Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had expected to lose his life on the track , but he passed away peacefully in his bed . |
| 2 | TONY Benn , the veteran darling of Labour 's left wing , is expected to lose his seat on the party 's ruling National Executive today . |
| 3 | First , that the appeal with which the Board is concerned is that brought by special leave from the decision of Barnett J. Secondly , whilst their Lordships fully understand why the Court of Appeal should have wished to state its opinion on the questions argued , any observations concerning the merits of an appeal which should not be before the court must necessarily be extra-judicial . |
| 4 | But then father did n't do that because he was staying at home and he was expected to do his harvest on the farm so his money was five shillings . |
| 5 | Wood engraving was a technique which most artists could not manage , so a craftsman was needed to translate the drawing ; on the other hand , an artist might be expected to do his picture on the stone , from which it would be directly printed . |
| 6 | In practice most permissions for mineral development have conditions attached which are designed to control their impact on the environment . |
| 7 | Ms Donovan worked for a local authority and , during the course of disciplinary proceedings , was told that she would be permitted to terminate her employment on the last day of the year if she so wished . |
| 8 | JR finally decided to base his report on the following outline . |
| 9 | From time to time there have arisen political factions whose leaders have sought to base their power on the doctrine that there can be no peace and prosperity on earth so long as mankind harbours religious thoughts and worships ‘ gods ’ . |
| 10 | From such humble beginnings in a remote Lincolnshire village he was , however , destined to make his impression on the world . |
| 11 | I was told to enjoy my life on the dole and they slammed the phone down . ’ |
| 12 | Her guests might have preferred to drink their tea on the verandah outside , since at that moment it was not raining . |
| 13 | " The Chairman called upon Mr. Hector Macfadyen to read his Essay on " Heredity " after which the Members in rotation were requested to express their mind on the subject . |
| 14 | These are used to focus their awareness on the learner , the learning task , and the learning environment , on the interactive nature of learning difficulties and their behavioural and emotional concomitants . |
| 15 | Jolosa , who broke a rival player 's jaw , was told to model his play on the England striker . |
| 16 | Mrs Clwyd — like Mr Livingstone — may well have difficulty gathering the nominations of 55 MPs needed to get her name on the ballot paper . |
| 17 | The first time I murdered it was because of rabbits meeting a fiery death , and meeting that fiery death from the nozzle of a Flame-thrower virtually identical to the one I had used to exact my revenge on the warren . |
| 18 | THE Courtaulds-sponsored Marlboro McLaren racing team was set to begin its assault on the 1993 Formula One championship on March 14 with a new car , a new engine and a new line-up of drivers . |
| 19 | The NME quickly attempted to stamp its personality on the soulless office space ; Burchill and Parsons turned their turf into the infamous Kinderbunker , a sectioned-off area defended by entirely apocryphal barbed wire and glass . |
| 20 | Asked to leave his address on the answerphone ? |
| 21 | What , in God 's name , would Johnny reply if asked to give his opinion on the Gulf War , for instance , or the state of Charles and Diana 's marriage ? |
| 22 | None of us it is a matter of extreme regret that they were terrified in the way they claim they were , but that sympathy must not be allowed to cloud your judgement on the issue about whether the police were reasonable . |
| 23 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 24 | Although he had only been in his new job for a few days before the murder , Dave Pushell had already tried to imprint his personality on the office . |
| 25 | Time and effort must be taken to break its dependency on the other dog and increase its attachment towards the owner ; short walks without the other dog , short periods of being left at home by itself , perhaps feeding them in separate areas . |
| 26 | However , a summons was issued to dismiss our claim on the ground of this supposed privilege , which was refused by the judge at first instance — a refusal confirmed , and emphatically , by the Court of Appeal . |
| 27 | John Savage is forced to gamble his life on the turn of a revolver chamber in The Deerhunter : the powerful central scene , symbolic rather than documentary , which became the subject of sterile controversy . |
| 28 | Secondly , the valuer is directed to make his valuation on the assumption that the landlord in default is selling his interest on the open market to a willing buyer . |
| 29 | Like the Open Software Foundation before it , Unix International may be forced to relinquish its seat on the board of the X/Open Co Ltd because to the financial cost of membership . |
| 30 | Drummer Barrett Martin lays down a dauntingly hard-but-fair rhythm manifesto , while Gary Lee Conner is the band 's only obvious showman , a tangle of sweat , hair and punkoid Townshend windmill routines who , even when horizontal , somehow managed to keep his act on the rails for such intricate anthemic lullabies as ‘ Bed Of Roses ’ or ‘ Shadows ’ , the opening nugget from the new ST album . |