Example sentences of "[noun sg] on a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a gesture of faith in the future on a scale that takes the breath away and confounds the gloom merchants . |
| 2 | The rails of your board determine how well it sails upwind and its ability to maintain grip at speed on a reach and during a turn . |
| 3 | Day works is a means of paying a contractor on a time and materials basis for incidental work to the contract to comply with the engineer 's instructions , with additions for overheads and profit . |
| 4 | The Bank customarily announces the issue of new stock on a Friday and dealings usually start in the secondary market on the following Thursday . |
| 5 | They set it tilted for a moment , leaning one side on a stone that Luch slipped under for them , while Ruari listened and sniffed and weighed the hive in his hand . |
| 6 | Well that was , that was the crew 's job you see cos you used to have , they used to be erm , they used to be the master of the ship , my father , and they would still have a mate , he 's dead and gone and there was myself one side on the starboard side on a winch and we had two men right aft on the after winch and they used to have to look after three chains . |
| 7 | He was probably Blagg 's own age — twenty-five — and he had a gold signet ring on a hand that was already worn and scarred by work at some machinery . |
| 8 | Reviewing the procedures he followed on leaving Skaro , the Doctor , at last , traces the fault — a tiny broken spring on a switch that , had it stayed in the ‘ down ’ position , would have sent the TARDIS back past the moment when the Earth 's solar system was formed — beyond the Sun 's point of creation . |
| 9 | Out here in Japan we tend to get info on the football on a wing and prayer so being able to be part of this listing is great for this Leeds supporter . |
| 10 | He would need a doctor to tell him if she had been violated , but there was no indication of it , not even a bruise on an arm where a strong hand might have held her . |
| 11 | In the late 1980s developers knew that they would not make a decent return on their investment on a pay and play basis . |
| 12 | A person who has parked his car on a road and left it unattended ca n't be said to be the driver of this offence . |
| 13 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 14 | And if you 're buying the car on a loan or HP agreement , you might well owe more than the car is worth — your loss again ! |
| 15 | When hon. Members table an amendment to a Bill , it can concentrate the Minister 's mind on a clause or section and occasionally hon. Members can be persuaded to force amendments on the Government . |
| 16 | Put Kurt Cobain , Dave Grohl and Chris Novoselic on a stage or in a rehearsal space or in a studio and they can still wreak magic , the three losers who took on the world and won . |
| 17 | Jack calmly walked up to a stranger on a bench and asked : ‘ Can I borrow a fag ? ’ |
| 18 | I mean you could n't put a stranger on a job that you , you yourself . |
| 19 | Under the watchful eye of the provodnitsy — the female ticket-collectors , tea dispensers and mother hens — you feel less a stranger on a train and more a member of an extended family , sharing food , drink and gossip — even if you ca n't understand a word of Russian . |
| 20 | But now , rather like recording afresh over the existing programme on an audio or visual cassette , Sylvia had superimposed a successful situation and had thereby made a significant change in the data recognized by her subconscious . |
| 21 | If you mark your weight on a graph or chart this should provide a clear and rewarding sign of progress over a period of weeks and months . |
| 22 | His shirt was undone to the waist , showing off a little gold shark 's tooth on a chain and a Keith Richards-style scarf . |
| 23 | One of the females put the last tray on a trolley and wheeled it past Masklin . |
| 24 | I seek your guidance on a matter that may arise in future . |
| 25 | GEC has had to pay out hefty sums in redundancy payments , removal expenses and the rent on a factory that is still empty . |
| 26 | Finally it lost a wheel on a roundabout and passers-by grabbed the two as they tried to flee . |
| 27 | On the icy roads and tracks of sweden the prodrive rally team from Banbury were flying at the weekend … at the end of day one Colin McRae was in the lead … on day two he dropped back … on day three broke a wheel on a boulder but came in third just 28 seconds behind the winner … |
| 28 | The tomato soup was lost , and there can be no greater crime on a mountain than wilfully to destroy the tomato soup . |
| 29 | A VICAR yesterday called for mass action to stamp out crime on an estate where good neighbour Les Reed was kicked and beaten to death as he tackled vandals . |
| 30 | erm , I 'm at the process of now looking to spend certainly four hundred pound on a tent and maybe |