Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 2 | ‘ Really … ? ’ he drawled , raising a dark eyebrow as his fingertips idly drew patterns on her soft , yielding flesh . |
| 3 | only threw light on a de-iced porthole . |
| 4 | We only paid interest on what we had borrowed , which saved us a fortune in interest charges . ’ |
| 5 | And Allison revealed : ‘ Ekstrom only joined Gothenburg on the understanding that he is allowed to talk to other clubs interested in buying him . |
| 6 | The night was still but a mist was descending slowly ; he stood looking towards platforms 2 and I when he suddenly heard footsteps on the ballast approaching him . |
| 7 | The pace of change was desultory , and the district only began work on contracting under the impetus of the neighbouring district it provided acute services for . |
| 8 | Coleridge lived in London , and never returned to the North of England , so that meetings only took place on rare occasions . |
| 9 | The hearing below took place on 5 June 1992 . |
| 10 | I only saw highlights on match of the day , but from what I saw , the play was amazing . |
| 11 | For Trimotor N7584 only reached $350,000 on the bidding floor but an ‘ after-auction ’ session clinched it at $650,000 . |
| 12 | Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available ; Smurfit Printing secured the lucrative telephone directory printing contract ; Smurfit architect Brian O'Halloran secured the commission for the controversial corporate headquarters ; business associates Padraic Hasset and John Finnegan were asked to find a site for Telecom headquarters ; Finnegan gave advice on the purchase of the Ballsbridge site ( he also apparently gave advice on its sale to UPH ) and finally Dermot Desmond was commissioned to carry out another privatisation study . |
| 13 | Uncle Mick stood up ; so did Denis on the altar . |
| 14 | We sat companionably enough , each ruminating on the nature of existence so early in the morning and contemplating the day 's activity , although Bernard obviously had opinions on that as well , judging by his expression . |
| 15 | He obviously had impregnation on his mind , but by now Lydia had lost her temper and she told him to get stuffed . |
| 16 | Since I only had $11 on me , all I could afford was a blow-job . |
| 17 | These butts are pre-dyed , but I was curious as to why they only had colour on one side . |
| 18 | Unlike previous Zetor gearboxes , which only had synchromesh on higher gears , the new tractor is all synchro . |
| 19 | He obviously wanted aliens on the agenda of the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 20 | I finally saw Dundee on my forty-first birthday and I pledged the ten quid to his lovely leathery face and his matchless , understated performance . |
| 21 | Outhalf Michael Barnes finally put Portadown on the scoreboard with a penalty which Barnes he converted with ease bringing the home side more into the picture . |
| 22 | I finally left Luggnagg on a boat sailing to Japan . |
| 23 | On the last day of 1796 Coleridge , Sara and the baby finally left Bristol on their journey west , a wagon following after them loaded high with ‘ boxes of Books , and Chests of Drawers , & Kitchen-Furniture , & Chairs , and our Bed and Bed-Linen , & c & c ’ . |
| 24 | After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand . |
| 25 | On 7 June 1786 the society noted that it still lacked information on which to base any specific resolution for the encouragement of scientific farriery and the matter was put aside . |
| 26 | yeah no its twenty five to ten though , still got Poirot on the other side |
| 27 | ‘ We once made love on the spur of the moment in the loo of an aircraft , ’ she recalls . |
| 28 | Apart from the two Anglesey mining companies , their subsidiaries and branches , including a sulphuric-acid plant , he directly owned factories on the Thames , founded again with the Revd Edward Hughes as sleeping partner , and the Chester and North Wales Bank . |
| 29 | ‘ They 'd get short shrift from him if he once laid hands on them . |
| 30 | But it does seem possible that Georgina purposely waylaid Arabella on the day before she died , and that the two of them had a row . |