Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb past] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lauterpacht concludes that the subsequent Resolution of the Assembly shows that the Assembly accepted the Court 's opinion , although a diversity of views persisted on the nature of the effect of the election . |
| 2 | A lot of prisoners slept on the floor because there were no beds or chairs . |
| 3 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 4 | From the window we could see to the right a barrel-organ with a small dog dressed as a clown , to the left a pile of rags heaped on the Métro ventilation grille . |
| 5 | In the kitchen the meat sizzled in the oven and a big pan of potatoes stood on the hob . |
| 6 | Three pairs of footsteps clattered on the pavement , out of step , like three clocks . |
| 7 | A GANG of thugs went on the ramage and caused damage worth more than £4,000 in an attack on animals and staff at Belfast Zoo , it was revealed today . |
| 8 | Teams of officers arrived on the scene in unmarked furniture vans . |
| 9 | GANGS of youths went on the rampage early yesterday , turning Christmas celebrations into chaos . |
| 10 | A much more serious incident began on 3 and 4 June when gangs of youths appeared on the streets of Ferghana and nearby towns , armed with iron bars and Molotov cocktails , and in search of Meskhetians . |
| 11 | Shildon had been rash to promise tranquillity : hundreds of tourists sat on the steps of the cathedral , hundreds more flowed in and out of the doors . |
| 12 | The other three patients had visitors , and bunches of flowers lay on the counterpanes . |
| 13 | THREE people were injured when a number of vehicles crashed on the Rushyford-Woodham back road at Eldon junction last night . |
| 14 | Mrs Ainsworth 's home was lavishly decorated with tinsel and holly , rows of drinks stood on the sideboard and the rich aroma of turkey and sage and onion sag wafted from the kitchen . |