Example sentences of "on the [noun] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out on the ridge that night he decided there was nothing for it . |
| 2 | They were now on their way to join 1st Commando Brigade on the ridge this side of the River Orne , on our left nearest to the coast and probably next to No. 3 Commando . |
| 3 | Sally-Anne had known nothing of this — only that standing with him on the ferry that day was sheer enchantment . |
| 4 | Erm we 're trying to have beer put on the price each time now to make it worthwhile so you get a chance of getting your money back . |
| 5 | Only a few hundred were killed on the road each year ( about 4 per cent mortality ) , which , as the Table shows , is insignificant compared with the overall annual mortality rate of 50–60 per cent . |
| 6 | They are converting the caravan into a mobile darkroom and hope it will be on the road this Easter . |
| 7 | All that shelling last night , the activity on the road this morning , things seem to be moving . ’ |
| 8 | If he had set out to prove that the passionate interlude on the road this morning had been genuine on his part he had certainly succeeded . |
| 9 | It holds a pool of the securities of each listed company and on dealings on The Exchange each seller transfers to SEPON , thus momentarily augmenting its pool and out of it SEPON transfers the appropriate amount of shares to each purchaser . |
| 10 | We 'll work a little bit on the maths and a little bit on the English each time . |
| 11 | The one where you are forced to have a group photo of the three acts you have separately promised to put on the cover that week |
| 12 | On the cover this week is Jimbo Kerr , lead singer with rising starts Simple Minds , whom we declare to be ‘ serious dance music ’ . |
| 13 | On the cover this week is Jimbo Kerr , lead singer with rising starts Simple Minds , whom we declare to be ‘ serious dance music ’ . |
| 14 | The team secretary , Paul Williams , said : ‘ We have had phenomenal numbers on the hills this winter and obviously the number up there is related to the number of accidents . ’ |
| 15 | On the Green that night I was ready to say I had backed a loser , and to be graceful in defeat , a gentleman to the end . |
| 16 | If you can manage it , you can keep on the go all day , hitting winners on the tennis court or flying the British flat at water polo ( let's hope we do better this year ? ) , or competing in the Irene Palace swimming Olympics . |
| 17 | I 've been on the go all day . |
| 18 | On the board this morning we 're going to have a bash at thinking about some targets , we 're going to have a bash think about , how you think you 've done so far ? |
| 19 | I saw it on the board this morning . |
| 20 | it might be — he was once again at the bench this weekend but did not get on the field this time . |
| 21 | Terence Empson , director general of the Historic Houses Association , said he would be ‘ fairly astonished ’ if Mr Lamont took action on the issue this year . |
| 22 | Nothing more could be done on the case that evening and they had cause to hope it was nearing its end . |
| 23 | He stood in it , his clothes and skin steaming , dripping water into the urine-scented callbox , called her number , listened to it ring , called again , saying the numbers to himself like a chant , making sure his finger was in the right hole on the dial each time . |
| 24 | On the surface this structure would seem to have much to commend it , guaran-teeing , as it does , every child a right to an educational curriculum of distinctive breadth and depth irrespective of the type of school he or she attends and irrespective of the talents the child possesses . |
| 25 | They met on the Embankment this time , Alexander Rokovssky and the gentleman known as a diplomatic courier . |
| 26 | mm he 'd not put it on the drive this time |
| 27 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 28 | She sat hunched on the bed all day , silent and smoking . |
| 29 | 87 per cent of first benefit payments to be despatched on the day that entitlement is established rising to 90 per cent by year end |
| 30 | On the day that Community Care comes into law , where does the money come from ? |