Example sentences of "[verb] on the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well , he won a £4,500 wristwatch for his 66 , which will not count as a course record because lifting and placing was permitted on the rain soaked fairways . |
| 2 | Some of UK regional papers appear on the bookstand first thing in the morning and , like the nationals , they are usually printed in the late evening or overnight , so the same considerations apply to the timing of the supply of information . |
| 3 | New faces appear on the scene each year , to help and encourage us – long may this continue . |
| 4 | A well appointed new hotel , located on the South Eastern outskirts of the City of Coventry , on the A45 . |
| 5 | But within a year Tommy Cook was appearing on the doorstep first thing in the morning with a bottle of vodka . |
| 6 | The Test and County Cricket Board are to take no further action against the Worcestershire cricketer Richard Stemp following a positive drugs test on the player this summer . |
| 7 | She 's the sort of filly who deserves a big race win for she has been knocking on the door all season . |
| 8 | She 's the sort of filly who deserves a big race win for she has been knocking on the door all season . |
| 9 | No okay because it 's as I was saying usually between sort of round about the middle of the day there 's people knocking on the door all the time so if you can sort of get sort of earlier or later it 's we 're likely to have a y'know half an hour when I can show you to do S P S S on it . |
| 10 | But I shall never lead a normal life because I 'm so short — we 're both short — that 's why Tilda stands on the deck half the day , it 's because somebody told her that you only grow taller while you 're standing up . |
| 11 | If policy were to concentrate on the ghetto poor — those socially segregated in inner cities whose manufacturing jobs have fled to the suburbs — it could be aimed at very few places . |
| 12 | This building , originally 13.4 by 6.1 m ( 44 by 20 ft ) , had a portico added on the west 1.4 m ( 4½ ft ) wide incorporating an internal apse , a tessellated floor and painted walls . |
| 13 | It will also be possible , by the trust deed , to impose on the company additional obligations , regarding the submission of information and the like , which might not otherwise be practicable . |
| 14 | Trading on the anger inherent in t heir home of New York , COP 's tales are sometimes vicious street level tables of the generally seamier end of society . |
| 15 | Trading on the anger inherent in t heir home of New York , COP 's tales are sometimes vicious street level tables of the generally seamier end of society . |
| 16 | As I think I mentioned on the phone posssible sources of information that I would suggest are : |
| 17 | I mean I think I 'd like to comment on the way some of the discussion was going earlier , because although it 's true that it 's largely men who are seen as creating the problem , there are certainly large numbers of men in positions of authority in the university who are very concerned about it , and who have been led to re-examine their own behaviour , and who now comment on how uncomfortable and constrained they themselves feel . |
| 18 | I 'd like your recommendations for the best boiling , baking , roasting , chipping potatoes , three or four for different purposes but I 'm going to ask Walter to comment on the question first of all ? |
| 19 | The Westinghouse Signal company , based in Chippenham , Wiltshire , refused to comment on the contract last night , saying : ‘ This issue is sensitive . ’ |
| 20 | However , our discussion will concentrate on the contribution each can make to public sector accounting . |
| 21 | I have the Smith & Wesson trained on the doorway ready to blast the first guy to show . |
| 22 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 23 | And , I mean , we , we was on about it one day , and she was only sat on the table next to us , ooh she was giving us daggers ! |
| 24 | Comparison of those four sequences are summarized on the Table 1 . |
| 25 | The problem may explain why Brady has not made more of an impact since exploding on the scene three years ago . |
| 26 | I think you have to sort of , lay your ground rules , I mean state your case , quite early on and it , I mean , you know , if , if you 're not good first thing in the morning , you know , you could tell someone you need three cups of coffee before you 're safe to approach or if erm , there 's a lazy slob who sort of lies on the sofa all day , you could throw the dishcloth at him , or erm , and also , I mean if it , if there are sort of badly behaved pets and , and children , erm , you know , just , just do n't invite them , and if that means your guest list is , is somewhat shorter then all to the good . |
| 27 | The people of Kislev moved into the Old World from the areas east of the Worlds Edge Mountains and founded the kingdom which lies on the north eastern borders of the Empire . |
| 28 | Advocacy is the skill of good presentation and information , and that starts on the day that you first interview a client . |
| 29 | He began in the autumn term and just before starting this new career he and Clinton van Sieclen wrote a paper on the theory of cold fusion , which concentrated on the muon catalysed fusion but had some prescient remarks about the possibility that fusion might be influenced by pressure and materials . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |