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Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] on [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	General Roberts stated that on 6 May a unit of the ROK army had advanced north of the 38th parallel to a depth of 2.5 miles ( 4 km ) and had attacked several settlements .
2	Benjamin 's shoulders twitched and on one occasion I saw him shiver .
3	Marc Bloch showed that on two estates in the heart of northern France there were in the ninth century only twenty-five servi ( slaves or serfs ) out of 278 householders ; whereas at the end of the twelfth century all but a handful of the population of these villages were serfs ; none slaves .
4	The court heard that on 10 April last year , with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , the two men started a blaze which caused an explosion and destroyed the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh .
5	His first wife died and on 24 January 1868 he married Elizabeth , daughter of the Revd John E. Scroope Hutchinson , vicar of East Stoke , Nottinghamshire .
6	William Tidbury stated that on 11 December he had been working until late at a local farm ( this had already been borne out by the farmer ) .
7	On 2 May German forces in northern Italy surrendered and on 7 May Gen Jodl surrendered the main German forces in central Europe to Eisenhower at his headquarters ( SHAEF ) at Rheims , to take effect at midnight on 8 May .
8	The inquest heard that on 30 August , 1988 , the security forces had become aware of a threat to the life of a former Ulster Defence Regiment soldier , and the shoot-out had been a result of the actions taken by the security forces because of the threat .
9	To this petition Gloucester agreed and on 26 June , in a ceremony consciously modelled on his brother 's accession , he took his seat at Westminster and began his reign .
10	To this petition Gloucester agreed and on 26 June , in a ceremony consciously modelled on his brother 's accession , he took his seat at Westminster and began his reign .