Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Superintendent got to work on the telephone . |
| 2 | Keegan led Newcastle to promotion in 1984 but the club failed to build on the success . |
| 3 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 4 | Then blood began to splatter on the glass from Pearce 's open mouth . |
| 5 | A small red light started to flash on the Thing . |
| 6 | For some reason Gadfly failed to appear on the invitation list . |
| 7 | The shadows of the stones stretched to their maximum length , while the sun seemed to rest on the horizon . |
| 8 | Her gaze came to rest on the inscription at the top of the page . |
| 9 | Leominster District Council refused to comment on the Redlands application , beyond saying consultations are still going on . |
| 10 | Sroud District Council refused to comment on the Ropers case other than to say it had acted completely correctly in all its dealings with the couple . |
| 11 | Decision-making tended to centre on the issuing of directives and instructions . |
| 12 | Channel 4 and the sports management agency International Management Group moved to put on the match between the champion , Gary Kasparov , and the British challenger , Nigel Short . |
| 13 | Spike 's one eye tried to focus on the movements occurring in front of him . |
| 14 | The beam came to rest on the Ngo brothers , and after a moment 's hesitation Duclos bent down and seized Hoc by the arm . |
| 15 | The Collector 's eye came to rest on the corner where Miriam lay ; she was too weak to help Dr McNab now , but although she could no longer be of any service to the ailing figures who lay nearby , she had refused to let the Collector move her mattress up to the dais where the air was better and where cholera clouds would be less likely to hang ( if such things existed , which of course they had been proved not to by Dr McNab , but all the same … ) . |
| 16 | Successful establishment seemed to depend on the teachers investing enough in the innovation to overcome that already built into the traditional role . |
| 17 | By the early sixteenth century , however , the figure of arrears dropped ; as a rising population began to press on the means of subsistence , the lord had a more powerful weapon to hand . |
| 18 | After hours of deliberation the court failed to rule on the constitutionality of Mr Yeltsin 's measures . |
| 19 | Her eyes closed tight shut , and her forehead came to rest on the hands that gripped the bedpost . |
| 20 | Towards evening , as a fine mist began to settle on the water , we drifted into a bay at the east end of the reservoir . |
| 21 | Besides , it took time to get the formula right ; one dose began to work on the notes alter only 24 hours . |
| 22 | Officials in Peking last night refused to comment on the award . |
| 23 | For example , the post-war British Electricity Authority tried to insist on the protocol of official contact through the board secretary rather than allowing civil servants to make contact directly with specialist personnel ( Hannah 1982 : 44 ) . |
| 24 | Paige sat down and opened the atlas , flicking over the pages until finally her finger came to rest on the country of Costa Rica . |
| 25 | Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have been discussing the possibility of a merger between the two companies according to the San Jose Mercury News Apple declined to comment on the report , and Novell denied it , saying that ‘ We 're always in industry discussions with them , but we 're not having discussions with them about merging , ’ but the paper says that the talks between Apple chairman John Sculley and Novell chairman Ray Noorda were a closely-guarded secret and known only by an elite group of senior executives at the two firms . |
| 26 | When the current affairs machinery started to roll on the Aids issue , it quickly became apparent that this one had everything : public anxiety about health ; the awakening of incipient guilt over sexual freedom and either compassion or vengefulness , depending on your sympathies , for the gay community . |
| 27 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 28 | The report also rules that genetic manipulation of sperm , embryos or their parts is unethical , and that surrogate motherhood is not acceptable , The BMA this week refused to comment on the leaks . |
| 29 | The prosecutor sought to rely on the words of Winn L.J . |
| 30 | And they used to come and give us the pattern , what the butler got to lay on the table ; the tea-service would be the same pattern as the tablecloth was . |