Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rested the sack on the flat top of the culvert ; high above him on the slope he could hear somebody whistling . |
| 2 | I 've got erm proportional space code which is very similar to it on the Microsoft Works . |
| 3 | He is indeed , as John Taylor has aptly called him , ‘ the go-between God ’ , for he both takes the things of God and makes them real to us on the one hand , and takes our faint longings and prayers and brings them to the Father on the other . |
| 4 | When being questioned by magistrates about her teaching ( they were suspicious of her on the grounds of her sex and lack of social position ) she is confident that a greater Lord will answer for her . |
| 5 | Claws braced on the wall beneath it , the thing strained upwards , rolling its dripping head in agony — and something that had been lying tight beneath it on the pavement slid from under its ravaged body and into the basement . |
| 6 | He had disbursed more than was customary with him on the hotel where they had spent the night . |
| 7 | All that was left of his genial friend lay cold before him on the trestles . |
| 8 | Within a month Renate had lost her job ( ‘ the complaint was that the girl was too slow ’ ) and had suffered a sharp decline in health , having contracted chronic catarrh , nervous debility and eczema of the scalp ‘ which made her unable to summon up the courage to get a haircut after a hairdresser had been very rude to her on the subject ’ . |
| 9 | He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her . |
| 10 | As to the monthly payments , we have already said that we see no sufficient grounds for disturbing the judge 's findings that the receipts of sums by the plaintiffs from the defendant after Miss Guile left the flat represented no more than was due from him on the footing that he was liable only for monthly payments of £86.66 . |
| 11 | The plans by M-1 Great Britain Ltd to mine on the Corbetts of Faragon Hill and Meall Rairneachan have attracted objections from local people , the MCofS , the Scottish Scenic Trust and the Countryside Commission for Scotland ( now Scottish Natural Heritage ) , while the RSPB and Historic Scotland have expressed reservations . |
| 12 | That 's right on her on the copy of that . |
| 13 | It was his own fault for having been conceited enough to be pleasant to her on the morning of the read-through . |
| 14 | Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week . |
| 15 | Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week . |
| 16 | She had not known what to expect from this side of marriage since there was no literature available to her on the subject and her mother had told her nothing . |
| 17 | The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way . |
| 18 | We 've been to visit him , he 's back to visit us , and he 's available to us on the phone for a year , and all of that 's covered by this Department of the Environment . |
| 19 | Jamie 's head lies motionless between us on the dirty sheets . |
| 20 | Their captain 's making it difficult for them on the blower |
| 21 | His nickname , his flattened nose , a crossed scar like an emblem beside one eyebrow had all been won honourably , in and out of the ring , and whatever suspicions he might have about the feelings — even about the suitability for the present assignment — of Denis Hurley , sitting back-to-back with him on the cart , he knew that he would be man enough for anything , his nerve would not fail . |
| 22 | At least Churchill is on record that Roosevelt had been more outspoken with him on the subject of Indochina than on any other colonial matter : ‘ I imagine it is one of his principal war aims to liberate Indochina from France ’ . |
| 23 | Draw into your net all possible defendants , and then turn round and consider all the possible defences open to them on the facts given . |
| 24 | He was quite determined that I was going to try and escape , and followed so close behind me on the railway stations that I could smell his breath . |
| 25 | ‘ Good , ’ said the corporal , ‘ because we 're always gentle with you on the first day . ’ |
| 26 | He came over and sat close beside her on the bed , ‘ I 've been looking for you everywhere , Robyn . ’ |
| 27 | He would pass Syl 's house on the way , since it stood close to ours on the same side of the private road , behind hedges of cypress and box , flanked by lawns garnished with birch and all manner of ornamental trees . |
| 28 | Agnes actually put her hands over her ears as she looked at Jessie sitting close to her on the edge of the bed . |
| 29 | I walked back into the lounge and said , ‘ You clever girl ’ to Sally and sat close to her on the wide sofa . |
| 30 | Somebody was close by me on the hillside . |