Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] on [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell .
2 If the result was not one for Graham Turner to celebrate on the third anniversary of his takeover at Wolves , the manner of their performance should certainly cheer him on his 42nd birthday today .
3 Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw .
4 An American note was sent to the Soviet Union on 11 August 1947 requesting a report from the Joint Commission by 21 August to enable the two governments to decide on the next step .
5 The proposal is for employers ' contributions to begin on the first pound of earnings .
6 The 23-year-old Tynesider , now recovered from a serious pelvic injury , came on as substitute against Ipswich Town on Tuesday night to lay on the second goal for record signing Don Goodman .
7 He set up the prize to give aspiring writers a chance to step on the first rung of the literary ladder .
8 He plans to stay in Sheffield to compete on the first day of the UK Championships today then concentrate on training , his Olympic place assured without having to jump in the trials in Birmingham on June 27–28 , in which he 'll confine himself to an outing in the 100 metres .
9 The defendants were the owners of a public house which was run by a manager and his wife , who had a licence to live on the first floor and to take in paying guests .
10 Place the colour key in the first two rows as described above but when you save the design to memory , miss out the first two rows , placing the save box to start on the third row of squares .
11 UNIT GROUP , which obtained the distinction of being the first company to float on the Third Market , is about to make an important diversification into the engineering sector .
12 There is a tendency to start on the second stage of commercially produced baby foods at this point .
13 Mungo had been so unnerved by the feather and the peculiar note that it had taken him several moments to decide on the next move ; not the next major move in his life , but literally the act of moving an arm or a leg .
14 DRACULA — Wear the crucifix to get on the second coach .
15 Okay , right , time to check on the first travel report of the morning .
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