Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [conj] on [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the second Test , Willey 's last nine Test innings had produced 90 runs , and , had he been caught when on 13 at Old Trafford , his Test days would almost certainly have been over ; as it was , his 62 not out there and his reputation as a battler persuaded the selectors to press on with him , and he justified their faith now . |
| 2 | It is said that on one occasion Prince Napoleon accused the Emperor of having inherited ‘ nothing of the Great Emperor ’ , to which Napoleon III replied ‘ Yes , the family ’ . |
| 3 | It is recorded that on 4 January 1965 ‘ Mr R J Henderson said that he thought something should be done to start a Building Fund . ’ |
| 4 | It is reckoned that on one occasion 15000 people attended a prayer meeting in Armagh . |
| 5 | It is reported that on 22 March Nijazi Beqa and five other political prisoners there went on a hungers-strike against their conditions . |
| 6 | It was noted that on two occasions members of the committee collected subscriptions in the treasurer 's absence . |
| 7 | He was court-martialled and on 3 May 1916 he was executed by a firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol , Dublin , as on 4 May was his brother William , who had acted as his aide-de-camp . |