Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost a year after his ‘ There 's Nothing Like This ’ hit single and reactivated album put him on first-name terms with the British public , Omar Lye-Kook is still based in north London , operating out of his father 's tiny Kongo Dance offices and recording down the road in Willesden . |
| 2 | The taxpayer received it on 8 December and it was lodged in the High Court on 15 January 1991 . |
| 3 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 4 | Only one person managed it on public transport . |
| 5 | The Colonel kissed him on both cheeks . |
| 6 | The same Inspector had me on another thing . |
| 7 | Although the jury acquitted him on one murder charge , it was deadlocked over a second and a riot charge , and a retrial was arranged for Sept. 17 . |
| 8 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 9 | After a parliamentary investigation 's report named him on 3 February , Grenoble 's chief prosecutor called off an anti-Mafia investigation , saying the release of the report had wasted months of work by alerting Pagano that he was under suspicion . |
| 10 | A master asked him on one occasion whether a word was nominative or dative , and back came his answer : ‘ I do n't really care , sir ! ’ |
| 11 | An answer that the Under-Secretary gave me on 15 October 1990 suggested that a fair number of warning signals would be available . |