Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb past] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On the far side of Farringdon Road , Graham passed Easton Street where another painter 's or window-cleaner 's cradle lay on the pavement , up-ended for some reason , neat coils of rope around it . |
2 | Curwen 's estates lay on the west Cumberland coalfield , and he took a particular interest in the collieries inherited from his father and his second wife , as well as others which he purchased and leased in the area . |
3 | In the wake of the F-111s that had flown out from their British bases to bomb targets in Tripoli and Benghazi , Mutual Radio 's correspondent arrived on the scene on 17 April with a laissez passer from the Libyan Consulate in Zurich . |
4 | Edward 's fingers drummed on the edge of the desk . |
5 | Bernice 's fingers drummed on the plastic of the dashboard . |
6 | When she went back to the kitchen Penry 's tray stood on the counter , the plates satisfactorily empty . |
7 | Becky 's eyes fell on the picture of the Virgin Mary and Child the moment Charlie placed the little painting on the bed . |
8 | Peter 's eyes lingered on the line that swept from her head down her neck to her shoulder and along her extended arm . |
9 | Pamella 's lawyer arrived on the island , and the two met . |
10 | The Bavarian Prime Minister 's recommendation appeared on the publicity pamphlet below excerpts from a similarly glowing review by the ultra-Right wing newspaper Deutsche Nationale Zeitung , which tries to boost its fringe circulation by challenging what it calls the ‘ Auschwitz lie ’ that millions of Jews died in Nazi extermination camps . |
11 | Annie 's legs drummed on the bed ; her body was leaping and bucking , like a big fish barrelling upstream . |
12 | Like a heat-seeking missile , Iris 's gaze homed on the knees of Melissa 's blue cotton slacks and the smudges of grey dust which had resisted her hasty brushing . |
13 | The folder containing Rory 's work lay on the seat by my side ; I lifted the file onto my lap , concealing a bulge . |
14 | Yesterday 's accident came on the day The Northern Echo featured the growing dangers on the road which links County Durham and Cumbria . |
15 | Russell 's carbine lay on the table , like he never went far without it ; another thing that was just like an Apache . |
16 | IN my local high street recently a huge builder 's skip sat on the road outside a shop for two weeks . |
17 | The government 's reaction pivoted on the response of the Prime Minister , James Callaghan . |
18 | Brampton 's corpse lay on the ground , covered in a dirty , yellowing canvas sheet , inexpertly sewed up . |
19 | His friend 's wife sat on the sofa . |
20 | Andrew 's smile dawned on the joke , enjoying it . |
21 | shot upwards and a man 's head smashed on the steel girder . |
22 | Simon 's jacket lay on the sand . |
23 | The significance this department 's role had on the railways as a whole , and its part in making the name of Wolverton Works known and respected both in the rail and motor industry needs to be recorded . |
24 | Ironically , David Guest 's victory came on the day that television cameras were allowed for the first time to record proceedings in a Scottish court . |
25 | A girl 's voice came on the line , repeated the number in English . |
26 | He had almost decided to hang up when a man 's voice came on the line , sounding muzzy and oddly worried . |
27 | Bridget 's voice came on the line and , within minutes , the whole thing was arranged . |
28 | Burkett 's daughter sat on the stallion like a lady in a tapestry and he felt his body move out to join hers ; he ought to marry someone like her — handsome , workaday , submissive , as sensual as a sunny woodland ; perhaps he would ask her . |
29 | If Hiring did invade England , he perhaps occupied the north , like Swegen in 1013 and Harald of Norway in 1066 , and was betrayed and killed by the Northumbrians when Æthelred 's forces appeared on the scene . |
30 | ANGOLA 'S government appeared on the verge of military collapse yesterday as the Unita rebel movement was reported to have captured the country 's second most important city . |