Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Many scientists were astonished at home that evening to see the faces of the two chemists appearing on the television as Dan Rather on the CBS evening news headlined the Utah work as ‘ a remarkable breakthrough ’ . |
| 2 | Before he saw Nicandra alone on the stand , he had noticed a different kind of tension ; it was in the bar , where Andrew was having a drink with Lalage , while now , he guessed , Nicandra would be getting the money on to Lalage 's horse . |
| 3 | He tapped Mandeville gently on the shoulder . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've got to bring C.W. and Sabrina in on the case as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Your first sight of Reg Varney in On The Buses . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll get you , Butler ’ Blakey in On The Buses |
| 7 | From there Laughton progressed to two more familiar roles , Poirot and Pickwick , before scoring another big success as the Chicago gangster loosely modelled on Al Capone in On the Spot ( 1930 ) by Edgar Wallace [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | The appointment of fresh Designers to the series finally broke the ping-pong philosophy that had so threatened to trap Newbery and Cusick forever on the Doctor Who treadmill . |
| 9 | The soldier relaxed and tapped Corbett patronisingly on the shoulder . |
| 10 | Had it not been for his desire to sound Eleanor out on the subject of Liza , he felt he could easily have done so . |
| 11 | Ian Wright , Paul Merson and Anders Limpar are in his sights and he 's not afriad to take tough action to get Arsenal back on the winning track after successive defeats by Leeds and Manchester United . |
| 12 | Now Parlour will get the chance to stake his claim after putting Arsenal back on the rails after their bad start to the season by making both goals in the 2-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday . |
| 13 | But can GSR get Tatra back on the road ? |
| 14 | There could be nowhere better to experience the suddenness of the Pyrenees here on the French side . |
| 15 | Below him , Nooty prodded Sacco respectfully on the arm . |
| 16 | Daphne did her best to brief Becky fully on the family . |
| 17 | The meeting which was to set Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer irrevocably on the road to St Paul 's Cathedral took place in July 1980 on a hay bale at the home of Commander Robert de Pass , a friend of Prince Philip , and his wife Philippa , a lady-in-waiting to the Queen . |
| 18 | Barton beat Spencer Prior on the right and his 57th minute cross was stabbed in by Sanchez who made the vital connection just in front of Ian Culverhouse . |
| 19 | And if it stopped the raiding , and put the Macleans firmly on the side of the Campbells and the king — yes , the advantages were there . |
| 20 | Without taking his eyes from hers , Feargal tapped Donal lightly on the shoulder . |
| 21 | Slater sent Ward away on the left and his cross was met by Allen who unleashed a stunning volley into the net of which Marco van Basten would hve been proud . |
| 22 | Murray said : ‘ We will not give Baker away on the cheap . |
| 23 | Beyond , a lane — called Long Lane — branches left and comes to an end after two miles with Clapham Beck down on the left and the limestone scars of Norber up on the right . |
| 24 | Blackburn star Shearer still on the way back from injury began on the bench for the fifth successive game , while for once Wright failed to get his name on the scoresheet . |
| 25 | They could do this by interfering with the transport of NGF along the fibre ; as in this experiment , the application of extra NGF directly on the cell body could help to stop the damage . |
| 26 | He stopped , mouth agape , gazing down across the Sound where Luch up on the roof was pointing . |
| 27 | On a Saturday night in July they were woken by two burglars who hit Mr Ross repeatedly on the head and body , tied them both up and demanded the keys of the safe . |
| 28 | She will cry and say that she can not leave the house with Angharad out on the hills alone , for anything might happen to her , anything . |
| 29 | News of its intended publication filtered through to Orkney late on the Saturday night . |
| 30 | As Ross followed in , the man swung , catching Ross solidly on the side of the face ; he was wearing a ring that opened a deep gash along the cheek-bone . |