Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This elegant , modern hotel is centrally situated right on the busy promenade , across the road from a wide sandy beach . |
| 2 | Situated right on the main promenade of Viareggio , the Hotel Liberty will best suit the more independently minded as it is offered on a bed and breakfast only basis , leaving guests free to set their own meal times . |
| 3 | and this is a solemn 's teaching of God 's word , the bible nowhere teaches the doctrine of universalism , that everybody 's gon na go to heaven , it does n't teach that , it does n't say and it does not teach that ultimately every body will be saved , there are plenty of those around who 'd teach that today , but the bible does n't teach that there are those who will tell us that the sinner and the saint , the man who has no thought of God or no love for God and the Christian that all be gathered together on the final day , you all have another chance , Jesus never said that , the bible does n't teach that , it 's quite unscriptural . |
| 4 | Nought but a rabble he had gathered together on the fair island that lies to the east — of buccaneers and booty hunters and ruffianly runaways from the slaveships that are plying these waters most usefully . |
| 5 | Welsh Water has dragged many old-age pensioners and under-privileged people through the courts of Wales because they have fallen down on the odd instalment on their water charges . |
| 6 | Erm but I say there , there were a couple of erm objections that came up during the course of the conversation which really resulted because you , you 'd fallen down on the actual structure , but having said that then again there were two or three examples that you apacked and you got through very well and you , you recovered yourself well on that and , and I say really I think that 's er that 's covered most of the bits that , that I felt were , were there . |
| 7 | Somehow , he had moved closer , and their thighs were pressed together on the wooden seat . |
| 8 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 9 | Of the surviving children of William Charles and Anne , five were baptised together on the same day ( 10 July 1817 ) in their father 's original parish at the miniature City church of St Ethelburga , Bishopsgate . |
| 10 | Mike needs to be filled in on the latest developments . ’ |
| 11 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 12 | At eleven o'clock the following morning , Buzz sat down on the blue chair by Elinor 's bedroom window , pulled the kitchen timer from the pocket of her navy cotton dress , and set it to twenty minutes : the mechanism began to tick in an irritating way . |
| 13 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 14 | Price of Publications : SHALL BE THE PUBLISHER 'S CURRENT PRICE ( LESS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNT 45% ) AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE CARRIAGE OR INSURANCE AND MAY BE VARIED ANNUALLY ON THE 31 DAY OF MARCH IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR |
| 15 | Price of Publications : SHALL BE THE PUBLISHER 'S CURRENT PRICE ( LESS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNT 45% ) AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE CARRIAGE OR INSURANCE AND MAY BE VARIED ANNUALLY ON THE 31 DAY OF MARCH IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR |
| 16 | The larger books ( folio ) are often grouped together on the lower shelves of a particular stack or in a separate sequence of shelves . |
| 17 | Service points outside the ‘ central ’ library are grouped together on the familiar area basis . |
| 18 | They had sat together on the other scaffolding and watched the Graces dance . |
| 19 | Mutigny 's considerably smaller hectarage is located largely on the upper slopes of Avenay , while a few of its vineyards grow on slopes high above Mareuil . |
| 20 | All the loving and giving of small luxuries and necessities that she had not thought of herself , and the expected regularity of their attendance at those sumptuous Sunday luncheons , encroached dangerously on the precious isolation of life at Kileady . |
| 21 | The eight-year-old house perched precariously on the raw earth , amongst other isolated , precarious , detached houses , their lights shining on the dark hillside . |
| 22 | He was perched precariously on the very edge of the precipice waiting for puffins to fly past , and when one came within reach he swung his long-handled fleygastong ( which is like a landing-net on the end of a four-metre pole ) to intercept the bird . |
| 23 | This well known resort hotel is located directly on the superb Beau Vallon Bay , a long stretch of fine , white sandy beach . |
| 24 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 25 | But Romania 's official press has reported extensively on the ethnic unrest across the border , while , for example , failing to report on the radical reform and street demonstrations taking place in other Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 26 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 27 | The girls walked in the Rose Gardens and caught up on the past months , discussed the future . |
| 28 | Ardglass were squeezed out on the final card . |
| 29 | Yes they push er Crosby has gone up front erm with Collimore and Stone 's come out on the right-hand side . |
| 30 | First , on the rateable value of the property , which was a value based on an assessment of what the property could earn if it were let out on the open market . |