Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who is that munching cashews on the tape . |
| 2 | ‘ As for Mowbray , he had that bloody parchment on him and the fragments of a seed cake . |
| 3 | He 's dropped that bloody bag on my foot with all them tins in it ! |
| 4 | If a separate PCR had to be done for each possible pathogen on each samples the work involved and the cost would be major drawbacks . |
| 5 | The book is non-mathematical and assumes little technical knowledge on the part of the reader . |
| 6 | Do n't just stand there with that hateful expression on your face ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm tempted to let you struggle through Venice on your own , after that contrived mini-lecture on working-class thrift , ’ he drawled . |
| 8 | The bang as it bounces may be picked up by a hearing-aid or by a vibrator , thus avoiding that sticky mess on top of the stove . |
| 9 | However , Swallow was not optimistic regarding the prospects for the latter , arguing that administrative confusion on the border with the Czech Republic now made it easier to ship kit to Slovakia from a third country . |
| 10 | KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’ |
| 11 | KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’ |
| 12 | I should like to propose that Labour resolution on this issue erm in order to address the problems caused by a car boot sales , we feel that a national scheme is needed requiring resis resu sorry registration in advance of an event by boot sale organisers and registration of individual traders at boot sales . |
| 13 | That surviving half-page on Alexandria with its three classes of people is memorable : the Egyptians , " an acute and civilized race " ; the mercenaries , " a numerous , rough and uncultivated set " ; and the Alexandrians themselves , " a people not genuinely civilized … but still superior to the mercenaries for though they are mongrels they came from a Greek stock and have not forgotten Greek customs " ( 34.14 ) . |
| 14 | See that stuffed bag in his hand and that guilty look on his face ? |
| 15 | He was still watching her with that professional expression on his face . |
| 16 | Yeah , I just wanted that posh word on there you know . |
| 17 | As chairman of the Commission 's Joint Research Centre 's board of governors he has told the commissioner for science , Viscount Davignon , that European decision-making on science ought to be reformed to stop a repetition . |
| 18 | Erm you know that Georgian house on my road on th my side of the road , up the road ? |
| 19 | Science , with its masculine image , makes little emotional demand on an individual and seems to offer clear , precise answers to problems . |
| 20 | A Swedish couple and a German guy sitting near me were on their feet , that sickened expression on their faces too . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it all sounded pretty convincing , so much so that you came out wondering whether that persistent zit on your face was n't the result of bad diet , but actually something implanted by alien beings , determined for their own mysterious purposes to make you suffer the social embarrassment of a bad complexion . |
| 22 | And I 'm not saying that 's the reason but clearly that is er factor and and certainly some of the points we were making about distribution of traffic er on the western side of harrogate er clearly that would n't have had the benefits of providing that that connection on the western side , it would have concentrated all connections between Harrogate and Knaresborough and given rise to more concentrated local traffic effects in that area than would be the case er with an outer western er relief road . |
| 23 | Perhaps to impress upon Hitler that Spanish claims on Morocco were in earnest , Tangier was incorporated as part of metropolitan Spain on 3 November 1940 . |
| 24 | He just watched her , with that strange look on his face . |
| 25 | Because this is what he always felt after his father died — that if he could just speak to him now , he could really open his heart and say everything , without feeling that strange mute on his vocal chords . |
| 26 | I am more than happy to pay tribute to those gallant and courageous civil servants who led or followed my hon. Friend on that exciting detour on the continent . |
| 27 | As yet there has been little public debate on the specifics of the options or the associated design choices . |
| 28 | Said he liked all that empty space on the right . |
| 29 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |
| 30 | And fancy telling me that there was an interesting stoup in that old church on the island . ’ |