Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof with such venom that Tom and Willie were quite deafened . |
| 2 | She did n't know how long she knelt on the cold floor with her mother still and silent in her arms . |
| 3 | I knelt on the wooden floor in the East Yorkshire winter praying , " Dear God if you exist let me be warmed . " |
| 4 | Instead , amid a trenchant attack on the Government 's record , he dwelt on the vital role of trade unions in the fight to restore workers ' rights . |
| 5 | David Hall exhibited at MOMA an elegant piece which drew on the lost potentialities of the Nipkow disc , mechanical heart of the early Baird Televisor , ‘ superseded ’ and eradicated by a progress which has been synonymous with standardization . |
| 6 | He drew on the first cigarette for eight years , nearly choked , and wheezed : ‘ First today , anyway . |
| 7 | To put it very generally , from the mid-1950s ( the rock 'n' roll moment ) to the end of the 1960s the dominant sensibility in pop was a rock sensibility which had , at its cutting edge , an account of itself which drew on the Marxist critique of mass culture . |
| 8 | Hailed as a modern masterpiece , it drew on the basic elements of nineteenth-century picturesque — towers , pavilions , arches , and vaults — but gave them a distinct Scandinavian feel and line , the spirit of the sagas , as embodied in the gigantic statues at the entrance . |
| 9 | The association was chaired by John Hume and drew on the self-help traditions of the credit unions . |
| 10 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 11 | On the British side there was a string of adverse comments on French performance and attitudes from newspaper correspondents ; although the Daily Telegraph correspondent was not being particularly sensational when he reported on the unnecessary brutality of the French and concluded ‘ The solution of the problem of rule in Indo-China will depend primarily upon French ability to exercise tact and conciliation ’ . |
| 12 | He also reported on the possible links between a parish in the East End of Glasgow , where the Minister was the Rev. Ada Younger , and Orap , in Zimbabwe , following the very successful visit from Simbongile Jamaila . |
| 13 | Larry covers ‘ working-class sport for the working classes ’ , one of his classics being the time he reported on the local-government elections in Westminster . |
| 14 | At the time Ruth Guilding reported on the sudden cancellation of this educational occasion in the London Evening Standard ( 14.3.1991 ) . |
| 15 | Something moved on the farther side of the lochan , something hulky and dirty white , caught in the bog myrtle , where it shifted and billowed in the breeze . |
| 16 | The nimble pack horses , with a capacity to carry twenty stone , moved on the narrow trails in a train of twenty horses , connected one to another by plaited tail to following halter . |
| 17 | When he sensed that the politicians were afraid enough of the army to come to terms with him ( as they seemed to be after learning that troops based in Algeria had seized control of the island of Corsica on 24 – 25 May ) , he flashed a red light to Algiers and moved on the political front in Paris . |
| 18 | Theda was just able to prevent her mouth falling open , but her eyes widened , and her voice trembled on the veriest hint of laughter as she held out her hand . |
| 19 | Significantly the dream of an Imperial organic entity perished on the very battlefields of Flanders where the self-governing Dominions did apparently fight ‘ for their common interests ’ : |
| 20 | Five complete columns remain standing of the Temple of Athena built on the highest part of the city of Priene . |
| 21 | Now he concentrated on the mysterious murders in the forest . |
| 22 | She concentrated on the interior doorhandles of the cab and changed their design several times , just for practice , then smoothed them out entirely . |
| 23 | Tory campaign managers complain that the BBC concentrated on the negative aspects of the campaign at the expense of the positive . |
| 24 | Carefully observing the model , George concentrated on the tiny creases in the ears , on arms and legs . |
| 25 | Before he concentrated on the actual scene of the crime , Dalgliesh always liked to make a cursory survey of the surroundings to orientate himself , and , as it were , to set the scene of murder . |
| 26 | He was a most able officer , and I was able to hand over this part of the work to him with confidence , while I concentrated on the current activities of the department . |
| 27 | Safely back in bed , Mungo concentrated on the growing collection of odd items on his mantelpiece . |
| 28 | Checking a positive climb and flicking up the quick-retracting gear I concentrated on the slow process of building speed , getting the flaps in at 130 and maintaining a gentle increase in height with steady acceleration to 170 knots , when the nose can be raised for 3,000 fpm to show on the VSI as she really starts to go . |
| 29 | Thus Morrissette was able to perform readings of his work which concentrated on the psychological realism of the texts in question . |
| 30 | To achieve this they concentrated on the whole spectrum of damaging events in an area and explored their aggregate impact . |