Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb past] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were banana gardens and pawpaw trees , and outriggers lazed on the lagoon . |
| 2 | ‘ At eight o'clock in the morning , a vast concourse of ladies and gentlemen appeared on the side of Derwent Lake , where a number of marquees , extending about four hundred yards , were erected . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll Never Walk Alone ’ was sung with gusto and flares glowed on the terraces as Liverpool started with barely controlled frenzy . |
| 4 | Rivers flashed by , and mountains appeared on the horizon . |
| 5 | A wide semicircle of Germans and Repubblichini formed on the edge of the pianura near Parma and moved up towards the mountains , looting and burning villages ; some times shooting in the air to spread terror and sometimes hanging or deporting the inhabitants . |
| 6 | Beyond the railings , a squirrel whisked among the bronzy oak trees and sparrows quarrelled on the hum of distant traffic . |
| 7 | And they kept the glass panel wide open and Shifty-Eyes sat on the jump seat , twisted round so he could keep the knife blade resting on my right ear . |
| 8 | The police and ambulancemen arrived on the scene minutes earlier than the fire brigade and swung into action when they learned that an unconscious woman was trapped in the house . |
| 9 | The counties mentioned above have provided most of the pavements attributed to the " Corinian School " of mosaicists — a group of mosaics and mosaicists centered on the town of Cirencester ( Toynbee 1962 , 198 ; Smith 1965 , 1969 and 19849 Although one tenth only of these pavements can be dated on external criteria , both the particular associations of the Orpheus and saltire mosaics , and the more general association of this school with other schools in Britain , helps to suggest an adequate understanding of developments . |
| 10 | All day long , boys and girls sat on the buffaloes ' backs , lounging in expertly comfortable positions . |
| 11 | To our men and women chucked on the redundancy scrap heap . |
| 12 | The clothes , the buildings , the pitch and intonation of voices speaking Amharic ; the smell of rancid butter , of red peppers and burning cow dung that permeated the town ; the packs of savage dogs that roamed the streets and whose howling rose and fell through the night ; an occasional corpse hanging on the gallows-tree ; beggars who had lost a hand or foot for theft ; debtors and creditors wandering round chained together ; strings of donkeys bringing in firewood ; caravans of mules ; the crowded market where men and women squatted on the ground , selling earthen pots , lengths of cloths , skins , cartridges , bars of salt , silver ornaments , heaps of grain , vegetables , beer — all this combined to create a scene and an atmosphere unlike any other in the world . |