Example sentences of "found [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sand Smelt , and young Pollack , and Saithe , are also found depending on the location . |
| 2 | We used to call them ‘ ebb-sleepers ’ because they were usually found resting on the rocks at high tide in small groups , each bird apparently asleep with its beak tucked under its scapulars . |
| 3 | The orchestra did not miss out on the fun either , starting with an unscored game of hunt-the-missing-French-horn-part ( eventually found lurking on the bassoonist 's stand ) , which delayed the start . |
| 4 | In some churches carved heads are similarly found perched on the top of pillars , often biting into them . |
| 5 | Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap . |
| 6 | Mr Lavender , an insurance agent who was studying for a master 's degree , was found slumped on the ground in Battersea High Street , South London , by a group of youngsters . |
| 7 | She glanced down at him as though he were something she 'd found smeared on the sole of her shoe after visiting an abattoir . |
| 8 | They claim thousands of dogs are currently having to be put down after being found wandering on the streets around the country . |
| 9 | In 1972 some birds were also found summering on the Downs , where very stony fields provide apparently suitable nesting sites , and breeding was proved in one such site in 1974 . |
| 10 | Mrs McGurk was found strangled on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucester the day aftermeeting Hagans on a causeway as she left work . |
| 11 | Mrs Stallard nursed George back to health after he was found injured on the nearby headland of Great Orme . |
| 12 | Shortly afterwards , a number of bodies were found buried on the premises , in the garden , in an alcove behind the kitchen , and under the sitting-room floorboards . |
| 13 | Mr Foster , also of Barnes , was found lying on the floor with the knife that had killed him under his body . |
| 14 | That same evening , their corpses — minus their shoes and socks — were found lying on the beach at Ramlet al-Baida by the Beirut station manager of British Airways . |
| 15 | He was found lying on the pavement outside the university 's New College and died from massive head injuries en route to the city 's John Radcliffe Hospital . |
| 16 | The rocks were also found lying on the ground . |
| 17 | Claire was later found lying on the couch and she was dark blue . |
| 18 | The man was found lying on the front step having been blown through the door . |
| 19 | This fungus , Pilobolus , is commonly found growing on the surface of bovine faecal pats about one week after these have been deposited . |
| 20 | It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair . |
| 21 | During this restoration , the number N5520 was found engraved on the rudder post . |
| 22 | More detailed instructions will be found taped on the walls over the appliances concerned . |
| 23 | New ways of coping can be shared , and solutions to problems can be found based on the values and ideas of their generation , not according to the views and attitudes of the modern world . |
| 24 | After two major operations , Gloria could no longer have children , but one day Saul brought home a baby he had found abandoned on the mud-flats at low tide . |
| 25 | Then he hired a car , but the car was found abandoned on the outskirts of Frankfurt . |
| 26 | The stolen Toyota taken from Dormanstown was later found abandoned on the Lakes Estate , Redcar . |
| 27 | Four bags of toxic waste which were found abandoned on the Oxford ring road have been handed back to the company that lost them . |
| 28 | Is this the man who took the little orphaned son of the brigand Dhoondiah Waugh into his household after he was found hiding on the battlefield amongst the baggage of his defeated father ? |
| 29 | They were clearly not ‘ drifters ’ , as they were found planted on the sea bottom in the port 's approach channel . |