Example sentences of "man [vb pp] on the " in BNC.

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1 The man leaned on the topmost rung of the pig-pen , making it clear that Francis would have to approach .
2 As the young man perched on the edge of the sofa , she took the bull by the horns .
3 Police who 're still searching for Carol Clark 's missing denim clothing , also want to trace a blonde woman and a man seen on the canal towpath at midnight on Saturday .
4 THE UVF has admitted murdering the 49-year-old Roman Catholic man shot on the Newtownards Road yesterday morning .
5 ‘ We do believe the information to be useful and we also believe it is a possibility that the man shown on the tape in Phil Wells .
6 David , a 45-year-old married man employed on the production line of a car factory , was admitted to a general hospital after an overdose of 30 sleeping pills .
7 " Let's have him out , " I gasped , and as the young man pulled on the forelegs I supported the body , which slid and toppled on to the tarmac with a horrible limpness .
8 I replied that I had watched my television all day when the first man stepped on the moon .
9 There is a man seated on the right hand of God the Father , there interceding for you and for me .
10 This man may be the only man left on the earth .
11 of the man left on the ground ,
12 Make your man put on the style
13 Make your man put on the style
14 Oh there 's a er er There is that there 's a cairn there was A man lost on the hill of Kilray and there was a cairn put there .
15 The new threat came as bachelor James Gilbey — said to be the man recorded on the Di ‘ love tapes ’ — was reported to fear that a SECOND tape may exist .
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