Example sentences of "[vb past] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 2 | Despite the efforts of hordes of gluttonous ants who dined on much of the grass seed , the first game on the first Spanish cricket ground was played there on Saturday , January 11 and the club hosted the Inter-Island Balearic Championships over the first weekend of May . |
| 3 | ‘ For God 's sake , ’ Bowie 's Pilate bristled on that first Good Friday , ‘ I could have you crucified . ’ |
| 4 | Cries rose on all sides of her as she filled the dishes , but she worked on steadily oblivious , like some eccentric female St Francis , brooding a little about the image seen in the vicarage garden , which , although it had turned out to be only an old cloth flung over a tree stump , was an indication of the way things might go . |
| 5 | He had a momentary vision of the tall , proud tower blocks that rose on either side of him collapsing in a cloud of dust . |
| 6 | Their voices rose on this note from the kitchen to saturate the bedroom above where on summer evenings you lay rigid with wakefulness . |
| 7 | In France , at the accession of Henry II in 1547 , each of the four secrétaires des finances was given the task of overseeing the administration of a group of French provinces and also of relations with the foreign states which bordered on these ; thus for example the secretary who supervised Burgundy and Champagne was normally also responsible for relations with the Swiss cantons and the states of west Germany . |
| 8 | She dwelt on this potential disaster so often , and with such emotion , that eventually a freak electrical fault did cause a fire . |
| 9 | To instruct any solicitorappointed on all matters relevant to the child 's interests , including the possibilities for appeal , unless the child wishes to give conflicting instructions and has sufficient understanding to do so . |
| 10 | Klein mused on this . |
| 11 | Depreciation should be ( a ) calculated on the same basis as in the audited accounts for the year to 31 December , 1989 , and ( b ) charged on all assets on a monthly basis , with no upward revaluation of assets in the year and with due regard being paid to the carrying value of any assets and the length of the asset 's expected useful economic life to the Business , having due regard to the incidence of obsolescence and future requirements of the Business . |
| 12 | So you can do you can use exactly the same system you used on that for working out each one and see what happens . |
| 13 | Athelstan cursed in some of the language Cranston used on such occasions . |
| 14 | Sibton displays Parker 's Roman cement , which was patented in 1796 and which Nash used on most of his buildings . |
| 15 | Gus Dudgeon , who I used on some earlier Deram sessions , said he 'd like to work with David , so here was his chance and I put the two of them together . ’ |
| 16 | Wilson self-consciously capitalized on that supremacy in his ‘ First Hundred Days ’ of dynamic action , a deliberate imitation of the Kennedy style in early 1960 . |
| 17 | And she capitalized on this , she saw where it could be to her advantage to be perceived as a celluloid creation . |
| 18 | They capitalized on this well enough by reaching 252 in their fifty overs , and then took two quick wickets when West Indies batted . |
| 19 | Physiologists capitalized on this instrumentation to demonstrate that the electrical activity of the brain and its nerve cells was a function of what the individual was doing , or not doing , or how sensory receptors were stimulated . |
| 20 | Medics in particular capitalized on this state of affairs , mobilizing the results of scientific research as part of their broader push for increased representation with the state . |
| 21 | Worsley capitalized on this opportunity by making the saltpetre project the centre-piece of a programme for revitalization of the British economy and the development of an integrated manufacturing and trading system embracing an expanding colonial empire . |
| 22 | ‘ So the folk of the village capitalized on this gift from the gods , that had come to them in their darkest hour . |
| 23 | The Sunday afternoon walk along the lanes was always interesting , even to very young children , for the high banks towered on either side of us , covered in wild flowers — campions , hemp agrimony , foxgloves , honeysuckle and many , many more . |
| 24 | Think I 've learnt it and just keep making the sa yes cos she 'd crossed out divorced on that passport form |
| 25 | But Rhaw drew on all the leading German composers of the post-Isaac generation — Ludwig Senfl ( c. 1486–c. 1543 ) , Balthasar Resinarius ( Harzer ) ( C. 1485–1544 ) , Arnold von Bruck ( c. 1490–1554 ) , Sixt Dietrich ( c. 1493–1548 ) , Benedictus Ducis ( d. 1544 ) ( who is possibly the same man as Benedictus de Opitiis ) , Stephan Mahu ( c. 1485–c. 1541 ) — as well as the long dead Stoltzer and one Fleming , Lupus Hellinck . |
| 26 | Post-war architects , amongst whom Frederick Gibberd was soon prominent , popularized a style which drew on many influences . |
| 27 | Rugby sank a deep shaft to masculine and sporting company and he drew on that for pleasure and refreshment throughout his life . |
| 28 | In earlier phases of a market society some advertising , usually specific or classified , existed in the margins of other cultural institutions , and drew on some general cultural skills . |
| 29 | Allen drew on some of his personal exploits when coming up with ideas for the accident-prone hero . |
| 30 | We drew on these aspects in developing our recommendations for attainment targets and programmes of study . |