Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 2 | Perhaps the biggest surprise was the amount of fun the Fiesta provided on the latter type of roads , thanks to a willing engine and gearbox , precise if slightly heavy steering and those narrow tyres which , nevertheless , provided exactly the right amount of grip . |
| 3 | Earlier today a lorry driver suffered serious injuries when four heavy goods vehicles crashed on the same stretch of road . |
| 4 | And earlier a lorry driver suffered serious injuries when four heavy goods vehicles crashed on the same stretch of road . |
| 5 | A fortnight ago two men were killed and eight injured on the same stretch of road when a minibus and a car crashed . |
| 6 | On Feb. 3 between 3,000 and 10,000 protesters marched 14 km from Madrid to the Torrejón air base demanding the closure of US-Spanish bases as staging posts to the Gulf ; 3,500 marched on the same day to the Rota naval base on the south Atlantic coast . |
| 7 | The former Vice-President , A. K. M. Nurul Islam , protested at the summary manner of his dismissal on Aug. 13 ( see p. 36852 ) , while M. A. Matin resigned on the same day as Deputy Prime Minister and deputy parliamentary leader claiming that he had been passed over in promotion to the post of Prime Minister . |
| 8 | Four of 252 's Beaufighters had been destroyed on the ground during air raids while on Malta and the remaining four left on the same day for Gibraltar on the first leg of the flight back to England , each carrying three aboard instead of the usual crew of two . |
| 9 | No doubt Temple remembered that once they stood on the same platform at Cambridge . |
| 10 | The ancient and beautiful church of All Saints is the oldest building in the village , newly built in 1318 , although an unendowed building probably stood on the same site from 1086 when the Domesday Book was compiled . |
| 11 | Will the right hon. Gentleman reconsider the generosity he bestowed on the former Leader of the House , the right hon. Member for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , who moved the guillotine motion on the original poll tax measure applying to Scotland ? |