Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb past] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It blew her hair across her face , and some books fell on the floor . |
| 2 | Few children lived on the road and residents were mostly retired . |
| 3 | Not only have many such parties appeared on the scene during the present century — the communist parties and anti-colonial parties such as the Indian National Congress — but there is in all socialist parties ( as well as in some right-wing parties , such as the fascist parties of the 1920s ) a persistent element of non-participating opposition . |
| 4 | All three of these judgments proceeded on the premise that any duty of care had to be founded on the special relationship that exists between carrier and passenger . |
| 5 | The last trams on these routes ran on the night of 19 October 1936 . |
| 6 | The whole burden of these cuts fell on the colleges of education partly because , as we have seen , their numbers could be swiftly regulated and partly because they were still for the most part institutions predominantly concerned with teacher education . |
| 7 | On the fiftieth anniversary of the dispute , in 1976 , several books appeared on the subject , producing a surfeit of published research to which there has since been no significant addition . |
| 8 | Finally , several servants climbed on the roof , and as they came nearer , the monkey put me down and ran away . |
| 9 | Thorfinn put his horse in motion , walking beside Tuathal 's down to where their own men waited on the riverbank . |
| 10 | Afterwards Mr Harris , accompanied by the loco superintendent , Mr Sinclair , Mr J Lewis , and several employees proceeded on the lorry to Eaton and undertook operations for the resumption of the train services . |
| 11 | Shares in both companies rose on the news , P&O firming 2p to 603p and Granada gaining 20p to 385p . |
| 12 | After the tackle , both players lay on the ground with their legs entangled . |