Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] to [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blanco White , from his London exile , saw the liberals ' mistake : their treatment of the king as ‘ a constitutional wild beast ’ inevitably condemned the constitution to destruction on the king 's return . |
| 2 | The Monopolies Commission took the board to task on three main issues : the use of ‘ target ’ rather than expected values in estimating parameters under the CEGB 's influence ( for example , construction cost and duration ) ; the use and presentation of sensitivity analysis around predicted outcomes ; and the lack of any firm basis for forecasting nuclear fuel-cycle costs . |
| 3 | AT&T fought hard to hang on to its equipment businesses through telephone deregulation — the Justice Department took the firm to court on the issue in 1949 and again in 1974 . |
| 4 | ‘ She did a piece to camera on every single thing she did . |
| 5 | Lord Swinton presented a paper to Cabinet on 24 January arguing that Britain should have three airline companies : the nationalized BOAC for long-haul overseas services ; a company responsible for services to Europe ; and another one for services to South America . |
| 6 | The President of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , put an end to speculation on the future of Warren Spring with an announcement in June that the government laboratory will merge with AEA Technology . |
| 7 | Ginny managed to take off her coat , put the milk away and turn on the oven before he ran the pad to earth on the table beside his armchair . |