Example sentences of "[vb -s] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Douglas castle of Morton stands on a promontory , protected on three sides by a small loch . |
| 2 | Yet another fortress stands on a promontory only half a mile away . |
| 3 | One of the key functions of courtship is to find out where our prospective life-mate stands on a myriad of issues that could affect the relationship in the future . |
| 4 | It stands on a base 39 inches high measuring 116 inches by 72 inches . |
| 5 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 6 | Lescar stands on a rise and below it , on the flat ground between it and the river , was the Roman town of Beneharnum ( whence , fairly obviously , the modern form of the name Béarn ) , which is mentioned in a travel guide of the third century AD . |
| 7 | ‘ All Europe stands on a threshold — and we Europeans now have to make a choice . |
| 8 | The Atalaya itself , or watch-tower , stands on a rock as a solitary relic of the town 's whaling days . |
| 9 | He stands on a set of stone steps which run the length of the square . |
| 10 | A town that stands on a hill can not be hidden . |
| 11 | This airy square Georgian building with thirteen acres of garden , parkland and trees , stands on a hill overlooking the village of Wetherden in rural Suffolk . |
| 12 | It stands on a hill , about two miles from Assisi , surrounded by parklands . |
| 13 | But perhaps the most interesting extension that can be made to a Murten visit is to make the very short journey of only 8km ( 5 miles ) either by road No 1 , or by rail on the same line as from Kerzers to Murten The destination is the small town of Avenches , which stands on a hill just north of the bypassing main road No1 which runs across the Mittelland plateau from Bern to Lausanne . |
| 14 | There is a seal from the Idaian Cave showing a priestess holding a triton shell to her lips as she stands on a step in front of an altar decked with sacral horns and sacred boughs ( title illustration , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ The NHS stands on a par with any achievements of any government of any nation since the Second World War . |
| 16 | Ron Two , who is more effeminate than Ron One though less wildly dressed , stands on a table . |
| 17 | One can never be defeated if one stands on a matter of morality . ’ |
| 18 | It stands on a terrace the top step of which bears an inscription recording a dedication for the victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 . |
| 19 | When Linda stands on a chair Linda is higher than Steven . |
| 20 | When Sharon stands on a chair , Tracey is lower than Sharon . |
| 21 | She stood at the open kitchen window with her early cup of tea clasped in both hands , listening to the swish of the falling water and watching it gather in tiny globules on the tips of the leaves of the apple tree like crystal drops on a chandelier before sliding with a slow , regular inevitability on to the grass . |
| 22 | Half-way through the movie Ms Dash switches on the mental light bulb and asks her suitor how he can afford to buy her diamond rings on a mailboy 's salary . |
| 23 | it matures on a year by year basis which may be of interest . |
| 24 | He 's also known to deal in drugs in and around Amsterdam where it 's rumoured he lives on a houseboat somewhere in the Jordan area . |
| 25 | ‘ Because he is rich and he lives on a desert island like this when he could be in Paris … ’ |
| 26 | The dunnock , or hedge sparrow , lives on a territory during the breeding season . |
| 27 | She lives on a farm in Wiltshire with her husband and daughter and her exhibition is on until Aug 26 , 1991 . |
| 28 | Mrs Simmons , lives on a farm 60km from the town . |
| 29 | She actually lives on a farm sorry , erm , a little girl next-door to ride . |
| 30 | He lives on a diet of Mars bars , peanut butter sarnies , and a cake we call a vanilla slice — three layers of melting pastry , vanilla custard and cream . |