Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er we , we did n't do an awful lot on commercial later on , we gave up that er thing we , we mostly concentrated on the private cars . |
| 2 | The Gedge boy , who apparently spied on the entire population of Dynmouth , had no doubt seen him . |
| 3 | But if you only went on the square foot it do n't matter how big it was well that 's like , surely that 'd be fairer ? |
| 4 | Further anecdotes on the fame of Champagne wines in the fourteenth century are told by Max Sutaine in his Essai sur l'histoire des vins de la Champagne ( 1845 ) ; in particular he relates how , when the German king Wenceslas arrived in Reims in 1397 to discuss with Charles VI the division within the church over the popes of Avignon ( a subject Henry Vizetelly describes in A History of Champagne ( 1882 ) as ‘ very fit for a drunkard and a madman to put their heads together about ’ ) he became so intoxicated on the local wines that he signed all the documents before him , departing without knowing what he had signed . |
| 5 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 6 | He fumbled for and finally pounced on the right word , ‘ Of torihada in my legs . ’ |
| 7 | Algeria and Tunisia attracted immigrants from France and Italy so that a fringe of European society already existed on the southern shore of the Mediterranean . |
| 8 | And the Gospels , not the great illuminated book , but a smaller and stouter one , calculated to resist too crafty fingers by its less use and lighter pages , already lay on the silver-chased reliquary , centrally placed with accurate and reverent precision . |
| 9 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 10 | A component with a small value for D remains largely adsorbed on the stationary phase . |
| 11 | One of Ibrahim 's former Jewish tenants still lived on the second floor . |
| 12 | Hearing the sound of his footsteps at the bottom of the stairs , she quickly pulled on the first things that came to hand — a pair of well-worn jeans that clung lovingly to her like a second skin , and a sweatshirt . |
| 13 | Whatever he knew , he always looked on the black side , judged her and found her wanting . |
| 14 | Sunday was the first and chief day of the week , and saints ' days always fell on the same date , as did some of the major festivals such as Christmas , which was celebrated on VIII Kal Jan ( 25 December ) . |
| 15 | Men like that always insisted on the last word . |
| 16 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 17 | The pupils were too depressed to bother sneaking into each other 's rooms for a chat as they usually did on the first night back at school . |
| 18 | The place which they once occupied on the constitutional stages has now been occupied by the organs of local government . |
| 19 | She still had on the revealing silk blouse she had worn in the show , with stage jewellery sparkling at her throat and breast . |
| 20 | ‘ What were known all over the world as ‘ English gardens ’ were the most pervasive influence that England ever had on the European way of life' , wrote Lord Clark . |
| 21 | He is Deputy Prime Minister , but yesterday sat on the very edge of the platform group . |
| 22 | I usually skied on the 35 miles of groomed valley trails that meander over icy , mumbling streams and through clumps of pine trees whose branches sag under dollops of snow . |
| 23 | He also guested on The Bad Seeds ' ‘ Kicking Against The Pricks ’ . |
| 24 | Conventionalism also failed on the first perspective . |
| 25 | He also reported on the possible links between a parish in the East End of Glasgow , where the Minister was the Rev. Ada Younger , and Orap , in Zimbabwe , following the very successful visit from Simbongile Jamaila . |
| 26 | Mrs Thatcher 's international stature also rested on the curious chemistry of her relationship with President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union , but the rigour of the Prime Minister consorted somewhat uneasily with the fluid world of perestroika , democratization throughout eastern Europe , German reunification , and moves towards international disarmament . |
| 27 | He also commented on the worrying growth of occultism in the nation . |
| 28 | Becky also commented on the new suit , but not until she had finished checking a lengthy column of figures . |
| 29 | He also commented on the high death rate . |
| 30 | It had been held up because of the freezing of assistance to the Soviet Union ( also released on the same day — see p. 38105 ) . |