Example sentences of "[pron] on [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | She argues that it often is still in the employers ' interest to recruit someone on a relative 's recommendation , since this gives employers more control over their workforce . |
| 2 | Carrefour sat on a low wall that stretched out from the side of a building , leaning his back against the building 's wall and tootling to himself on a child 's flute . |
| 3 | He 'll find himself on a brain-shrinker 's couch or in the bin if he does n't get a hold of himself . " |
| 4 | ‘ How did you fare , my darling ? ’ he asked her , and took her hand , seating himself on the bed 's edge . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you on the paper 's graduate trainee scheme ? ’ he asked . |
| 6 | This awkwardness which might be successfully exploited by a writer in a different context , forces itself on the reader 's attention , detracting from the force of discreet . |
| 7 | Using sharp needles and ink , they were in the act of tattooing something on the girl 's back . |
| 8 | We tried one on a child 's jumper , chest size 66cm ( 26″ ) , using the template for children 5–8 , and this worked out very well . |
| 9 | When the project is completed copies of the project report , written up and assessed , gather dust , one on the tutor 's shelf another on the student 's . |
| 10 | Botticelli , works by Piero della Francesca and Andrea Mantegna and the museum 's most famous work , the Profile of a Young Lady by Antonio Pollaiolo , now used as a symbol of the Poldi-Pezzoli and a painting that adorns the face of many Milanese tourist brochures — including one on the city 's museums in which it has been reproduced the wrong way round ! |
| 11 | Taking them , the Captain locked one on the Negro 's left wrist , then grabbing Jess 's right arm , fastened the other on her . |
| 12 | A cell awaited her , and certain death — unless she could throw herself on the Queen 's mercy . |
| 13 | Most interesting warbird is the Sea Fury G-BUCM : this is the former RAF Museum example VX653 , and has been acquired by the Fighter Collection at Duxford in exchange for work carried out by them on the Museum 's Hawker Tempest II . |
| 14 | When a group is unknown , the advantage lies with the record company in signing them on the company 's terms . |
| 15 | Then , without altering his voice , he picked the handcuffs up , snapped them on the tourist 's wrists , and flipped the key through the air to McGowan . |
| 16 | He did n't move , so I pulled his hands out and positioned them on the boat 's edges . |
| 17 | balancing them on the fire 's black iron bars |
| 18 | Let us make schemata of coloured mandalas and hang them on the mind 's screens as objects of meditation . |
| 19 | Martin , get them on the ship 's communicator . ’ |
| 20 | His hands were getting messy ; he wiped them on the creature 's cloak . |
| 21 | then she bought a bunch of violets and put them on the baby 's pillow , blew us a kiss and disappeared . |
| 22 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 23 | Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month 's leave . |
| 24 | Questioning him on the BBC 's Election Call , Mrs Yvonne Anthonychallenged the Labour leader on the minimum wage , unemployment and relations with the unions . |
| 25 | When the cart was ready , he called Gabriel to sit beside him on the driver 's bench . |
| 26 | In December 1923 Mr Stanley Baldwin lost his majority , but remained Prime Minister for five weeks over Christmas until the Liberals and Labour combined to defeat him on the King 's Speech . |
| 27 | They lampooned him on the division 's radio station . |
| 28 | Er with , with , you asked Martin about his dependants and he said he had n't got any but you did n't question him on the wife 's dependants , or his wife 's dependants . |
| 29 | More traumatic still , James Prior , with the greatest reluctance , was forced to move from Employment to the exile of Northern Ireland , even though Mrs Thatcher had to keep him on the Cabinet 's main economic forum , the E Committee . |
| 30 | ENGLAND cricket captain Graham Gooch will be able to put his and wife Brenda 's marriage problems behind him on the team 's tour of India , his father claimed last night . |