Example sentences of "[vb past] on [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chihuahua strained on its narrow leather lead to be clear of the shooting , and the shouting , and the crying of the little girls . |
| 2 | Once again they dined on their bland diet of soup , meat and biscuits . |
| 3 | It 's erm — and another thing , I was delighted when John Dreyfus in the Type ninety lecture used these terms of Charles Peignot called typo lecture and typo visuel , which I mis-spelt on my closing slide ! |
| 4 | The wide drive-belt thrummed on its smooth wheels , with a ‘ flak ’ as the stapled joint passed over metal . |
| 5 | At the sudden order , Ana 's hand tightened , the horse rose on its strong haunches , its forelegs pawing the air , holding an impossible stance at a dangerous angle . |
| 6 | Selinus , to the far west along the south coast of Sicily , evidently became very rich very early , and of the many temples , some vast , which rose on its huge acropolis several belong to this early time . |
| 7 | Congratulations to Cynthia Rose on her excellent article on the Spike Lee industry ( FACE 25 ) . |
| 8 | But though the stream rose on his own land , he had not obtained the proper extraction licence and so got the water free . |
| 9 | Hazel rose on his hind legs , paused , and then sat back on his haunches , in full view . |
| 10 | Early pioneers like Robert William Paul or James Williamson entered on their new enterprise with confidence , even though they were only individual craftsmen working out of small workshops and studios . |
| 11 | John Shaw , who entered on his new farm on the Oa was given a complimentary day 's ploughing and James Hutson his annual day . |
| 12 | The second , Anthony Patrick Gorman , 22 , known as ‘ Fanta , ’ has the letter F tattooed on his left arm . |
| 13 | His mouth twisted , a flash of antagonism in the depth of his eyes as they dwelt on her challenging face . |
| 14 | For it was Whitby built ships ‘ Endeavour ’ , ‘ Resolution ’ , ‘ Adventure ’ and ‘ Discovery ’ which Cook used on his great voyages . |
| 15 | The instrument which Holly used on his last tour is on display in a music museum in Texas . |
| 16 | He capitalized on his Olympic success by lauding himself , pronouncing himself ‘ The Greatest ’ , and arrogantly winning the world title under the most outrageous circumstances . |
| 17 | At the entrance to the laboratory complex the others drew on their own masks . |
| 18 | Ashamed of the breach he 'd made in her defences , she drew on her inner courage to confront him , tilting her chin fiercely . |
| 19 | She drew on her lower lip . |
| 20 | Sweetman drew on his fancy cigarette , then blew a plume of smoke into Wavebreaker 's rigging before smiling lazily at Ellen . |
| 21 | Among the many exhibitions organised by Bean was ‘ Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Musée du Louvre , Paris ’ , which drew on his professional links with the Louvre Bean had worked at the Cabinet des Dessins as Chargé de mission à titre étranger from 1957 to 1960 . |
| 22 | Nigel always worked best when he drew on his own life . |
| 23 | Relying on the Bible , Roman law , and the classics to explain what ought to be , John also drew on his own experience to describe the contemporary scene . |
| 24 | At first it was part of a dream , which vanished as soon as I woke and knew that I was alone on the broch island , lying on the turf in a sleeping-bag , with my head pillowed on my rolled-up sweater , but seemingly connected with the earth itself , from which , apparently right below my head , came a sound every bit as strange as the mermaids ' song of the seals . |
| 25 | He demanded the removal of the permanent secretary to the Treasury , Sir Robert ( later Baron ) Chalmers [ q.v. ] , and he countermanded on his own authority a Treasury request for the transfer of gold from Canada . |
| 26 | They arrived on the coat-tails of the brief interest in ska music at the end of the Seventies with their lively but inconsequential ‘ The Prince ’ and ‘ One Step Beyond ’ , but they quickly built on their early success with ‘ My Girl ’ and ‘ Baggy Trousers ’ . |
| 27 | He sucked on his empty pipe . |
| 28 | I sucked on my hollow reed for a while , staring up at the sky . |
| 29 | They have thousands of tons of them stockpiled on their western front . |
| 30 | They based almost all their work on anthropological techniques , but they were interested in the wide variety of life styles that they found on their own doorsteps in Chicago , not in simple societies . |