Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] on [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also knew the face — the firm jaw , the wide mouth that sagged slightly on one side as though supporting an invisible cigarette , the pert nose , the dark blue eyes : the constituent parts of beauty . |
| 2 | The second fact is that those crews that took off on 25/26 August 1940 from bases like Waddington , Scampton , Lindholme , Hemswell and Newmarket , ill-equipped though they were to inflict any real damage on the enemy , achieved an impact on the course of the war that none could have truly appreciated at the time . |
| 3 | What does the , what does the youth bus actually do it , except go round on four wheels , I mean what 's it 's function ? |
| 4 | Dandruff is a common problem and depends largely on two factors : susceptibility and stress , but many modern products can help . |
| 5 | OBVERSE : Snapshot of the Coco-de-Mer , an extremely mysterious fruit that looks like a part of the female body and grows only on one island in the Seychelles group . |
| 6 | If the variometer is fluctuating and reading up on one side of the circle and down a little on the other , the probability is that the glider is not climbing at all but is just drifting further down wind . |
| 7 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 8 | Joe placed the bowl of water on the linoleum floor , took the discarded flannel from the bedside table and went down on one knee to apply treatment . |
| 9 | The new king fled the country on 29 September 1470 and Henry VI was restored very shortly afterwards , but deposed again on 11 April 1471 . |
| 10 | Men who had been asleep and were woken up by the noise did not appear to resent it but sat up on one elbow and stared . |
| 11 | Whilst preaching there on one occasion , there occurred an incident that demonstrates something of Baxter 's courage and composure . |
| 12 | Whatever the outcome , T&L has no wish to be perceived as depending heavily on one product , having spent the past decade , in Shaw 's words , ‘ building a broader base ’ . |