Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Going round at dead of night , eavesdropping on people 's conversations . |
| 2 | It is estimated more than 2,000 people now sleep on London 's streets and another 50,000 in various forms of temporary accommodation . |
| 3 | You want to travel in a Transit van and sleep on people 's floors . |
| 4 | Swansea had n't won on Llanelli 's ground for five years but shrewd Ruddock had worked out a week earlier just how he would bring about the upset . |
| 5 | Dunwoody had in the past won on Norton 's Coin and would have been riding him in the Gold Cup had Desert Orchid been absent . |
| 6 | ‘ I could jump on Ronald 's back , ’ she says , demonstrating , ‘ and be like a fly on his shirt . ’ |
| 7 | Since the majority of elderly people requiring help are women , then a great deal of the responsibility for looking after them will fall on women 's shoulders . |
| 8 | After a few minutes her voice began to grate on Dougal 's ears . |
| 9 | At Vladivostok , the station which rose on Nicholas 's foundation stone was a baleful prison-like building with two blocks linked by a single-storey entrance range . |
| 10 | Two spots of colour rose on Nicolo 's cheeks . |
| 11 | His words might have been ambiguous , but the hackles rose on Rory 's neck as if he 'd been blatantly insulting . |
| 12 | A delighted flush rose on Calder 's cheeks . |
| 13 | They even appear on Nashville 's Grand Ole Opry , the live radio show that has run weekly since 1925 , where they share the stage with revered old-timers . |
| 14 | No names appear on BSDI 's papers of incorporation except the company 's nominal president Rick Adams who was described to Unigram last week by Donnalyn Frey , BSDI 's spokesman , as merely a figurehead , soon to be replaced when BSDI completes its current search for a chief executive . |
| 15 | Located on Bali 's southern peninsula , the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel is designed to reflect traditional Balinese architecture and is set in large , tropical gardens , leading to a superb white sandy beach . |
| 16 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
| 17 | The children thoroughly enjoyed the panto which also starred the ; who are currently appearing on Children 's BBC in Chucklevision . |
| 18 | The British Standards Institution , Kitemark , more often seen on goods like washing machines and fridges , could soon be appearing on solicitor 's headed notepaper . |
| 19 | As I have said , it is claimed on Winchester 's behalf that in addition to being an exempted person , it was also a member of Lautro itself , and thus in addition an appointed person . |
| 20 | Vincent , overcome with gratitude for this ready help , apologised several times over for his presumption in landing on Mauve 's doorstep without warning . |
| 21 | Is there anything to make you believe that Poll Tax bills landing on people 's mats this time next year will be any nearer the estimate than they were last time . |
| 22 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
| 23 | The afternoon sun on my back was gently warming and the light that it cast on Chola 's and Mina 's faces was as clear and richly brown as amber . |
| 24 | SHe knew it was unlikely SHe could count on Alix 's discretion , but the need for medical backup had been worth the disclosures . |
| 25 | There was nobody about to see me knocking on Sally 's door . |
| 26 | A great deal of interviewing is done by approaching people in the street or by knocking on people 's doors . |
| 27 | Some time between knocking on Nicolo 's door and stepping inside his apartment , she 'd lost the advantage her anger had provided . |
| 28 | The Limit 's 100 lucky readers will also win Guns N' Roses ' smash-hit album Use Your Illusion 1 and 11 , which features Knocking On Heaven 's Door and November Rain . |
| 29 | Erm and er that it 's maybe very important at a time like this when children are potentially going and and knocking on stranger 's doors to be particularly careful so what we 've done is is is put together a simple guide for parents and carers erm which suggests that er they should n't just let their children go off for the evening . |
| 30 | She tried to imagine herself walking along the corridor , knocking on Luke 's bedroom door and saying — saying what ? |