Example sentences of "it [vb past] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT WAS once an independent state , all 32 square miles of it ; but it got on the wrong side of the local superpower , whereupon angry Athens exiled its inhabitants for daring to ally themselves with Sparta . |
| 2 | It tinted dry artistic Italian cypress trees and the undersides of vine leaves , it lived on the damp bark of English oaks and thorns . |
| 3 | Having stated the case you may legitimately put it into its historical setting in order to show what advance it made on the previous law ; and you may also indicate the trend of development that it started . |
| 4 | The substantial advances which it made on the earlier law were two : |
| 5 | The campaign of the Conservative candidate , Richard Hickmet , was criticized for the way in which it dwelt on the controversial claim that it would be a " moral victory for terrorism " if the seat were to change hands as a result of the killing of Gow . |
| 6 | Peace News reported on the revolt against the ‘ multiversity ’ at the symbol of liberal corporate America , the Berkeley campus within the University of California ; it reported on the growing movement that had sprung out of the deep south civil rights campaign . |
| 7 | It trembled on the cold stairs and rose up in invisible clouds from the thread-bare carpets . |
| 8 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And it concentrated on the famous sites , the ones that amused the excursionists — while ignoring the thousands of lesser earthworks that were of value to the scientific archaeologist . |
| 11 | It concentrated on the obvious truth that children of lower ability would have needs that should be met , whatever the organizational forms of schooling . |
| 12 | It happened on the hurdling course which is safer than the steeplechase route where the National will be run on Saturday . |
| 13 | ‘ The sunrise was as the opening of the gates of heaven itself and the glow it threw on the western hills transfigured the whole landscape for half an hour . |
| 14 | ‘ The sunlight was as the opening of the gates of heaven itself and the glow it threw on the western hills transfigured the whole landscape for half an hour . |
| 15 | He slid her hand lower until it rested on the irrefutable proof of his desire for her . |
| 16 | It was the Voice of Reason , and it perched on the opposite shoulder from the Voice of his Conscience , and it was frequently on his side . |
| 17 | In 1884 when the primary survey of England was nearing completion , much of it mapped on the one-inch scale , he transferred G. Barrow , C. T. Clough , J. R. Dakyns , W. Gunn and H. Miller from northern England to the Scottish staff . |
| 18 | It shone on the falling leaves , on the burnished red-gold of her hair . |
| 19 | The aim of achieving a genuine common market was a major commitment and though it relied on the voluntary co-operation of member states , complex legislative measures were soon underway to carry it out . |
| 20 | The 60-year-old former catering company director left more than Pounds 200,000 worth of debt , all of it spent on the other woman . |
| 21 | I just thought it followed on the next page there |
| 22 | A key aspect of the 1977 White Paper was the stress it placed on the wider effects of poverty : that it was not just those with acute needs who suffered . |
| 23 | It called on the Soviet Union to honour its international commitments . |
| 24 | It called on the international community to contribute technically and financially towards strengthening the Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty of Central American Economic Integration ( SIECA ) . |
| 25 | It called on the Tunisian government to establish " a thorough , independent and impartial inquiry into pre-trial irregularities , including deaths in custody of several detainees " . |
| 26 | 15 years ago MOVIES were a major part of the schedules although the film of Up Pompeii starring Frankie ( Please yourself , missus ) Howerd was on back where it started on the small screen . |
| 27 | It worked on the first day of application . |
| 28 | Directed by Robert Rendel , Deputy Secretary-General , it focused on the topical theme of ‘ Banks and their Obligations ’ . |
| 29 | If marketing was partially dynamic when it focused on the changing needs of customers , the introduction of the external environment as a driver of marketing thinking forces firms to be fully dynamic in their approach . |
| 30 | She stood there after he was gone , her eyes following the slow swirl of a mulberry leaf as it drifted on the artificial current . |