Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A split-half reliability carried out on the data from children in the standardisation sample between the ages of 4 years and 8 years 11 months produced correlations of between 0.64 and 0.84 for the different items . |
| 2 | As I sit down to write I have a photograph propped up on the desk in front of me . |
| 3 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 4 | The maintenance carried out on the aquarium was a regular 10% water change and a regular ( every two weeks ) larger water change of 20% using an aquarium gravel cleaner to rid the gravel of unwanted waste . |
| 5 | As you will appreciate , we hope to be collecting feedback on any research carried out on the tape within the next 4 to 6 months . |
| 6 | There is still a great deal to be learnt about early Anglo-Saxon society , both as a result of new excavations , the publication of older ones and research carried out on the wealth of material already published or in museums . |
| 7 | In his work Book availability and the library users , Buckland reports on a study carried out on the short loan collection at Lancaster University , in which he relates both the loan period and the library 's duplication policy to demand for individual titles . |
| 8 | As far as the passengers were concerned , the unscheduled stop and the sight of an ambulance drawn up on the quayside lent an element of excitement to spirits which were beginning to flag slightly as the end of the cruise loomed closer . |
| 9 | The " full recovery plan " would set aside 5.4 million acres , at a cost of 32,000 jobs in the timber industry : an alternative drawn up on the instructions of Interior Secretary Manual Lujan would protect 2.8 million acres but result in the loss of 15,000 logging jobs . |
| 10 | There was a boat drawn up on the shore , dark oak painted white to the water line , the prow a swan 's head . |
| 11 | Maggie 's sitting hunched up on the bench , its iron legs striking chilly through her tights , conker cases under her feet , cigarette between her lips . |
| 12 | I was a speed-freaking northern oik brought up on the afro-d ultra-hip gibberish of pre-senile Charles Shaar Murray , the manic sulphatic babblings of Tony Parsons and my then hero , Julie Burchill . |
| 13 | The drapes were drawn over all the windows , the enormous marble-topped table that dominated the room lit by overhead lamps , the wash of their light thrown up on the six members , two of them women , sitting around it . |
| 14 | There 's a little girl fallen over on the ice . |
| 15 | The tap is then closed and the stopper placed back on the tube to prevent release or contamination of the air . |
| 16 | Space for a raiding party was limited , and jolting across the sand perched up on the back was extremely uncomfortable . |
| 17 | We walked along the intersecting tyke walls and met a voluntary warden eager to talk to us about some of the work carried out on the reserve . |
| 18 | Thanks to the volume of work carried out on the Enron project , UK turnover last year was ahead of budget , with net profit being more or less on budget . |
| 19 | The council and NCP have clashed over unsuccessful waterproofing work carried out on the upper deck . |
| 20 | An incomplete or sloppy check carried out on the canopy can be lethal , because if it comes off it is a matter of luck whether it hits or misses the tail . |
| 21 | The term ‘ stock-taking ’ refers to a physical check carried out on the bookstock to ensure that the library still actually has all of the items listed in its catalogue or shelf register . |
| 22 | My Lord at the briefing that we attended er there was a sketch plan drawn up on the er the dry wipe board in the briefing room . |
| 23 | No wonder he had his work cut out on the bench . |
| 24 | Radiocarbon analysis and dating carried out on the yellow , red and white paintings of Australian aboriginal cave artists 23 000 years ago , indicate that the pigments were mixed with human blood . |
| 25 | If you had seen that band drawn up on the parade-ground , with full regalia glittering in the sun , while in front six bugles sounded Retreat and the audience came spontaneously to attention , you 'd have liked it , I 'm sure . |
| 26 | A site was chosen ; two townplanners appointed ( one of them a parson ) , the town marked out on the ground : but all in vain . |
| 27 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
| 28 | Before lunching in the Staff Dining Room the 41 member band lined up on the lawn to provide a short concert for staff . |
| 29 | A twenty year mortgage taken out on the property amounting to £24,000 has not been fully repaid . |
| 30 | She lay wallowing like a rosy dolphin in clouds of foam , with her exuberant hair pinned up on the top of her head . |