Example sentences of "on the [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This jacked into the recorder , ’ he said , ‘ and this on the earpiece of the phone . ’ |
| 2 | Up here , Antoinette 's profile was faintly illumined by the night-light which floated in a saucer of water on the wash-stand by the bed . |
| 3 | At Macbeth 's Hillock , the grue rises a little cold on the nape of the neck . |
| 4 | It hurls itself around the island and in seconds the sea is alive , ugly waves crashing over the boats , white horses flicking over the surface on the hooves of the wind . |
| 5 | Among them was G. H. Hitchings , who had worked at Harvard on the quantitative estimation of purines and on the purification of the anti-anaemia principle in liver , and at Western Reserve on studies which led later to the discovery of folic acid . |
| 6 | McIlvanney went on to work on the Scotsman as a news reporter and feature writer , though with his passion for football and boxing , the attraction towards sports was inevitable . |
| 7 | So , if you 're on the lookout for a nice little earner , dust off the cobwebs and take your painting along to the professionals . |
| 8 | The specialists tend to live rather quiet , often secretive lives , while the opportunists scamper hither and thither , always on the lookout for a new kind of meal . |
| 9 | No one stepped forward , no one seemed to be on the lookout for a stranger and the other passengers quickly dispersed . |
| 10 | Attackers are always on the lookout for a potential victim , someone who will succumb easily . |
| 11 | Louisa will hold the title for one year so keep on conditioning because we will be on the lookout for a new winner ! |
| 12 | We bet he 's on the lookout for a president of SMCC . |
| 13 | He further let it be known — in the most careless way imaginable , like a good gun bringing down a bird without breaking a conversational flow — that he was a bachelor , a man of wealth , a friend of the Prime Minister and , in an amiable manner , on the lookout for a secure investment in matrimony . |
| 14 | They were clearly on the lookout for a second opening to pillory their headmistress . |
| 15 | A small number of naturalists , including the young Thomas Henry Huxley ( 1825–95 ) , were on the lookout for a new initiative in this area . |
| 16 | So an animal needs to distinguish between a dangerous predator on the lookout for a meal , and a harmless one just passing by . |
| 17 | His current bike was provided by local businessman CP Granleese , but he is still on the lookout for a major sponsor . |
| 18 | THORP , the flagship of BNFL , is on the lookout for a logo . |
| 19 | In the meantime , Romanian police are on the lookout for a new breed of Blueman roaming the streets of Bucharest . |
| 20 | Finally , Norman Boyd , the man behind the now defunct Preacher John , has formed a new band and is on the lookout for a singer . |
| 21 | Bruno is currently on the lookout for a sponsor and would love to put Tencel or Courtelle on the team shirts . |
| 22 | You should always be on the lookout for the markings which can be transformed to suit your own ends . |
| 23 | While the splendid John Devereux improved his chances of being named in today 's Great Britain touring squad to Australia , with a fine display from his old rugby union position of centre , they were without too many of their creative players to open a hard-tackling defence which absorbed the pressure and were always on the lookout for the counter-attack . |
| 24 | Perhaps he would say it in some lonely place in the hills with someone on the lookout for the searching redcoats . |
| 25 | They must always be on the lookout for the stalking feline hunter , whose aim is to get as close as possible before beginning the chase . |
| 26 | I 'm always on the lookout for the guys who are around . |
| 27 | The Plain English Campaign is again on the lookout for the incomprehensible , and consumer contracts are the latest to come under fire . |
| 28 | Her black hair seemed to gush from her scalp and her blue eyes were never still , constantly on the lookout for the next opportunity , the next adventure . |
| 29 | A gold medallist of yesteryear on the lookout for an Olympic champion of the future . |
| 30 | The uniform motion of the drum depends on the viscosity of the mercury . |