Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the day almost all universities were occupied or on strike , as were many hospitals . |
| 2 | Now this , is er , also , and this is to do with the interest earned and on revenue balances . |
| 3 | Tuesday night 's opening had to be cancelled and on Wednesday night the leading lady was ill . |
| 4 | Then a second CIS trainer backed Alexeyev 's version , but on Thursday Russian Olympic chief Vitaly Smirnov disagreed and on Friday Kurlovich himself hit back savagely at the accusation . |
| 5 | No I do n't know but on Saturday it 's gon na be all like li little couples . |
| 6 | A pupil observation checklist was prepared on which originally , seating plans were included but on advice , largely concerned with difficulty of interpretation , this was removed . |
| 7 | Yeah and er look I think the process is that you do work and you feel passionate about it , you wan na do it the best you think you 've done it as well as you can do it , and then you put it out in whatever form , in a T V series like Love Hurts or on stage like Alfie , or in an album like Midnight Postcards and you then just pray and hope that people want to listen to you , want to watch you , want to hear you . |
| 8 | They smeared grease or paint to prevent the MLs ' bridge windows glinting and on Campbeltown the commandos mounted their two 3-inch ( 76mm ) mortars forward of the gun and the last rehearsal was held . |
| 9 | Jayni Bradbury from Healthcare Birmingham despite being injured and on crutches is still managing to sign contracts . |
| 10 | The ‘ 10-year on ’ programme will cover work on occupational and social mobility , on geographic change and migration , on family and household formation and housing change , on ageing and on immigrants . |
| 11 | On March 5 a night-time curfew was imposed and on March 19 the country 's sole post-liberation newspaper , February 26 , was suspended after publishing articles critical of the government . |
| 12 | Often a random pattern is adopted and on observation the cleaner often can be seen to cover some parts of an area many times yet miss others . |
| 13 | Modrow 's offer was not immediately accepted but on Jan. 28 , after seven hours of talks , Modrow and opposition groups reached agreement on the formation of a government of national responsibility in which eight opposition leaders would enter the Cabinet as ministers without portfolio . |
| 14 | The proposal was widely criticized and on Nov. 19 a Miami District Court judge granted a temporary injunction forbidding further repatriations after an appeal from the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami . |
| 15 | On day 1 2 , 5 , 10 , 20 , 50 , and 100 ml of milk were given and on day 2 the normal milk intake appropriate for age was started . |
| 16 | The cool distilled surface spread by , reflecting and on occasion giving access to the stores of its depth . |
| 17 | Once past Black Head speed over the ground increased as the tidal stream lessened and on arrival at Falmouth the yacht was finally secured alongside the lifeboat and manoeuvred onto a mooring just after 0400 . |
| 18 | The playgroup is a non-profit making organisation , and we rely heavily on the fees paid for children to attend and on fundraising . |
| 19 | Buildings occupied by the PSP and by the Shiite militia Amal were also repossessed and on July 27 Hezbollah began evacuating its largest base in Lebanon — the Sheikh Abdullah Barracks in Bekaa , 70 km east of Beirut . |
| 20 | The Knin assembly continued to function and on Feb. 21 voted to dismiss Paspalj and the assembly 's two vice-presidents , and also to replace Milan Martic as the Krajina " Interior Minister " after he ordered local militias to be placed under the command of the Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) in preparation for the arrival of the UN force . |
| 21 | Innocent 's chances of intervention rested on his insistence on confirmation of the elected candidate , on the right of appeal to him if misconduct of the election was alleged and on election in his own papal court if both parties brought the case before him . |
| 22 | Feb. 19 , 1991 : Yeltsin called on Gorbachev to resign and on Feb. 22 up to 400,000 people joined a pro-democracy rally outside the Kremlin called by the " Democratic Russia " group [ see p. 38013 ] . |
| 23 | With the exception of the Cup Final , the independent channels have concentrated on racing and on wrestling for Saturday afternoon entertainment and do not show golf or cricket . |
| 24 | In any assessment of evangelistic effectiveness the church growth movement stresses the need to focus attention not so much on decisions registered but on disciples made . |
| 25 | Can you confidently speak in a range of different situations , such as on the telephone , while dictating or on video film , and move easily from one to another ? |
| 26 | In open battle and in the plundering expeditions that constituted the normal form of aggressive warfare , they needed the backing of archers , both mounted and on foot , and of numerous infantrymen . |
| 27 | News of impending bread rationing created panic buying and on Thursday 23 February , International Women 's Day , female textile workers went on strike and demonstrated , closely followed by metal workers concentrated in the most militant and solidly proletarian quarter of Petrograd , the Vyborg district . |
| 28 | Teachers need to be aware of the different contextual constraints on speaking and on writing and build these perceptions into their teaching strategies . |
| 29 | Estimates of the council 's losses vary between £69m and £406m , depending on how they are assessed and on interest rate movements . |
| 30 | These meetings focused on services provided and on quality issues with a view to modifying contracts to improve the service to patients . |