Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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1 | So when on 16 August the letter drops on the door mat , the phone call comes from school , or the lists go up on the notice board , teenagers who have failed to get the right grades for that coveted university of polytechnic place may feel that the world has come to an end . |
2 | Hurst nodded and started to pin the team-sheets back up on the board . |
3 | the colours come up on the bottom again . |
4 | She walked slowly up the street on the shaded side , stepping carefully round the stalls set up on the pavement and the goods displayed by some vendors which were spread out on cloths on the pavement itself . |
5 | The children lie down on the floor and they have to stay absolutely still . |
6 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
7 | The Euro Cities Conference in , and this is where the Tories fall down on the facts , because Councillor does n't really understand what Euro Cities is about . |
8 | The Euro Cities Conference in , and this is where the Tories fall down on the facts , because Councillor does n't really understand what Euro Cities is about . |