Example sentences of "on the [noun] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wish to purchase a chunk of salame to slice yourself in the future , you should ask for the casing to be left on the meat to keep it in prime condition . |
| 2 | Willie sat on the stool holding it in front of the fire , his long socks trailing across the floor . |
| 3 | Not while the old man was here anyway , and he seems to spend most of his time sitting on the wall doing nothing in particular . ’ |
| 4 | Her love for him was intense and her sense of loss was as great when he was tragically killed in a crash on the way to visit her in New York a matter of months after winning the world middleweight title ; Piaf had persuaded him to make the trip . |
| 5 | The semi-final on the Sunday saw me in Ben 's heat and again it was easy qualifying , with Ben first , me second , and third , to the crowd 's wild enthusiasm , Pavoni . |
| 6 | But the impact on the camp lacked nothing in effect on that account . |
| 7 | That 's right , and it 's no coincidence because people in the east of London on the whole get it in the neck whatever happens , and particularly with this government . |
| 8 | The inconsistency is striking : unwilling to see Athens put down Thasos , a rebel subject , Sparta nevertheless calls on the Athenians to join her in putting down her own rebel subjects . |
| 9 | I disagree , and on the contrary find myself in full agreement with those parts of the judgment of Parker L.J . |
| 10 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 11 | But if she could n't have another baby the newsagent on the corner wanted someone in the mornings . |
| 12 | Thus in 1802 when a group of spahis called on the Serbs to join them in resisting the dayis very few Serbs responded . |