Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] on [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that the hook was initially a weapon , a spin-off from techniques of spearing , and gradually replaced the more primitive ‘ gorges ’ that relied on wedging rather than penetration . |
| 2 | And there , over the tops of the trees that grew on falling ground to their north , there on the other side of the valley was one of the liveliest country houses she had ever seen . |
| 3 | He let her go , then stood there , watching her move about the room , disturbed by the thoughts , the memories that insisted on returning to him in her presence . |
| 4 | Olivetti , a prominent member of the Apache splinter group of ACE companies that insisted on going the Unix SVR4 route , says it wo n't offer Santa Cruz Operation Inc 's ACE Open Desktop implementation , except as an option if customers require it . |
| 5 | We saluted the Press , mentioning the government forces that insisted on closing down our city 's own broadcasting station . |
| 6 | To equalise the pressure in the bladder to that being placed on the body , it is inflated during descent and deflated on rising . |
| 7 | But he ignored the remark and concentrated on bringing the things in . |
| 8 | Pausing only to once more fill up with petrol , she drove through the German border and six miles on stopped at Cheb , on the Czechoslovakian border , where she changed some English pounds for Czech crowns , and drove on wondering if this ‘ on edge ’ feeling was going to stay with her until lunchtime tomorrow . |
| 9 | Undaunted he joined a local class and settled on making a lute . |
| 10 | This chapter is primarily concerned with an approach to the care of overdose patients which is brief and focused on helping the patient to solve his own problems . |
| 11 | It is about time chairmen and administrators started to listen to the managers and worked on fulfilling the pledge . |
| 12 | I was drunk as a pig and insisted on stamping on every bloody spider I found on my way back to our chamber . |
| 13 | It was really done with much relish , and to prove his efficiency in all branches of His Majesty 's Navy and Fishing Fleets , Lord Shelley went into Uxbridge , bought the best cod he could find , and insisted on cooking it himself and serving it for dinner . |
| 14 | Thus , in December 1983 it was made very clear that other unions would not encourage the small National Graphical Association when it defied the law over Eddie Shah 's nonunion printing operations in Warrington and insisted on conducting a strike deemed by the high court to be illegal . |
| 15 | He was dismissive of Melinda 's Arabic , and insisted on speaking to us in English which he declared a simple language , like the . |
| 16 | Zeinab , alarmed at herself , backed off a little and insisted on maintaining an independent life while she was working out how to handle all this . |
| 17 | In both cases the heads of the city telephone networks ( Vladimir Panov in Ekaterinburg and Valentin Dolgoborodov in Novosibirsk ) say the company would only take full payment in advance and insisted on using its own engineers on the projects . |
| 18 | And when my horse slipped and fell on the ice , a little figure appeared and insisted on helping me . |
| 19 | Lizzie came from the back of the house to greet them and insisted on helping them carry in Sara 's boxes , packages and various belongings . |
| 20 | She should have refused to go with him last night and insisted on staying in the car park . |
| 21 | He saw what appeared to be rich American clients and insisted on taking them to lunch first . |
| 22 | Paddick had had enough of this and insisted on moving on . |
| 23 | The fourth sister , the one who had found the child in a basket on the banks of the river , and insisted on adopting him , had married Burraburiash of Babylon and long since left the Black Land . |
| 24 | Sarah 's eminent gynaecologist tore up her birth plan and insisted on inducing her . |
| 25 | ( She told a gathering of women in a Mayfair hairdressers that Andrew loved fooling around — with her feet — and insisted on painting her toenails at all times . |
| 26 | He ran all the way home , keeping well off the road in case Nails came in the car and insisted on giving him another lift . |
| 27 | So the appropriate documents we went to the Croatian Customs who stamped our papers and insisted on giving us each a bottle of orange juice . |
| 28 | When seeing practice he was very selective in the cases he wished to observe , but he was immediately attracted to Cedric 's symptoms and insisted on coming with me on one occasion . |
| 29 | ‘ Two policemen simply turned up at my rooms as I was leaving , without any appointment or anything , and insisted on interviewing me . |
| 30 | ‘ I have an important document I have to finish , ’ she said , and insisted on going in to work . |