Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was also very hot , for the drawing room faced due south and the hot sun beat on the glass . |
| 5 | A development of Banfield 's explanation is provided by Johan Galtung on the basis of his own research in a similar environment . |
| 6 | This geological evidence raises the question whether any plants survived the entire last glacial stage ( ca. 125,000–13,500 B.P. ) in the Outer Hebrides , as Heslop Harrison ( 1948b , 1953 ) and Dahl ( 1954 , 1955 ) proposed on the basis of present-day distribution patterns . |
| 7 | One and six it cost on the ferry |
| 8 | His fingers opened , the knife bounced on the trampoline webbing and fell through into the sea . |
| 9 | Melanie had tried to fill the bath from it only once and then it had exploded with such ferocity that the toothbrushes leapt and quivered in the rack and Uncle Philip 's toothglass had taken a suicide jump from the shelf and bounced on the floor , fortunately without breaking . |
| 10 | Philip jumped as a tiny stone bounced on the concrete and hit the door . |
| 11 | It bounced on the carpet , shedding chunks of red-hot ash . |
| 12 | Suppliers thank Dow Corning Europe for telling them how they rated on the grid . ’ |
| 13 | That spring the slow march of the Situationists through the London of the decade surfaced on the cover of It26 , with a Situationist poster . |
| 14 | He also made it clear that he was against black boycotts organized around the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico , at which Thommie Smith and John Carlos demonstrated on the victory rostrum with a gloved black power salute . |
| 15 | An inviting smell of liquor rose on the steam . |
| 16 | The curtain rose on The Duke and The Shopgirl . |
| 17 | As he stepped forward the chocolate hackles rose on the cat , its mouth drawn back in a snarl . |
| 18 | Every time Grace rose on the swell , she was aware of the anchor chain tightening to its limit . |
| 19 | Several young boys were racing each other across the open expanse , leaping and shouting , and from the abbey itself the voices of monks chanting the noon office rose on the air . |
| 20 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 21 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 22 | In January 1980 mining shares rose on the back of media reports of uranium finds . |
| 23 | The hair rose on the back of the boy 's neck . |
| 24 | The Scholtz act was on stage now , Rose on the saxophone and Bernie at the piano . |
| 25 | Shares in both companies rose on the news , P&O firming 2p to 603p and Granada gaining 20p to 385p . |
| 26 | He loitered in the wings , although usually he sat in his dressing-room until the curtain rose on the Mermaid 's Lagoon . |
| 27 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 28 | He had recently bought a huge house there with a garden which bordered on the river , directly opposite Botolph 's Wharf . |
| 29 | Keegan knew his side would face Barnsley 's stifling three-man central-defensive formation , yet the attempts to counter it bordered on the banal . |
| 30 | I wish I could remember the name of the functionary who pronounced on the news that a union vote had gone 70/30 , at least three to one in favour : I would gladly lend him my copy . |