Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was quite usual to see her standing there baking , one knee on a cushion placed on a stool , to ease the pain . |
| 2 | In an article on science fiction , Jean Baudrillard maintains that the traditional mode of the genre depended on a simulation of expansion that is no longer feasible in the contemporary world . |
| 3 | He respects , looks up to , objects placed on a pedestal … but only within limits ! |
| 4 | ( 2 ) An appeal under this section shall be lodged with the sheriff clerk within 14 days from the date of the decision appealed against or in a case where reasons for a decision have been given under section 18(2) of this Act , within 14 days from the date of receipt of those reasons , which shall be presumed to have been received on the day after the date on which they were posted , except that in the case of reasons posted on a Friday or Saturday , they shall be presumed to have been received on the Monday next following . |
| 5 | Staring at me through the branches of a twisted thorn was a tawny owl perched on a rock ledge . |
| 6 | Johan Cruyff , one foot perched on a football , regarded her with the same emotionless expression as the rest . |
| 7 | In a further development on Dec. 12 the New York Times reported on a plan put forward by the US Army Chief of Staff , Gen. Carl Vuono , called " Strategic force for the 1990 's and beyond " , which envisaged a cut of one-third of US forces in Europe by 1995 , from 305,000 to 200,000 . |
| 8 | He moved the hand slowly , eyes closed , teeth clenched on a smile . |
| 9 | ‘ He got stuck — the stretcher caught on a rock . |
| 10 | The climbers dined on a cornucopia of fresh fruits , meat , cream , cake and ale , cooked by the enormous basecamp staff . |
| 11 | He stared down at her upturned face , her soft pink lips parted on a gasp . |
| 12 | A handbag placed on a seat becomes , visually , part of the molecular structure of that seat . |
| 13 | In any field of employment a successful application depends to some degree on the applicant 's being seen to say and do what is expected during the selection process , and to this extent conventional selection methods can always be faulted for the way they may presume that words uttered on a form or in an interview are reliable indicators of future performance . |
| 14 | The success of these courses in influencing the quality of school and classroom practice depended on a number of factors , some of them — like the receptiveness of teachers attending them and the willingness of schools to encourage and accommodate change — beyond the control of the course providers . |
| 15 | Among his most celebrated images are ‘ The Meaning of Geneva ’ showing a dove speared onto a bayonet and ‘ As in the Middle Ages … so in the Third Reich ’ of a medieval sculpture of a figure broken on a wheel shown above a corpse twisted around a swastika . |
| 16 | He recently chaired the Government 's Committee into Handling of Geographic Information , an examination of the use of computers to store , in digitised form , all the data contained on a map . |
| 17 | As a rough approximation the Earth 's present magnetic field can be represented by a regular dipolar pattern ( similar to that produced when a bar magnet is held beneath iron filings scattered on a sheet of paper ) . |
| 18 | Bob perched on a bar stool , still wearing his overcoat . |
| 19 | ‘ Inside was a 200-page bound script written on a word processor and it was the most scary thing I 've ever seen , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Most early societies at the dawn of civilisation operated on a barter basis whereby goods were exchanged , i.e. traded , for goods . |
| 21 | Pictures seen on a wall , shadow-play ? |
| 22 | The statute imposed on a woman seeking an abortion a 24-hour waiting period after she had received the information stipulated by the law . |
| 23 | A figure moved on a balcony above my head . |
| 24 | Talbot , J. in that case was required to decide the validity of a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission to use part of the ground floor of certain premises as ‘ an employment agency and for no other use . ’ |
| 25 | From the results in Table 3 , Table 4 , and Table 5 we find that , as expected , subjects more accurately recognised trigrams and words presented on a card when the material is presented to the left hemisphere . |
| 26 | With Leoncico snapping genially at his heels , with a force of 190 Spaniards and with several hundred more local guides and porters embarked on a fleet of nine canoes and a small ship named the Chapinera , Balboa set out for Acla on the morning of Thursday , 1 September 1513 . |
| 27 | In 1806 the two brothers embarked on a journey of exploration to the United States . |
| 28 | In the end , both parties agreed on a payment of £200 , and Crawford 's contract came to an end . |
| 29 | The result is that people at work , whether as individuals or as work teams , are no longer dependent on a centralised data processing department based on a mainframe or mini-computer . |
| 30 | The car landed on a railway line . |