Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her visitors in the Exeter nursing home where she died on 7th December saw all the qualities which made her such a servant of the trade continue unabated to the end — the common sense and humour , the courage , and the huge interest in others . |
| 2 | Madame de Lully 's principal residence continued to be the house on the rue St Anne , parish of St Roch , where she had resided with her husband , and where she died on 3 May 1720 . |
| 3 | Include five-minute intense relaxation spots during both morning and afternoon , where you concentrate on relaxing muscles , slowing your breathing down and calming your mind . |
| 4 | I 'm convinced he drew me aside , away from Jeeta and Jamila , into the store-room , where we sat on wooden boxes like skiving factory workers , because he was ashamed , or at least bashful , about his unsweet victory . |
| 5 | The Fish got us a good position at the back of the club , where we stood on wooden beer crates holding on to each other as the floor seemed about to crack open with heat and stomping . |
| 6 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |
| 7 | Earthworms as their name implies , live in tunnels which they burrow in the earth , where they feed on decaying plant matter . |
| 8 | Sterling was given an office at the Department of Trade and Industry , where he advised on industrial policy , and had a big say in plans for the future of broadcasting . |
| 9 | By November 1308 he had apparently renounced the world and entered the Irish Dominican house at Trim , where he died on 21 October 1314 . |
| 10 | He was appointed gentleman of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales in 1791 , represented Scarborough ( 1796–1802 ) and Monmouth ( 1802–13 ) in the House of Commons , was made a privy councillor in 1797 and comptroller ( until 1804 ) of the household , then joint paymaster-general of the forces under the premiership of William Pitt and the third Duke of Portland in 1804–13 , before accepting the governorship of the Cape Colony , South Africa , where he arrived on 6 April 1814 . |
| 11 | Author of seven books , he is rector of a literary institute , where he lectures on literary criticism . |
| 12 | Where it occurs on open land , bird species characteristic of open country are replaced by those which prefer the limited cover afforded by young trees and are in turn replaced , as the forest matures , by those species which are forest dwellers ( Bibby 1987 ) . |
| 13 | Its native habitat is southern Europe , where it grows on rocky hill and mountainsides , from the most inhospitable soil . |
| 14 | The Scarlet Ibis comes from forested wetlands of Central America , where it feeds on invertebrate animals containing the pigment carotene , which gives the birds their gorgeous plumage colour . |
| 15 | Just as many children score lower on a word-recognition reading test than they ought , because the words have no context of meaning , so she may be able to spell better than she demonstrates on this test . |
| 16 | She knew she did not have the strength to throw her voice through the stillness so she knelt on one knee . |
| 17 | Her doctor had told her that there was nothing he could do for this problem , so she decided on private treatment from a doctor that a friend recommended . |
| 18 | Surely no civil servant had more unique or peaceful surroundings in which to work than we did on this day . |
| 19 | We should warn you that next March 12th another police constable will be on foot duty in Convent St. , and should he notice a repetition of your behaviour , we shall have to consider the possibility of taking even more stringent action than we have on this occasion . |
| 20 | As in all active sports you pick up bumps and bruises , so we insist on medical insurance . |
| 21 | But you do collect bumps and bruises falling off windsurfers , so we insist on medical insurance . |
| 22 | ‘ So we rely on local wholesalers — Easons , Hughes and Argosy — providing they have the titles we want . |
| 23 | The smaller species of mustelid , although they prey on small mammals , eat little of the bone , and they frequently catch and eat prey larger than themselves . |
| 24 | Both Susan and Father Martin have said that although they disagree on this issue , they can do so in love . |
| 25 | And he concluded : ‘ The British people deserve better than they got on 9th April , 1992 . ’ |
| 26 | Nevertheless , there are clear overall safety benefits from these approaches , which lead accidents in residential areas to fail more than they rise on peripheral roads . |
| 27 | In other words , although they suppress the aberrant antibody , they suppress other antibody production too and also the production of blood cells , yet they seem to have a greater effect on the abnormal antibody than they do on normal ones and in quite large numbers of patients that have been treated in this way the side effects are really relatively slight . |
| 28 | The Romans left fewer substantial marks on what they called Caledonia than they did on southern Britain , largely because so many of their attempts to establish regional centres collapsed when they were recalled to deal with unrest in southern Britain , or even back to Continental Europe and to Rome itself . |
| 29 | Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester . |
| 30 | mm yes get us at a much more er er effective role in reducing tariffs on manufactured goods than it has on agricultural goods and it 's only in this last round of G A T T talks , the Uruguay round that agriculture has been brought into the frame alright . |