Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an hour he was ready , his map taped to the gas tank , his few possessions strapped on the seat behind him . |
| 2 | The Girls used a combination of numbers five and nine ; a few streaks painted on the cheeks , chin , nose and forehead were blended with the fingertips . |
| 3 | Some employers recruit on the basis of interviews held in hotels as visiting recruitment forums . |
| 4 | Once the transition had occurred , some builders expanded on the square and rectangular theme and added wild , exuberant and curvaceous forms — this is sometimes called Baroque . |
| 5 | as if that was n't enough , Patrick Eggle himself telephoned within a few minutes to confer on the requested changes . |
| 6 | In 1759 some of the greatest Portuguese nobles whom Pombal regarded as threats to his position , the Duke of Aveiro , the Marquis of Tavora , the Marquis of Alorna , were accused of conspiring against the king , tortured and in some cases broken on the wheel . |
| 7 | Some researchers working on the removal and examination of fertilized cells have been able to reject those which were clearly mongoloid , only replacing those known to be able to produce normal infants . |
| 8 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |
| 9 | It blew her hair across her face , and some books fell on the floor . |
| 10 | The few gypsies remaining on the site this afternoon , who 've asked not to be identified , claim they were picked on in a motiveless attack . |
| 11 | In more recent years , Whessoe has laid off a number of men , and moved into more specialist fields , but it is still one of only a few companies listed on the Stock Exchange to have its headquarters in the North-East . |
| 12 | Ecclesiastical fashion is slower in its cycles of change , but after the short sleeves and jeans of Vatican II have worn thin , I would not be surprised to see a few fedoras perched on the heads of priests — perhaps even with a drooping moustache . |
| 13 | He stopped the jeep at the edge of the cornfield , and we observed that the mortar and shell fire were following the canisters as they were landing , leaving a few canisters lying on the ground not far off from where we were . |
| 14 | Some officials relied on the evidence of headmen ; others believed that the intrigues of headmen were a major cause of crime . |
| 15 | One always had to start with some ideas based on the available information . |
| 16 | Okay I 'll put together some ideas based on the areas we 've discussed today and if we can arrange a time for me to come back I can present my recommendations to you . |
| 17 | Some costs fall on the private sector , but most fall on overstretched public-sector organizations . |
| 18 | The House of Commons Library has made some calculations based on the December 1984 Supplementary Benefit Annual Statistical Inquiry . |
| 19 | Only a few stragglers remain on the shore . |
| 20 | THERE are still a few places left on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land which Marie Stormont is organising on behalf of the Tour Company . |
| 21 | A few lights moved on the Thing 's surface . |
| 22 | There were only a few names left on the list from the DVLC . |
| 23 | Some comments follow on the next page . |
| 24 | Some batteries fit on the end of the camcorder body as shown , others clip onto the side , and still others slot into a compartment within the machine . |
| 25 | Few teachers commented on the literary qualities of the text , and where they did , extreme variation was instanced . |
| 26 | There 's some seagulls floating on the water . |
| 27 | The forensics , the laboratory stuff — all the stuff we 've taken in — soil , clothing fragments , even some flakes found on the first boy — they look promising , but we do n't get any further . |
| 28 | Few children lived on the road and residents were mostly retired . |
| 29 | Some courses draw on the students ' own experience , usually in the workplace . |
| 30 | The language that most of the home computers are used with is BASIC , and although there are a few words in that language which look like English words , like ‘ If ’ and ‘ Let ’ and ‘ Go to ’ and perhaps some others depending on the dialect of BASIC that you have , these words do not work in the way that ordinary English speakers are used to . |