Example sentences of "[adv] on an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breeze blew her nose fiercely on an earthy handkerchief , and stumbled into the car . |
| 2 | In the meanwhile , as the sun shines warmly on an idle Irish summer , the prospect of world champions Australia arriving here int he autumn for five matches — four provincial and the test at Lansdowne Road on October 31 — manages to keep the blood cool enough , thank you . |
| 3 | Strawson himself relies entirely on an intuitive sense of the line between them , but we can see from the history of the social sciences that such intuitions change with time and place . |
| 4 | First , it shares characteristics which are common to many of the activities typically undertaken by women , especially on an unpaid basis — routine , repetitive tasks which have few circumscribed limits of time or obligation . |
| 5 | Certainly there can be no doubt that Islam looks at its most impressive in a great urban cathedral mosque , especially on an occasion like Id . |
| 6 | Cabochon sat down on an empty couch . |
| 7 | In sitting down on an antique bench in the locker-room , the Welsh teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter . |
| 8 | Two Jewish daughters left alone with babysitters after a lifetime of copious kisses is psychic pain enough — but when mother has the gall to start a sex life then it 's time to lie down on an analyst 's couch . |
| 9 | While the adults sat on their forms we sat ourselves down on an assortment of broken chairs borrowed from the neighbours . |
| 10 | From a height of 90 metres one looks down on an emerging pattern of roads , lakes and gardens , which will shortly be lined with pavilions from over a hundred countries . |
| 11 | Yawning , not hiding it , them an sat down on an ancient easy chair on one side of the dead fireplace . |
| 12 | The hammer finally slammed down on an empty chamber . |
| 13 | Many pilots make use of a VOR station to let down on an aerodrome where there is no published or approved procedure . |
| 14 | Lord Hulton , in high good humour , settled down On an upturned oil drum with my testing book on his knee . |
| 15 | Two czarist officers , bulky in their comic-opera uniforms , solemnly played Russian roulette , each downing a drink every time the firing pin of their revolver came down on an empty chamber . |
| 16 | Mrs Mallory sat down on an upright , wooden chair . |
| 17 | Agnes smiled and put her cup carefully down on an uneven surface of Der Spiegels and Encounters . |
| 18 | The guy who let us in flops down on an old divan . |
| 19 | A faded , red and gold garment , showing the Holy Spirit as a dove with one wing , sending faded rays down on an even more faded Christ . |
| 20 | He sat down on an oil drum . |
| 21 | For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition . |
| 22 | ‘ We would deny any suggestion we have backed down on an agreement . |
| 23 | Spence later caused £681 worth of damage when he jumped up and down on an Escort . |
| 24 | He goes look , I 'll write it down on an envelope , I 'll put it in a little envelope and you look at it before you die , but promise me you wo n't look at it before you die cos if you look at it before you die , it 'll happen to you . |
| 25 | If you 're paying out every month on credit cards , on short term loans , perhaps on an overdraft too , here 's a way to simplify your finances and get cash in hand . |
| 26 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 27 | It may also provide the opportunity for you to be seconded to industry to receive additional in-service training , perhaps on an industrial management course . |
| 28 | Of the six planning departments , three are regularly asked to provide competitive financial information to the rest of the company ; two others do so on an irregular basis . |
| 29 | Not only did it win 13 of the 14 constituency seats ( 92.9% ) : it managed to do so on an average constituency vote of no more than 43.5% , which was further reduced by the usual leakage to a list vote of 41.8% . |
| 30 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |