Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They expound their policy of minimal state interference to find the ‘ least detrimental available alternative ’ — one in which child placement and procedure for child placement ‘ maximises , in accord with the child 's sense of time , the child 's opportunity for being wanted and for maintaining on a continuous , unconditional and permanent basis , a relationship with at least one adult who is or will become the child 's psychological parent ’ ( Goldstein et al. , 1979 , p. 189 ) . |
| 2 | fold bandage and if you want , pack it away like that , you bring the end in the centre , there , so and again the ends in to the centre , just so that they meet like this , like this the centre , just so that they meet there , again , start like this , ends just to meet in the centre do n't overlap them too much and again bend into the centre and you 've got a nice little pad , if you ever need a pad for plonking on a wound quickly , there you 've got a pad , or putting against an ear or anything you want it for and you open it up quickly and you 've got a bandage , two of those and you 've got a |
| 3 | It maintains that a merger will do more harm than good because the merged group would lose orders from German car firms worried about depending on a single supplier . |
| 4 | Three DIY stores are being prosecuted for trading on a Sunday . |
| 5 | All are being prosecuted for trading on a Sunday . |
| 6 | Stigler 's insight was that randomness in demand provides scope for cheating on a collusive agreement , and creates a problem of statistical inference in enforcing that agreement . |
| 7 | It is said that Arabs have no compunction about reneging on a deal , that they will blow hot and cold , use the phrase ‘ God willing ’ to suit their own purpose , say ‘ yes ’ when they mean ‘ no ’ and generally confuse their more direct Western counterparts . |
| 8 | A JURY has ordered actress Kim Basinger to pay £6.1m ( 8.9m dollars ) to an independent movie studio for reneging on a deal to play the leading role in one of its films . |
| 9 | Oxford City Council has brought the prosecutions against the Reject Shop , B and Q and the HMV record shop for opening on a Sunday . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you think this is a punishment from God for talking about walking on a Sunday , Uncle Rory ? ’ |
| 11 | There was no question that he could have gone into some major productions and worked with some of the more notable directors ; he refused point blank , especially after seeing On a Clear Day . |
| 12 | He had offered to resign after singing on a TV chat show just after seven men had been killed by the IRA . |
| 13 | He was forced to give up football after stepping on a magnet . |
| 14 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 15 | The goalkeeper brought down John Hendrie as the winger moved to his right to prepare to shoot for goal after pouncing on a back pass . |
| 16 | After appearing on a television programme in Scotland , I was asked by an eminent Professor of Physiology to try to establish the long-term success of my Hip and Thigh Diet slimmers . |
| 17 | When he reached for her free hand , clasping it in his own , it was as if she 'd touched a metal surface after walking on a nylon carpet — the shock of contact almost painful in its suddenness . |
| 18 | The other landings that night had varied success : two Germans killed south of Le Touquet ; a seaplane stalked in its anchorage near Boulogne , but it took off — no doubt unaware of the intruders — before they reached it ; and the other party saw nobody after landing on a waste of dunes . |
| 19 | A very cloak and dagger episode followed when I had to meet a colleague on shore after landing on a remote beach by motor boat . |
| 20 | Noel Kempff Mercado , a Bolivian scientist , his pilot and his guide were murdered after stumbling on a cocaine factory while on a scientific exploration in Huanchaca , Santa Cruz province . |
| 21 | The alarm bells began ringing as early as the seventh minute when Albert Craig struck the post from a narrow angle after capitalising on a moment 's hesitation in the home defence . |
| 22 | He had been sentenced after going on a two-month crime spree . |
| 23 | We started the pond in early spring , after deciding on a semi-raised design , and after spending all winter finding the right size and shape of preformed pond . |
| 24 | A baby girl died in Norfolk after choking on a penny . |
| 25 | A child has been brought in after choking on a plum stone . ’ |
| 26 | Lawrence is far happier at wheeling and dealing on the transfer market than Jack Charlton and after managing on a mean budget with Charlton Athletic it must be a joy to him to have money to spend . |
| 27 | Geoff 's greased up to the nines after putting on a eig eight tonne of Oil of Ulay |
| 28 | Mother of six Clara Ayemwenre , 47 , collapsed from a drug overdose at Heathrow Airport on Sunday soon after arriving on a flight from Nigeria . |
| 29 | A DISTRAUGHT mother is keeping a bedside vigil on her teenage son who is in a critical condition after overdosing on a cocktail of illegal drugs . |
| 30 | clay , other than pottery , which has been deliberately subjected to heat ( e.g. walls and bases of kilns and hearths , metal-production debris such as tuyeres and furnaces , core material remaining in bronzes after casting on a clay core ) , or heated accidentally ( e.g. daub from a house burnt down in a fire ) |