Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cast and crew were situated in the picturesque summer tourist trap of St Ives where they virtually took over the comfortable olde-worlde Tregenna Castle Hotel , while Peckinpah rented a small cottage for himself on the moor . |
| 2 | driver for me on the phone , so he calls me up , oh we 've got load of them he said |
| 3 | Mr Forsyth 's support for student loans has ensured little support for him on the campus but , that apart , the student vote seems to be as divided as it is in the wider constituency . |
| 4 | De Gaulle engineered a majority for himself on the CFLN and promptly objected to Giraud 's claim to combine the functions of Commander-in-Chief with the co-presidency . |
| 5 | And the secular armies which established her hegemony for her on the Continent were in no position to undertake a full-scale military campaign against Ireland . |
| 6 | The island is named after a daughter of King Bela IV who pledged to build a Dominican convent for her on the island if the Mongols could be defeated . |
| 7 | ‘ I kept a lookout for you on the ship . |
| 8 | He would , for instance , secretly buy 30,000 of a stock for himself on the account . |
| 9 | And er then Mr said it was safe for his wife to return and children , that they , trouble was they could n't get a seat for me on the plane . |
| 10 | Norway 's prospects of joining the EC might be harmed by its decision , if the EC were successful in demanding a seat for itself on the IWC . |
| 11 | She hoped fitzAlan would begin his search for her on the road to Gloucester ; he might even think she had sought shelter with Dame Sybil , but the hope was a weak one . |
| 12 | Others go in a vain search for it on the sabbath . |
| 13 | We made a token search for it on the way back to the bay , but then he went straight to his boat , and it 's gone , and I 've no idea where to . |
| 14 | The idea was that the private sector would build and finance a number of roads and the department would pay a rent for them on the basis of how much traffic used them . |
| 15 | The spiritual area is concerned with the awareness a person has of those elements in existence and experience which may be defined in terms of inner feelings and beliefs ; they affect the way people see themselves and throw light for them on the purpose and meaning of life itself . |
| 16 | ‘ With having such a long time off , I 've lost a lot of speed but the endurance is still there , which of course is the key for anyone on the ultra scene . |
| 17 | Victor Wellington said there was a ring of yours on the dead woman 's left hand . ’ |
| 18 | We had enough of Blobby yesterday , without any mention of him on the programme again . |
| 19 | Although there is no mention of it on the map , I could swear that the tiny loch has a crannog in it . |
| 20 | However , the Daily Mail — which had made a strong point about not naming rape victims , even in civil cases ( see Chapter 7 ) named the woman on successive days with a large photograph of her on the second day : I 'm jetting away from it all . |
| 21 | You refer to a recent study of mine on the success and failure of leveraged buyouts . |
| 22 | ‘ Parks that car of hers on the roadside and just roams . |
| 23 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't know you were such a strong swimmer , ’ he huffed , trapping her at the side of the pool with his arms each side of her on the bar . |
| 25 | When the chicken leg is cooked , cook the stuffing by the side of it on the same plate , according to the instructions on the packet . |
| 26 | And it 's important for me to clear that side of it on the basis that you have no responsibility for setting the assignments up . |
| 27 | They were so close now he could feel the wind of them on the back of his neck . |
| 28 | The fact that the kadilik was thus closely tied to the secular government was unquestionably a source of some prejudice against it on the part of the more pious elements in the state . |
| 29 | His weight against her on the bed was a savage joy . |
| 30 | He takes a seat with me on the edge of the ring . |