Example sentences of "[num] [noun] on [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 10 the strike committee brought up to 100,000 people on to the streets of Minsk . |
| 2 | ‘ Next , ’ said Amaranth , who had let drop the first two scarves on to the heads of the assembled press men , ‘ we have Gerald Kaufman , all vinegar and no chips . ’ |
| 3 | After the disastrous storms and floods of 1890 in which vast sections of Grisedale and Garsdale were washed away , bridges destroyed and people made homeless , the stone lip of the waterfall was found to have been destroyed completely by the force of the water , so much so that instead of falling from an overhanging shelf a majestic hundred feet on to the rocks below , the waterfall now raced down in a series of cascades . |
| 4 | The day of action on 22 September brought about 60,000 people on to the streets of London and , according to The Times , it was the ‘ biggest revolt for a decade ’ . |
| 5 | And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked . |