Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orson Welles was too busy with his radio show , Bela Lugosi could never get any master plan together beyond his next insane experiment , Vincent Price would n't rank with the major bad guys until horror pictures caught on again , and Zachary Scott 's thin moustache betrayed his lack of substance as a mastermind . |
| 2 | So her waking hours took on a new format . |
| 3 | To finance any investment plans decided on by his board , he kept a pretty stable relationship with the firm 's banks . |
| 4 | Instead his minders offered just enough to keep the hacks occupied , mainly in transcribing undecipherable tape recordings snatched on carefully marshalled visits , whose symbolism was either crassly self-evident or completely obscure . |
| 5 | Fifteen thousand car workers went on strike this week , the stockmarket fell to its lowest point in eighteen months and property speculation has forced rents beyond the reach of many . |
| 6 | If the start date is acceptable , LIFESPAN will display the titles of any outstanding process model task mail messages generated on or after the specified start date . |
| 7 | The four study populations reported on differ in their dates of birth as well as in their ages , with the oldest study populations being born earliest . |
| 8 | Numerous sponge bags hung on pegs , some with rubber ducks poking out ! |
| 9 | The last of the Rat-Tail men walked on down the High Street towards the Cross , stars his calling-cards . |
| 10 | It will apply to all such stock dividends received on or after 6 April 1975 . ’ |
| 11 | Then the father in the book had a fatal heart attack and she went white , putting it down , tears burning her eyes as the aircraft engines whined on and on , and the Oriental stewardesses moved gracefully around the cabin , collecting drinks and trays . |
| 12 | In the yew trees nearby , birds sang and the hum of traffic and smell of exhaust fumes carried on the air . |
| 13 | In books , pamphlets and speeches women drew on and re-worked the languages of purity , religion , medicine and even mysticism to develop a critical feminist discourse . |
| 14 | While long-standing fans either relished it or waited patiently for them to return to straightforward indie pop , more than a few older folk fans switched on the enigma of The Wedding Present . |
| 15 | Four wheel drive pick ups , crudely converted to gunships with heavy machine guns welded on , were everywhere , guarding the warlords or parked ready for hire . |
| 16 | The committee men took on a new authority . |
| 17 | Pausing only to bury Wounded Mouth , the Nez Perce bands travelled on to the south fork of the Clearwater . |
| 18 | The group discussions reported on in Appendix II excluded pensioners and the very poorest households . |
| 19 | We could feel the tension among the large audience of Spaniards and British and Americans , a tension that relaxed into applause as I blew the last candle out and the room lamps came on . |
| 20 | A large number of jubilant Boro fans ran on to the pitch to congratulate Pollock , a gesture which is now a criminal offence . |
| 21 | Many small town craftsmen worked on much the same plan . |
| 22 | My father 's feelings towards the General were , naturally , those of utmost loathing ; but he realized too that his employer 's present business aspirations hung on the smooth running of the house party — which with some eighteen or so people expected would be no trifling affair . |
| 23 | The pop tapes went on and on . |
| 24 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |
| 25 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |
| 26 | Civil War conditions lingered on in other ways . |
| 27 | Cashmere sports jackets hung on the back of their chairs , insurance against an encounter with air-conditioning . |
| 28 | Central government generally has cash limits imposed on clearly defined blocks of expenditure . |
| 29 | Only a few , such as the Royal Bristol Volunteers carried on , and in that instance it was to guard the many Napoleonic prisoners of war in Bristol . |
| 30 | Her d'Urberville ancestors slept on in their tombs , uncaring . |