Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eggs are usually bright orange , red or brown and the fry apparently browse on al ; gae . |
| 2 | Where they spend winter has hitherto been uncertain ; there is now strong evidence that most of the stock moves south in autumn and winter immediately under pack ice ( Marschall 1988 ) , where they browse on algae . |
| 3 | Good examples are angelfish species which browse on sponges in the wild and butterflyfish which feed on coral polyps . |
| 4 | Yes , his victory at Doral was awesome , but he admits he did it with a suspect putter , wielded by a 49-year-old puttee , and a mind that focussed on golf to block out the loss in a fire of his $2,000,000 Florida mansion . |
| 5 | The launch of the project at a sports fair in Southlands focussed on demonstrations , displays and competitions . |
| 6 | Residents fled on foot through the wooded hills . |
| 7 | President Mengistu Haile Mariam , who misruled his country for 14 years , fled on May 21st to Zimbabwe , where his retreat was prepared . |
| 8 | PLANS TO PREVENT EAVESDROPPING ON US GOVERNMENT |
| 9 | Eavesdropping on process plant could alert engineers to developing problems in time to prevent a serious accident , according to the acoustic diagnostics team at AEA Technology . |
| 10 | ‘ Going round at dead of night , eavesdropping on people 's conversations . |
| 11 | For extraction of platelet activating factor and platelet activating factor precursors , gastric juice samples were immediately mixed on ice with 100% ethanol ( 1 vol:4 vol ) and kept at -20°C until platelet activating factor assay . |
| 12 | It was extremely cheap , saving an awful lot of dynamite ; and extremely safe , both inherently and because the fuel and oxidant were only mixed on site just before use . |
| 13 | Rock bottom in the premier league are swindon town … the side Horton 's new team beat on wednesday … still only one point but they 're still full of fighting talk at the County Ground … |
| 14 | That 's what I says to her , like on Friday when you come in by the time we 've got yo got you summat to eat and a bath and your petrol and everything ready for the next week filled your car up , that we could call in then but like if we have Saturday night you can either go to bed , sleep on floor or do virtually what you want cos you do n't have to go on Sunday if you do n't want . |
| 15 | And if the pirates sleep on shore tonight , one of them might have an unpleasant surprise ! ’ |
| 16 | It is estimated more than 2,000 people now sleep on London 's streets and another 50,000 in various forms of temporary accommodation . |
| 17 | You want to travel in a Transit van and sleep on people 's floors . |
| 18 | ‘ Families sleep on floors at relatives and friends . |
| 19 | This is one of those maverick ideas books that arrive out of nowhere and sleep on reviewers ' shelves until someone notices them . |
| 20 | oh well you sleep on sherry though it makes you sleepy , you ca n't not sleep . |
| 21 | He shares his quarter with three seeds including projected quarter-final opponent Ivan Lendl whose games are unlikely to flourish on grass . |
| 22 | Once again a new academic year approaches , and in order to help you expand your skills , and develop your ideas for future lessons , our In-Service Training days will recommence on Saturday 22nd . |
| 23 | Empty on Toyota and 0 on Silver and Knitmaster Chunky and double knit machines , . |
| 24 | Both would shout at the other down the telephone so much that Laura , fascinated by the interaction of her staff , used to worry on occasion that they were not ‘ getting on ’ . |
| 25 | He was to regret this in the future , even to the extent of denying on occasion that he had ever become a naturalised American . |
| 26 | It is to help them act on reasons which bind them . |
| 27 | If not much is known about the properties of operators which could act on N and its children , then the plan may be misleading . |
| 28 | A number of States made the declaration , commonly called ‘ the Article 23 reservation ’ that they would not act on requests for the pre-trial discovery of documents . |
| 29 | GOVERNMENT must act on quotas for suckler cows and breeding ewes which threaten the future of the landlord tenant system , the Scottish Landowners ' Federation claimed yesterday . |
| 30 | ‘ They ca n't act on maybes , Julie . |