Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | It will apply to all such stock dividends received on or after 6 April 1975 . ’ |
| 10 | In the yew trees nearby , birds sang and the hum of traffic and smell of exhaust fumes carried on the air . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The committee men took on a new authority . |
| 13 | The group discussions reported on in Appendix II excluded pensioners and the very poorest households . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Many small town craftsmen worked on much the same plan . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The pop tapes went on and on . |
| 18 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |
| 19 | Raiders tried to break in to this cottage in the early hours , but they were spotted by vigilant neighbours when security lights came on . |
| 20 | Civil War conditions lingered on in other ways . |
| 21 | Central government generally has cash limits imposed on clearly defined blocks of expenditure . |
| 22 | With the dropping of 11 days , the old March 25 became April 5 , and tax collectors went on working from the old day with its new date . |
| 23 | Inside the large first court musicians blew on long , straight trumpets and negroes with long flutes added to the din which was very thrilling and appropriate . |
| 24 | The banding clamp was constructed using standard metal package banding tape 1¼in wide with metal blocks welded on and threaded ( see band clamp in Hands On WW/Oct.91/p.1060 ) . |
| 25 | Same list of icecream flavours hung on the wall and bowl of aniseed lollipops on the counter , same gilt baskets of croissants and racks like umbrella stands packed with tall loaves . |
| 26 | Technical border teams went on to meet in Vientiane in September , Beijing in November , Yunnan province ( China ) in January-February 1991 and Vientiane in August . |
| 27 | The runway lights came on , two lines of haloed yellow flares that faded as they converged into the curtains of rain and smoke . |
| 28 | Do you know how long the boys ' ploughing matches went on for ? |
| 29 | 800 parking spaces , 112 petrol pump nozzles , as last minute preparations went on even the extra large soap dispensers were filled to the brim . |
| 30 | Then his horror tales caught on . |