Example sentences of "on [pers pn] and [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many towns in southern California are bewildered by the new duties the plan would impose on them and the new taxes that would be needed . |
| 2 | As the house becomes more and more popular , we are attracting quite a select clientele — some of whom I feel would be on yours and every other society guest list . " |
| 3 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 4 | His shadow fell on her and a traitorous flicker of anticipation stirred her senses . |
| 5 | The might before in the hotel lounge , with his wife , Lonnie , beside him , bemusedly aghast , he grilled a pleasant waitress until he knew how many tips she got each week , how many children she had , the frequency of men hitting on her and the general contour of her reality . |
| 6 | ‘ He likes all women , ’ Kylie giggled as she recalled his masculine effect on her and the other girls in the show . |
| 7 | Because she was so tall and slim all the clothes looked marvellous on her and the other girls would groan their envy . |
| 8 | They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself . |
| 9 | He saw a solid man , good shoulders on him and a squat neck and a good head of dark hair . |
| 10 | But now British Rail has reversed its decision on him and the two others at a freight depot in Doncaster . |
| 11 | It was an iron bed with two folded blankets on it and a thin straw mattress . |
| 12 | but it 's not the hexagon shaped one , it 's round and it 's got an orange lid on it and an orange side |
| 13 | It was a red Transit , one of the new designs which look like they 've been punched in the nose , but there were no markings on it and the rear windows had been painted out . |
| 14 | When one thinks , however , that coming up the Sacred Way one 's first sight of the building would be the corner , the long Gigantomachy stretching in front of one , the combat of the east abutting on it and the seated gods closing the composition at the end , one understands that it is so designed to suit its position ; as the formal archaic structure of the west frieze suits the highly decorated frontally approached entrance-façade . |
| 15 | She wore a babyish frock with little pink flowers embroidered on it and the gentle charm which she used on people who might be frightened of her . |
| 16 | You bang down on it and the darn thing is n't there . |
| 17 | In th , over here , it only cost forty fa , forty five pound and you can play one or two players on it and the pro score is eighty eight per cent . |
| 18 | The greater the volume of business on a particular exchange , the greater the ability to trade freely on it and the more business it should attract . |