Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russia and Ukraine agreed on Aug. 29 to abide by their treaty of Nov. 19 , 1990 , guaranteeing borders , and promised to work on an economic agreement with the " states-subjects of the former Soviet Union " . |
| 2 | His eyes moved along the branch and came to rest on a brilliant blue bird sitting there . |
| 3 | The National Democratic Front ( NDF ) , a front organization for both the CPP and the NPA , had offices in the Netherlands , and had insisted on an overseas venue , rather than meeting on Philippine soil , partly out of concern for the security of its negotiators . |
| 4 | The President had seen the polls forecasting heavy defeat and had decided on a high-profile last-ditch effort to free the Iranian hostages . |
| 5 | The gasman had told us it would blow up and had stuck on a waning sign to remind us . |
| 6 | A communiqué issued after the meeting said that delegates had declared Iraq to be a " democratic federal country " , and had agreed on a federal structure based on wilayats or provinces , reportedly as a gesture to Islamic parties which had insisted on Arab-Islamic nomenclature . |
| 7 | He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees . |
| 8 | Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest . |
| 9 | Like Eliot , Dawson emphasized the ‘ two Englands ’ created in the nineteenth century — ‘ the England of the fields and the England of the factories ’ — and wished to build on a common ‘ English tradition ’ which with some sort of religious sanction would take people Beyond Politics . |
| 10 | William , 10 , and eight-year-old Harry were given airline packs of colouring books and puzzles but chose to concentrate on a new computer game . |
| 11 | He was appointed in 1946 and officially retired in 1979 , but continued to teach on a part-time voluntary basis right up until his death on 8 October 1991 . |