Example sentences of "[vb past] on [art] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The gulf between High Ashdonian and English became obvious when Sue Lawley commented on the Liberals ' election campaign .
2 When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel .
3 Thus , on Sunday , I hooted in disbelief when A Year In Provence focused on the natives ' preoccupation with hunting a local , woodland fungus which sells for £100 a pound .
4 Grantham Hospital chiefs were last night being asked why they did not notice symptoms of the syndrome in Allitt before she started on the children 's ward .
5 Haverford asked on the children 's behalf , but they had already found it , scampering away through the display of giant dolls , plastic picnic tables , local cheese and wine , and returned resentful at having been glowered at by the resident guardian because they had n't understood the purpose of her saucer of lire .
6 Whereas in RX and Pilkingtons union resistance was either negligible or was transformed into active cooperation , at Ford the quality circles foundered on the unions ' dismissal of the initiative as a heavy-handed attempt to short-circuit existing bargaining procedures .
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