Example sentences of "on [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As children , Diana and Charles were afraid of the dark and they insisted that the landing light was left on or a candle lit in their rooms .
2 He has n't finished yet with his are they on or a finger ?
3 And he could also apply to go to and take a course of , of instruction on or a trade to learn a trade .
4 ( 2 ) In sections 173 , 174 and 176 above , the expression ‘ approved duty ’ , in relation to a member of a body , means any of the following duties , that is to say — ( a ) attendance at a meeting of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; ( b ) the doing of any other thing approved by the body , or anything of a class so approved , for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; , ( c ) where , in pursuance of a duty imposed on or a power granted to the body by any enactment or instrument ( including a Royal Charter ) , he has been appointed by or on the nomination of the body to be a member of some other body prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph ( whether or not that other body falls within any of paragraphs ( ab ) to ( f ) of subsection ( 1 ) above ) , the doing of anything as a member of that other body for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of that other body .
5 Well you either put one bar on or the lot is on or it 's very dim like this is low and you ca n't see it at all .
6 ‘ Where the processes carried on or the machinery installed are such as could be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to amenity of that area by reason of noise , vibration , smell , fumes , soot ash , dust or grit ’ .
7 An election under para 21 , Sch 9 , FA 1981 to avoid a clawback of stock relief on a deemed cessation was not applicable , since neither the trade carried on nor the stock of that trade were the same before and after the dissolution of the partnership .
8 Benfica 's Sergei Yuran , one of 20 internationals on the pitch for this prestige friendly — 10 each side , representing nine countries — missed a glorious chance early on and a couple of shots from Alexander Mostovoi had Peter Schmeichel scrambling to save .
9 The fairy lights were on and a machine was belting out smoke two frail pure white eight year old coach men stumbled out onto stage desperately trying to heave a massive structure around the stage , containing one very beautiful princess who seemed very heavy indeed .
10 More than that she was a mother figure times were when she even sewed this helpless young journalist 's shirt buttons on and a friend .
11 ‘ Unless something is done about what is going on and a stop is put to the chaos , then the health-care prospects for London are very gloomy . ’
12 The top half of it slides down over the bottom half so that it can be lowered right down to table-top level when a debate is going on and a speaker is sitting down .
13 And all ironed and , I 'm glad I do n't have to do that , he has his old jumper on and a T-shirt smashing
14 sort of nice sort of boots on and a sweatshirt tucked in and a belt on she looked like a teenager really .
15 It 's just a blue one , plain blue one with little white spots on and a bow at the top .
16 Yeah that sort of thing with two pockets on and a clip going over .
17 ‘ I went out to see what was going on and a policeman told us to evacuate the area .
18 It consists of odd pages with some figures on and a load of pie charts .
19 With this guy , it 's a week on and a month off .
20 I managed to get his coat on and a woman came along , I , I do n't know if she was a dinner lady or what , she had a a sort of overall on and er I said come on let's catch up with your mummy , and she said , ah !
21 Sounds like she 's got a flipping long dress on and a straw hat .
22 There was a small secret arbour tucked into thick laurels with a log bench to sit on and a rose trellis curving overhead .
23 ‘ There was no restoration work going on and no restoration materials stored there .
24 he built this on and the country pub was just coming into the , you know , people were getting out in their cars and that , there was no breathalyser or anything and the
25 Over the last fourteen years forty two million pounds and if they go on the way their going on and the way they 're talking it 's all gon na be for nicks nowt .
26 track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so
27 A beaver hit the log that a turtle was sitting on and the log flipped over from the shock .
28 The sledger shouted and kicked , he cursed the dogs and swore at the television crew The dogs slept on and the race went past him .
29 On a hill , the petrol pump is switched on and the gas valve is switched off .
30 Yeah , but you got the radiator on and the gas fire !
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