Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The next morning found him on the practice fields as soon as the sun was up , battering his post as though it were a mortal enemy . |
| 32 | An early start the next morning found us on the ferry bound to the island of Santorini , around 112 kilometres to the north of Crete . |
| 33 | He was seen twice near the village of Langley Park on Saturday night , and yesterday a woman noticed him on the busy A167 dual carriageway on the outskirts of Durham City about 10 miles from Lanchester . |
| 34 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 35 | ah , I 've put you a three eight , wide eight thick piece of steel lay it on the top that would hold it down in the middle |
| 36 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 37 | Ira Sanchez offered a bet and the bookie took it on the nod . |
| 38 | As the New York Daily News put it on the eve of the ballot : ‘ The Muck Stops Here ! ’ |
| 39 | At Headingley , David Gower , thirty-three years old , became the youngest player to reach one hundred Test matches — or , as Don Mosey put it on the radio , he reached his hundredth Test in fewer games than anyone else . |
| 40 | Life magazine put him on the cover and that single photograph of Manson , with his evil , hypnotic stare , became for the hysterical mass media , the face of a violent , drug-crazed substrata of society : the monster hidden in the heart of every hippie and longhaired supporter of a culture which seemed certain to encompass an increasing section of youth and bandwagonners . |
| 41 | In fact she had been feeling tired and queasy for the past few days ; and that night , when the leading man laid her on the sofa , suddenly turned her head and , without letting the audience see , vomited quietly down the sofa back . |
| 42 | Ten years ago , when Davey Boy was a mere unknown moving to America and desperate to make a name for himself , the Hit Man helped him on the ladder to success . |
| 43 | The man told me on the telly that is the best so |
| 44 | The foredeck man snubbed it on the cleat . |
| 45 | When the front door slammed behind them , and the young man joined them on the step , she asked , ‘ What about the Hall ? |
| 46 | The rebels blamed the massacre on the government troops and the government blamed it on the rebels . |
| 47 | An Edinburgh postman 's second wife protested when a cousin congratulated her on the birth of her first step-grandchild , ‘ You 'll be a granny now . ’ |
| 48 | The beadle hit him on the back , and so naturally Oliver cried even more . |
| 49 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 50 | After a long session trying on clothes , she was walking out with her purchases when a man tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to go back into the shop . |
| 51 | The Minister 's secretary buzzed him on the intercom . |
| 52 | The farmer put me on the table , with some small pieces of bread and meat in front of me . |
| 53 | His hand cradled hers on the coverlet and he studied each wasted finger , rather than have his face read . |
| 54 | A hand clasped me on the shoulder . |
| 55 | A hand touched her on the shoulder . |
| 56 | ‘ A wasp stung me on the finger . ’ |
| 57 | This Summer took them on the festival trail , with impressive shows at Féile and Reading to their credit . |
| 58 | As the official indictment says , ‘ officers on duty from the Lhasa Public Security Bureau seized them on the spot with the swiftness of a thunderbolt ’ . |
| 59 | Not just because of Joachim 's kindness but that chance encounter put me on the road to solving Selkirk 's riddles and the horrible murders they caused . ) |
| 60 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |