Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He completed it about the end of 1839 , and quickly mastered the art of riding it on the rough country roads , so that he was soon accustomed to making the fourteen-mile journey to Dumfries in less than an hour . |
| 2 | Trials for the signalling system have been accelerated as BR examines the feasibility of introducing it on the entire 11,000-mile network . |
| 3 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 4 | Ensure the flowers are as dry as possible before placing them on the blotting paper , as any remaining moisture will encourage mildew to form and spoil all your efforts . |
| 5 | But I am content to rest my conclusion in rejecting it on the simple ground , which closely reflects the reasoning I have already deployed in rejecting the board 's construction of section 18 , that the words in subsection ( 2 ) ‘ an order for payment … to the unassisted party … of the costs incurred by him in the proceedings ’ can only apply to costs incurred by the unassisted party in his capacity as such . |
| 6 | It follows that we see no case for placing it on the semi-statutory footing proposed by the select committee . |
| 7 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |