Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been brushing up on my Italian , ’ Molly 's father went on , ‘ with the aid of an extremely sexy-sounding signorina I got on a tape from the Fulham Public Library . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's the same side which finished on a high by winning the Divisional Premiership final at Old Trafford last May , apart from Aussie second row Paul Carr . |
| 3 | A club which exists on a shoestring budget could have elected to play Rangers on a neutral ground , and made at least four times the amount of money Arbroath will get from next month 's Cup tie . |
| 4 | This term should only be applied to patients who fulfil the following conditions : ( i ) have a normal jejunal biopsy while taking a normal diet ; ( ii ) at some other time , before or since , have had a flat jejunal biopsy which recovers on a gluten free diet . |
| 5 | ‘ You would n't believe how many of our employees told me what a good deal they got on a car or a boat because they adopted Karrass ' strategies ’ says an executive of a major oil company . |
| 6 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 7 | With the specific task of producing a class winner for the ‘ 92 race , Mike Pocock wanted to combine a powerful , easily managed upwind performer with a yacht which excelled on a reach . |
| 8 | In 1983 it sold the contents of a Spanish galleon which went down off Cartagena carrying uncut emeralds and gold , and in 1988 homely spades , belaying pins and scrubbing brushes from HMS Invincible , a Royal Navy warship which foundered on a sandbank . |
| 9 | Working with , while at the same time competing against other schools , raises questions about management which bear on a point made by Rutter et al. |
| 10 | On the rear panel the connections are as you 'd expect , with stereo in and stereo out sockets , two remote footswitch sockets , MIDI in , out and thru , and ( something I was n't expecting ) a 9-volt DC output socket to power primarily ART 's X15 foot controller but actually any MIDI controller which runs on a 9-volt supply . |
| 11 | ‘ We are looking at offering a telephone which operates on a card swipe system and this is on experiment at the moment . |
| 12 | Cathy picked up the telephone which stood on a side table . |
| 13 | Like any small boy who scribbles on a wall that ‘ Johnny was here ’ , so the gestures of talented individuals can record , on behalf of all of us , that ‘ we were here ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ This is April , ’ he said , indicating a nondescript , darkish girl who sat on a corner of the sofa . |
| 15 | Skipper , Derek Hall got them going with his first ever goal for the club , so no wonder he went on a victory run . |
| 16 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 17 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
| 18 | By number three there was a London correspondent who reported on a visit to a dog show ( Crufts ) held in the Agricultural Hall , and in number six short articles in the Gaelic about animals . |
| 19 | By number three there was a London correspondent who reported on a visit to a dog show ( Crufts ) held in the Agricultural Hall , and in number six short articles in the Gaelic about animals . |
| 20 | It is usually the experimental scientist who seizes on a theory as a tool to help interpret the properties of systems inaccessible by experiment . |
| 21 | One answer sometimes given is that they are not , because a driver who overtakes on a bend , knowingly taking the risk that there is a car travelling in the opposite direction , should not be labelled a murderer if a collision and death happen to ensue . |
| 22 | So-called from ‘ hak ’ , a species of snake , developing into the term ‘ hagge ’ during the sixteenth century to describe ‘ a succubus who sits on a man 's chest and gives him nightmares ’ . |
| 23 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 24 | Yeah because if you want to go to Southwell at the present moment you go on a bus and you got to wait two hours to get one back . |
| 25 | That evening we camped on a hill overlooking Beni Abbes . |
| 26 | Usually she cries like the rain we had on a holiday once , up in Scotland — a soft , grey drizzle — but this time her body shook with real sobs . |
| 27 | So when he heard you were in town he hit on a plan to get rid of both of you . |
| 28 | In his room he pulled on a dressing-gown and sat down and waited . |
| 29 | There is only the lower half of the hero on the sherd but he is identified by the club , an unusually thin example , and with a cross hilt one expects on a sword , on his right hangs the lower part of the lion skin , behind him on the left are two long-necked birds , identifying this Labour , although there is no evidence of the bow ( fig. 14.35 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Meanwhile , I think you should consider a bone-marrow harvest , in case we decide on a transplant at some future date . ’ |