Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Industry sources said KLM had insisted on a 40pc share , while BA wanted an 80/20 or , at the very least , a 70/30 split . |
| 2 | It was an opportune moment to return because the citizens of Aberdeen had embarked on a series of ambitious street improvements at the same time as the technology had developed to enable the exploitation of the plentiful local granite for building purposes . |
| 3 | The newcomer could scarcely have opened his account in more spectacular fashion , scoring with an overhead kick from 10 yards after Speedie had nodded on a cross from Trevor Peake . |
| 4 | Lewis was perfectly correct , even politically correct , to insist that Bowe had reneged on a pledge to fight him first . |
| 5 | On Sept. 19 the RJO announced that it was freezing his release because Israel had reneged on a pledge to release 80 Arab detainees in the earlier transfer — 20 more than the 51 prisoners and nine bodies which were handed over . |
| 6 | Pilger had laid on a lot of beer . |
| 7 | Once upon a time Fenna had brooded on a hoard for so many years and with such desire that it had quickened and grown , diamonds breeding and bringing up their young under his weight . |
| 8 | In a series of radio interviews on May 8 Annie Murphy revealed that she and Casey had embarked on a love affair in Ireland in 1973 and that she had given birth to his child two years later . |
| 9 | Toronto had scored on a sacrifice fly and a single in the second inning and on a home run by Ernie Whitt in the fourth inning . |
| 10 | The move was sharply criticized by environmental experts , who said it would set back research and also meant that NP had reneged on a pledge that work on environmental problems would not suffer under privatization . |
| 11 | Before he cracked , Mr Rushdie had stumbled on a truth : that if free speech and free writing are to be defended in an age of increasing religious fervour , they must be defended with a zealot 's passion . |
| 12 | As a student on Imperial College 's petroleum geology MSc course , Mujadid had to go on a number of field trips during his year in the UK , but had not been able to buy suitable clothes for the British climate back home in Karachi . |
| 13 | In the summer of 1858 , Morris , Webb and Charles Faulkner had gone on a rowing trip down the River Seine , to look at medieval cathedrals . |
| 14 | One could imagine the early days of the place , when Blondin had walked on a tightrope across the Great Hall , when 20,000 Wolf Cubs rallying to honour Rudyard Kipling unleashed their " Great Howl " in 1922 , or when what were reputed to be the greatest firework displays in Europe were held there . |
| 15 | The Carters had laid on a jazz evening , featuring Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie . |
| 16 | The revelations came amid unconfirmed reports that Soviet guards at a missile arsenal in Votkinsk had fired on a team of US technicians who had attempted to inspect missiles under the terms of the treaty . |
| 17 | Already , in March 1896 it would seem , Thomas had decided on a career as a writer . |
| 18 | Mr Balfour had ridden on a motor car from Downing Street to the House of Commons , the start being witnessed by several members of the government . |