Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But I got to carry on walking , cos I do n't have no card .
2 Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board .
3 Problems relating to Châteauroux and other lands in dispute in Berry and Auvergne were referred to a panel of arbitrators ; Richard was to marry Alice ; finally both Louis and Henry agreed to go on crusade and , in the meantime , made a mutual non-aggression pact .
4 A United Nations diplomat was ordered to forfeit a £10,000 security at the Old Bailey yesterday after his son , Petrus Alberts , 23 , failed to appear on arson charges .
5 Erm , I got interviewed on radio once , on , on television once with a friend and they asked , they asked us what we did , and this friend of mine said we were radio mime artists .
6 Tried to sit on basket .
7 When money became scarce , he tried to go on welfare , but the woman official said , ‘ What 's your problem , Mr Webb ?
8 One of the men tried to jump on board , but could n't make it as the Jeep was travelling too fast .
9 When Matthew Parris and another Tory MP who has since lost his seat tried to live on income support for a week , they both found it virtually impossible .
10 She told the jury : ‘ I said to him , ‘ You are a married man , ’ but he tried to get on top of me .
11 Syria , Algeria and Japan all tried to achieve outright peace , and Sudan tried to intercede on behalf of Egyptian prisoners of war in Iran as a special ‘ one-off ’ case .
12 And you ca n't move so you got to receive on gold in which case you 've got ta wait till next go before you can move .
13 She certainly seemed to thrive on responsibility when she was given it .
14 Heat treatment , self-help on the patient 's part , and rehabilitation of the affected muscles by massage and exercise were the tenets of her faith — and I had to admit that a great deal of what she practised depended on scorn for the accepted methods of treatment with splints , braces , and corsets which only assisted the patients in coping with unhealed limbs , not in any actual sense curing them .
15 Close up his eyes were even more luscious than they 'd looked on stage .
16 I 've been meaning to talk to you , but you 've ducked out of the building so fast after finishing your show these last two days , ’ she told him when he stopped to greet her and ask if she had heard the brilliant spontaneous earthquake joke he 'd cracked on air that morning .
17 In 1853 Mrs Stowe came to Britain to be lauded while Calvin came to lecture on Teetotalism .
18 The image did n't really spring into life , rather vague , figure behind glass , partly Julia , partly the girl he 'd met on holiday .
19 Evening spent in a bar at a pre-arranged ‘ reunion ’ of everybody who 'd met on route .
20 That evening she still was n't feeling too great , but nevertheless was able to talk about the television she 'd missed , the programmes she 'd missed on telly .
21 He 'd seen on television once an exorcism ceremony , a clergyman 's hands on the head of the afflicted person , the clergyman jerking about with spasms , perspiring and dishevelled .
22 ‘ A break-in , is it , sir ? ’ asked the big one , tightening his black gloves like he 'd seen on television .
23 Frankly she 'd rather have dragged on comfortable old jeans and a sweatshirt , but she knew the children would expect the Aurora Blake they 'd seen on television , and she could n't disappoint them .
24 But first we had to heat up the tyre in the oven we 'd built on purpose to do this .
25 In Hong Kong yesterday officials of the Group of Seven ( G7 ) industrialised countries began their first meeting of a weekend session with the discussion believed to focus on emergency aid for Russia .
26 I was starting to get that unreal sense , the dream feeling I 'd had on invasion day all that time ago ; the idea that it was n't really me who was going through all this .
27 The results of one of her routine antenatal tests she 'd had on arrival in France showed she had raised levels of antibodies in her blood .
28 It never seemed to rain on Empire Day .
29 Give your answers in their lowest terms as you learnt to do on page 32 .
30 She 'd been in front , but then the horse fell and seemed to land on top of her .
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