Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However one particular champion of the potato was Antoine-Augustin Parmentier a French chemist who was captured by the Germans during the Seven Years War and survived largely on a diet of potatoes . |
| 2 | IN THE final of the British Open in April , Sharon Mills took Diane Bell , Britain 's world middleweight champion , to full time and lost only on a decision . |
| 3 | Another hand snaked up the chest and pinched tight on a nipple . |
| 4 | Instead she sipped on several cups of reviving , strong black coffee , and chewed listlessly on a piece of cardboard masquerading as toast . |
| 5 | In 1980 it showed the greatest tendency to revitalise and performed averagely on a decline in deprivation index . |
| 6 | All three did badly compared to Japan and performed roughly on a level with the United States . |
| 7 | The all-night fishing trip ended in tragedy for the four men after their boat ran out of fuel and ran aground on a sandbank off Nash Point . |
| 8 | Ever since we first played together for London Schools and roomed together on a tour to East Africa we have been very close . |
| 9 | Hilary was too young for that , and sat instead on a swing in the front garden of the Headmaster 's House , watching the secondary-modern-school pupils flock by to their separate schools . |