Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The composition is saved from monotony by the subtle characterisation of these figures , and united by the concentration on them effected by the inward-facing chariot-teams and the looks of some of the seated figures and of the two reclining in the angles who frame the design . |
| 2 | Another inch , another foot , another yard — on they crawled through the wet , cold mud across a terrain that still belonged to no man . |
| 3 | He now wrote a number of books on it intended for the general reader , including History of Astronomy ( 1909 ) and The Wonder and the Glory of the Stars ( 1926 ) . |
| 4 | In cases involving media rights heard in British courts today , the Convention and the cases on it decided by the European Court are usually cited in argument on behalf of the media . |
| 5 | The touch of his hand on hers felt like a scorching electric current , jolting her brutally out of her trance and back to the sunlit terrace . |