Example sentences of "[vb past] on [art] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 90th minute Payton suffered the agony of a three-yard miss when Paul Wilkinson headed on a Phillips ' corner . |
| 2 | The gulf between High Ashdonian and English became obvious when Sue Lawley commented on the Liberals ' election campaign . |
| 3 | Thus , on Sunday , I hooted in disbelief when A Year In Provence focused on the natives ' preoccupation with hunting a local , woodland fungus which sells for £100 a pound . |
| 4 | Flames appeared on the soldiers ' lances like ‘ fairies ’ lights'' illuminating their path , and they remained lit despite the heavy rain . |
| 5 | Whereas in RX and Pilkingtons union resistance was either negligible or was transformed into active cooperation , at Ford the quality circles foundered on the unions ' dismissal of the initiative as a heavy-handed attempt to short-circuit existing bargaining procedures . |
| 6 | All day long , boys and girls sat on the buffaloes ' backs , lounging in expertly comfortable positions . |