Example sentences of "on the [noun] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had collected a group of fat bullocks and cows from other farms and they stood , watched by one of his men , on the road high above . |
| 2 | They were on the road again just before four , when the fierce pin-point sun had lost some of its bite . |
| 3 | Now er with the vehicles on the road today more and more accidents And certainly motorways , and bearing in mind I would imagine , er would it be true to say that the majority of mo driving is done on motorways and dual carriageways ? |
| 4 | Nora called when she saw him on the road just ahead of her . |
| 5 | ‘ You survive on the road well enough . ’ |
| 6 | But they were playing ball , that football on the road yesterday when we went out . |
| 7 | He said he 's back on the road so presumably he 's erm |
| 8 | They were entitled in my judgment to take into account the actual use by the defendant company and the previous owner in determining what the ordinary use of that vehicle was on the road so far as it is relevant to the question they had to answer . |
| 9 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd like to get on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 11 | Midland Car Loans have been specially developed to put you on the road as quickly and simply as possible . |
| 12 | If Rainbow were left to her own devices , she would undoubtedly now choose to remove herself from the taxi altogether , and pace back and forth in the lay-by , enjoying the comparative peace of the rain and the fumes and the roar of the juggernauts until she could get the show back on the road once more . |
| 13 | He reformed the Pacemakers in the seventies after a resurgence of interest in his music … he 's been on the road ever since . |
| 14 | They went all the way by car and she does n't think they were on the road very long . |
| 15 | These send the expectant mothers out on the tiles again where , if they are mated once more , they will be fertilized again and then carry two litters at two different stages of development . |
| 16 | Er on the doing small jobs on the quay there like you know , cleaning up and things like that . |
| 17 | As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky . |
| 18 | Again just two lanes open can slow things and a quick glance elsewhere well no real troubles reported just a look at the A One Stanford still the roadworks on the go there both north and south will slow things down . |
| 19 | There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly . |
| 20 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 21 | So there 's a very interesting study by a person who 's name I 'm going to write on the board okay so or et al nineteen ninety . |
| 22 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 23 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 24 | So I I I 've said to Margaret , he 's a , I think he must doing something with the extractor fan because he 's cut a hole in the er barge pole so , on the board so obviously |
| 25 | Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'm just content that things have been going pretty well on the field so far . |
| 27 | the potato will be on the top anyway so that wo n't matter will it ? |
| 28 | This was generally understood by the media to mean that the hierarchy would not oppose the introduction of divorce in a future united Ireland , indeed that they might be prepared to budge on the issue even now . |
| 29 | The idea of this is for all the people to pull on the rope as hard as possible . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've got to bring C.W. and Sabrina in on the case as quickly as possible . |