Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although on-trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . |
| 2 | The remainder of Tramway No. 11 was inspected on 7 July and the Colonel asked about the gradients on the approaches to Pitlake Bridge . |
| 3 | The German asked about the atrocities on invasion day — these were known abroad . |
| 4 | In the centre loomed a squat Tower of brown stone up which the shade steadily crept as the shadows on the ground reached out into nothing and were lost . |
| 5 | But for that mole in the Securitate they would have been dawdling through the hills on their own . |
| 6 | What do the police think about the killings on the Mudchute ? |
| 7 | Boy as I said lived during the days on sugar , yoghurts , instant coffee and toast ; then every evening the man would cook up a big casserole , one big casserole filled with fish and lots of potatoes , tinned sweetcorn , something like that , and they would eat that together in the kitchen every night at seven o'clock , before the man went off to work — he worked nights you see . |
| 8 | During the great party rallies at Nuremberg Himmler and the SS hierarchy rode through the streets on horseback , dressed in the full regalia of Teutonic knights . |
| 9 | When I worked as a primary school teacher I sometimes retrieved that feeling with a particular clarity , walking between the tables on the hard floor , all the little looms working but needing my constant adjustment . |
| 10 | From every direction microphones , lenses and T.V. cameras followed the entourage as they moved between the looms on a tour of the factory . |
| 11 | With the help of a detective constable , she had to sift through the papers on every desk top and the rubbish in every drawer . |
| 12 | Greeted by Dolores with a tray of champagne , Stephanie Marsa was weaving through the crowds on slender black high heels , and brushed close by where Caroline stood , so close that she left a waft of heady , exotic perfume in the air , making a single-minded bee-line for Roman . |
| 13 | Masklin waded through the puddles on the concrete so that he could see down the far side of the aircraft . |
| 14 | They shift through the songs on their excellent ‘ Born in Blood ’ with joy , pride and professionalism , enhancing the material rather than simply grinding it out on stage . |
| 15 | Wrecked cars were outside West Mercia Police headquarters today as a stark reminded of the dangers on the roads . |
| 16 | He wandered towards the windows on light feet , a panther 's tread . |
| 17 | The rocket fizzled , and shot through him , exploding against the gallows on the other side of the square . |
| 18 | And the seal waved a flipper as the lights rose like the curtains on an opera and said : ‘ See how Aurora casts her dice and rolls us red ? |
| 19 | Johnny was by now fully occupied with the fastenings on the controversial halter-necked garment . |
| 20 | It crashed into the flowerpots on the whitewashed ledge under the window , raining pottery , bits of geranium and John Innes Number 3 Compost all over the congregation . |
| 21 | They have to work with the materials on hand , but by manipulating the design of the system they can build variations into it . |
| 22 | Some of her own childhood seemed trapped in the pages on which she had dribbled chocolate and , years ago , marked specially loved pages with sweetpapers and scraps of hair-ribbon . |
| 23 | ‘ There is a lot of blood coursing in the veins on all this , ’ a top Whitehall man says . |
| 24 | As reported in The Times on 4 April , Bush called for forces within Iraq to unseat Saddam , anticipating a military coup mounted by disaffected generals . |
| 25 | But , as they say in the ads on the telly , I knew a man who did . |
| 26 | This first coat should dry before the shadows on the side of the stile and signpost are applied . |
| 27 | Following the placing of 7.4m shares , 5.5m of them new , in Tadpole Technology Plc by Henry Cooke Corporate Finance Ltd , trading in the shares on the London International Stock Exchange is scheduled to start on Monday . |
| 28 | Then , as Michael McCarthy reported in The Times on 9 September 1989 , ‘ Europe 's biggest reservoir was closed to people and animals after the discovery of a possibly poisonous bloom of algae in the water . ’ |
| 29 | A couple of examples of this are included in the sections on serial and indexed files . |
| 30 | All young hypertensives , currently treated or untreated with antihypertensive drugs , were included in the analysis and are included in the results on an intention to treat basis . |