Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr No : is he your idea of a hands on employer ? |
| 2 | No , we , we 're looking at individual cases still , and , indeed they will be reviewed as ind individual cases in the future , with the Health Authority clearly recognizing that it has n't much of a responsibilities on them . |
| 3 | The sergeant 's eyes surveyed the room : the prints of countryside scenes in aluminium frames , the meretricious chandelier , the knick-knacks accumulated from various holidays , including a bouzouki on one wall . |
| 4 | Has to be on a runners on the side as well otherwise it would just fall down . |
| 5 | Police were last night hunting two youths who threatened staff at a newsagents on Ford Estate , Sunderland before stealing the till . |
| 6 | Security and my creature comforts were cared for by a dry-cleaners on the street level ; a cafe on the first floor that would send me up something on a tray when I came home late and tired ; a retired beautician on the second floor who would revive me with an evening ‘ facial ’ ; while the grocer round the corner saw to it that my larder was replenished for my homecomings . |