Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One local authority in tackling the problem of odour nuisance from maggot farms in their area not only insisted on the installation of catalytic incineration equipment but on disposal of the sawdust waste , which still contained some maggots after sieving , by bagging and subsequent incineration in the municipal incinerator , instead of burying the waste as had been done previously .
2 No , he came out for about ten minutes then he said I 'm going back in the house mummy , just then flopped on the chair
3 ‘ No , Cynthia , Mr Lytham 's advice is sensible , ’ Dorothy said as Cynthia once again seemed on the point of protest .
4 The card had the price IS 3d still lightly pencilled on the back and this seemed reassuringly normal and cosy .
5 The sheer number of monks became an obsession that bound together reforming bureaucrats and their liberal heirs , showing how both drew on the criticism of the ‘ sterile ’ classes , which goes back at least to the sixteenth century .
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