Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , there were no leaks or speculative articles about the paper 's contents and publication was deliberately timed so that it arrived on news desks ahead of the finalised Cadbury Report . |
| 2 | He muttered something unrepeatable under his breath and wiped an exhausted hand upwards over his forehead , a distraught gesture which ruffled the short dark hair so that it stood on end . |
| 3 | So if they kept on flat out , every ten seconds they 'd go a further so many hundred metres , for ever and ever . |
| 4 | This second possibility was the one I preferred , especially since I saw on reflection that such ripples might produce some of the effects of the first possibility . |
| 5 | Soon after I came on board we finished loading . |
| 6 | She saw him in the wings just before she went on stage and she chose to ignore whatever had happened in the interval . |
| 7 | Yeah , the sort of thing Lucy and I were talking about earlier is , it was just before I went on holiday so my memory is kind of hazy , it 's one where I was going to see the Arts Council and see if they were interested in the idea if they work |
| 8 | One of the coach passengers died just as we arrived on duty . |
| 9 | He is ducking out of his responsibilities as Secretary of State for Education and Science , just as he did on health . |
| 10 | With a full venue in front of them , Catherine Wheel started to produce sparks as soon as they went on stage with a determination to take Leo Fender 's finest to their limits . |
| 11 | Almost as soon as he arrived on campus , he disappeared into a mass of wiring , flashing lights , bleeping tones and tens of metres of multicoloured printouts on endless rolls of chartpaper . |
| 12 | The catch was usually gutted as soon as it came on board , and the gulls would go in a flock from boat to boat , cleaning up the discards . |
| 13 | ‘ As soon as I came on board . |
| 14 | She wanted to be out of his sight very quickly and she leaned on Marguerite willingly to get up the stairs as fast as possible . |
| 15 | And you 've done nothing but snap and shout at me ever since we came on board . ’ |
| 16 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 17 | Unseated jockeys were scurrying around and fighting madly to reunite themselves with their mounts , but even as they clambered on board there was nowhere to go . |
| 18 | He became professor of anthropology in the University of London in 1927 , and taught there till he went on sabbatical leave to the United States in 1938 . |