Example sentences of "on a [noun prp] [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 However , on a Dow-Stoker Returners programme she discovered that she had quite a strong numerical ability , and decided that she would like to work in an accounts department .
2 He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor .
3 Also any information on a Handley Page Hampden which force-landed on Achnahaird sands and was recovered by an RAF unit by road .
4 The following year a London magistrate , struck by the notion that there should not be one law for the rich unavailable to the poor , permitted a man named Gleaves to bring proceedings against the authors and publishers of a book entitled " Johnny Go Home " , based on a Yorkshire television documentary which had exposed his insalubrious hospitality to feckless youths .
5 A POST-MORTEM examination may help explain the shooting tragedy that killed the son of late Kung Fu star Bruce Lee on a U.S. movie set which has suffered a spate of accidents .
6 Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time .
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