |
| 10 | Captain Meredith trembled on the edge of violence , then whirled round shouting : ‘ Midnight , you ugly devil , get that box back on your shoulder and take your lazy body out of this place . |
| 11 | Have carpenters ready to cut off their tusks ; then , at the spot where the tower is to be built , you must lie down and sleep for seven nights with your head pillowed on the sack of basil . |
| 12 | Then side by side they lay still , heads pillowed on the pile of dressing-up clothes , bodies slack . |
| 13 | The inadequate map suggested villages lay ahead so we stopped on a jut of land at the first hint of cultivation : another delectable bivvy site . |
| 14 | And stopped on the way of course in . |
| 15 | Lafontaine , although regarded as a better orator than Kohl , was unable to draw support for a campaign which concentrated on the cost of unification ( he had initially opposed the treaty on economic and monetary union — see pp. 37535-36 ) and on social and environmental issues . |
| 16 | Although numerous entries in the Stationers ' Company register attest to the variety of Herringman 's early trade list , he concentrated on the publication of belles-lettres from the 1660s . |
| 17 | For example , in the course of the only natural conversation that occurred on the topic of rape , the following account was given of how rape is evaluated : |
| 18 | Similarly , the information they provided on the question of bribery was open to some reservations . |
| 19 | The next day found her driving round the busy , bustling city of Sheffield , desperately trying to keep one eye on the traffic , and the other on the directions scrawled on a piece of paper . |
| 20 | He painfully scrawled on the piece of paper which had been left for him : HOW IS YOUR MOTHER ? |
| 21 | One such coroner , who was both a lawyer and a doctor , presided over an inquest on the death of the occupants of a Viking aircraft which crashed on a number of council houses at Southall not far from Heathrow Airport . |
| 22 | It also capitalised on the plethora of newspaper opinion polls adversely comparing Mrs Thatcher 's potential to lead the party to electoral victory with Heseltine 's . |
| 23 | We camped on an island of palm trees . |
| 24 | And besides , ’ she added on a note of practicality , sensing that he was unlikely to be moved by her ambitions , ‘ there are n't many jobs around in Cornwall for fashion designers . ’ |
| 25 | At times this society seemed on the brink of disintegration . ’ |
| 26 | The coroner seemed on the verge of apoplexy . |
| 27 | Supporters of détente in the 1970s could argue that personal contacts , trade and the Helsinki agreements had undermined the Soviet hold on the East , but opponents of détente could counter that Reagan 's Cold War policies had helped to put unbearable strains on the Soviet economy , which now seemed on the verge of collapse . |
| 28 | As the players trooped off , the home side seemed on the verge of safety , and England 's hopes of capturing seven wickets in the final session seemed , at best , remote , given their success rate of just two in the first two sessions of play . |
| 29 | At the same time , Coleridge 's mother in-law , Mrs Fricker , also seemed on the point of death at the house in Oxford Street , Kingsdown , that he had just found for Sara and himself on the north side of the city . |
| 30 | ‘ No , Cynthia , Mr Lytham 's advice is sensible , ’ Dorothy said as Cynthia once again seemed on the point of protest . |