Example sentences of "[noun prp] on the [adj] bank " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind Verdun on the Left Bank the undulating hill and wooded country continues for some twenty-five miles , as far as Ste. Ménéhould . |
| 2 | Beyond the joining of the rivers , now called the Tisza , the route turns north towards Russian and eventually becomes the frontier between Hungary on the left bank and the Soviets on the right . |
| 3 | The whole point of Lourdes comes out as you walk down from the centre of the town towards the river and the Cité Religieuse on the far bank . |
| 4 | They pointed to the solidity and height of the buildings raised on the land — ; the broad and fragrant house at Belmont where Kit Everard was now living , the smaller , but equally sturdy dwelling of Tom Ingledew on the opposite bank , of James Lariot around the bay . |
| 5 | Carry on to get views of the village of Bontddu on the opposite bank . |
| 6 | The trees of the Dean on the distant bank were taking on a blue haze in the glorious afternoon sun . |
| 7 | The reverse slopes up to Fort St. Michel on the Right Bank , where Pastre 's battery was sited , were crammed with every calibre of gun ; it was ‘ nothing more than one immense battery , there are perhaps 500 pieces there . ’ |
| 8 | Following Falkenhayn 's letter of April 4th , the Fifth Army energetically began preparations for its offensive towards Fort Souville on the Right Bank . |
| 9 | We trekked across the wet sand towards Tony on the far bank ahead of us . |
| 10 | My Chief-of-Staff , who had been following the progress of the attack from a more distant position in Consenvoye Wood on the eastern bank , telephoned to me that the attack had failed and that everywhere our men could be seen falling back . |
| 11 | A fort was probably constructed to guard the bridgehead either at Rochester or at Strood on the opposite bank , although no traces have yet been found . |
| 12 | To the south you look down the steeply falling park to where the river slowly bends around Dittisham on the western bank , and to the west a view cut through the trees shows the river almost encircling the Sandridge promontory , its last wide stretch before it narrows upstream to Totnes . |