Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack filled him in on the scanty information they had already obtained . |
| 2 | Jonathan put on the deepest voice he could manage . |
| 3 | * To comment on the recent debate I think you do a great job and I like the new look . |
| 4 | During my spell on the late desk I went out on no fewer than eleven murders . |
| 5 | On the narrow bridge he stood in front of her again , blocking her way , looking back past her at the House . |
| 6 | Sergeant Bird 's gaze strayed idly upwards to the strip of Vapona hanging from a kitchen cupboard , then slowly retraced its path to fix on the anxious woman he was interviewing . |
| 7 | cos have cheese on the you know er , on the cool counter you know that 's how they sell it |
| 8 | But after 27 days he has travelled 270 miles and on the 28th day he travels the remaining 30 miles and reaches land before he goes to sleep . |
| 9 | Back in his own office , he found Cashman talking on the cellular phone he carried wherever he went . |
| 10 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 11 | When we heard of the decision to construct a new reservoir on the Durham/Northumberland border , Ann and I carefully noted opening day in our diary ; and on the appointed morning we rose at dawn and sallied forth , bustling by ash-covered Consett Iron Works , the light of battle glinting in our trout-starved eyes . |
| 12 | On the medium-side-of-sweet palate you 'll find hints of lime , quince and plum . |
| 13 | And then with shoulders bunched and my eyes on the messed pavement I shuffle off down the drinker , and sit with tankard and tabloid in the comer by the fire . |
| 14 | On the present occasion he was convicted of attempting to rape and then murdering an 81-year-old widow . |
| 15 | However , it has been suggested that on the present basis it would take 46 years to clear the backlog in housing disrepair … |
| 16 | As the enclosure movement gained impetus towards the end of the eighteenth century , many of the poor could not afford the fences necessary to confirm their claim to the land , and therefore sold it to the wealthy ; those who could were often unable to raise a living on the poor land they acquired , and sold it too ; those who were squatters had no right to land at all and none to sell . |
| 17 | These occasions bore no fruit , however , and the effectiveness of his power really depended more on the skilled team he had behind him — with Sir Henry Self coordinating their relations with Whitehall from his own intimate knowledge as an ex-mandarin — and on the strength of the pressure of argument which they maintained . |
| 18 | Isabel sat up and concentrated on the small casket he placed beside her . |
| 19 | Amabel , for the first time in her life , had felt in less than perfect harmony with her John-William when he had declared that Linnet , on the small dowry he was prepared to give her , was aiming too high . |
| 20 | Manville nearly choked on the small cheroot he was in the process of lighting up . |
| 21 | His hands rested on the small daysack he carried on his chest . |
| 22 | It was n't , it was n't on the regional news it was peculiar ! |
| 23 | Yes , he 's always jumping on me to tell me to do more for local radio and get South East Arts and South East Arts clients more regularly in contact with local radio , and I must admit on the latter case I do think that many of our clients do spend a great deal of time and erm want to be active with local radio . |
| 24 | On the latter point it is possible for the public to judge since proceedings in both houses of Parliament are now televised . |
| 25 | On the practical side he was now selling more fossils than insurance . |
| 26 | This is partly a technical and partly a practical question , and on the practical side it is rather too soon to give any judgement . |
| 27 | Erm so so that is possible it it actually does mention on the fourteen pen it does erm where you can surrender part of your pension to provide a a pension for your spouse or dependant after death . |
| 28 | On the fateful night he ascended the stairs , passed through the barrier and greeted the porter on duty and then he walked down onto the track . |
| 29 | I think it 's exciting to think that on the rare occasion we feature a non farming issue , we discover what a group of internationalists our readers are , and how in touch you are with current affairs . |
| 30 | ‘ On the rare occasion he bothers to leave that damn hotel — sorry , but you know what I mean — he just wants to drink himself into a stupor . |