Example sentences of "[verb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wreck On The Highway and Fade Away were bleak and enduring vignettes , while Independence Day and the title song were nothing less than monumental . |
| 2 | Already the Fists were disembarking on the double . |
| 3 | Detectives launched the massive operation after eavesdropping on the conversation between a mystery woman and the playboy yachtsman accused of murdering his parents . |
| 4 | Perhaps a solution for the JTO 's that are finding difficulty in coping with the current situation would be for those of them that have both hard and grass courts at their club to run a two tier event , i.e. a Series tournament on the hard courts coupled with age group doubles and mixed on the grass . |
| 5 | Other pharmaceuticals were mixed on the news , with Glaxo up 2p to 599p and Smith Kline Beecham 2p off at 414p . |
| 6 | The other type , which may be better for smaller jobs , is mixed on the spot in a special truck , which has a mixer at the back . |
| 7 | The big man beat on the door and shouted in the high nasal tone of the Caucasus , slammed his fist into the woodwork , demanded attention . |
| 8 | She beat on the tree with her fists , she threw her arms as far round the tree as they would reach and then , despite the relentless rain , the saturated ground and the penetrating cold , she fell on her knees at its foot , unable to muster the will to walk on . |
| 9 | Being a bit of a Pink Floyd and a club scene fan , I was joyous to hear a sample of the Floyd 's ‘ Shine On You Crazy Diamond ’ with a Soul II Soul beat on the radio . |
| 10 | It was also very hot , for the drawing room faced due south and the hot sun beat on the glass . |
| 11 | These components are interpreted in social terms after the analysis by considering the social characteristics of the speakers who have been sorted on the basis of their linguistic behaviour into the two groups ( periphery and core ) which emerge in Figure 6.1 . |
| 12 | Gina could crawl in beside them or sleep on the sofa downstairs if she preferred . |
| 13 | And I went berserk about two nights later and said for god 's sake you 're driving me bonkers , go away and sleep on the sofa . |
| 14 | You do n't mind if I sleep on the way back , do you ? ’ |
| 15 | It 's house Sunday , out Christmas at least it will be a bit more that was the instead and you and I sleep on the settee . |
| 16 | turf her out on the bed she might sleep with me and you sleep on the settee or would be a bit better than two beds than the settee , an extra bed space for her mum 's house too much for over Christmas , that 's not fair she 's not all over the place . |
| 17 | They sleep on the floor without mattress or bedcover . |
| 18 | People sleep on the floor or huddle round television sets . |
| 19 | ‘ I sleep on the floor and have a bare house . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ She would often get out in the night and sleep on the floor , usually next to us . |
| 21 | So I just sleep on the floor . |
| 22 | I sleep on the ground ; I have neither wife nor children , no miserable Governor 's mansion , but only earth and sky , and one rough cloak . |
| 23 | ‘ We got only two hours sleep on the mountain , ’ Grew said . |
| 24 | The echinoderm skeleton is not a truly external one , like that of the molluscs , for it is surrounded on the outside by a thin skin of living tissue . |
| 25 | ‘ It has been announced by the Chancellor Neville Chamberlain that work will recommence on the hull designated 534 in Clydebank . |
| 26 | Czechoslovak Prime Minister Marian Calfa declared on Feb. 5 that work would recommence on the basis of the so-called " C " scheme , which envisaged the diversion of Danube waters . |
| 27 | Gloucestershire are continuing to struggle on the cricket field . |
| 28 | City , whose power struggle has dominated the season 's headlines , continued to struggle on the pitch where they conceded two goals in the first 22 minutes and have now gone nine Premiership games without a win . |
| 29 | A room status change can be initiated either by hotel staff entering a code manually on the bedroom telephone , or automatically by the Hotel Manager if , for example , a name is entered or deleted on the guest file . |
| 30 | Perkin took Mackie to shuffle on the square of dance floor adjoining the table . |