Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I became Chairman on the retiral of Lord Macfarlane in June 1992 , I welcomed the prospect of such a challenging and rewarding task . |
| 2 | The Nez Perce made camp on the Clearwater , which Howard dared not cross , then struck their lodges the following morning and headed for Weippe Prairie and the Lolo trail east . |
| 3 | The track gradually dropped to the rippling waters of the Hongu Khola , where we made camp on the banks of the river amidst azaleas and fragrang scrub juniper between the enclosing mountains . |
| 4 | ‘ Everyone made money on the immigrant worker — from the big-time capitalist to the slum landlord — from exploiting his colour , his customs , his culture . |
| 5 | His line would be something like this : " You made money on the Rolls Royce , sir . |
| 6 | Her gauntlets gripped the cable and her boots sought purchase on the metal upright . |
| 7 | Special considerations : the sentencer passed sentence on the basis that all three offenders were equally implicated , and imposed the same sentence on each of them , except in respect of the order for deprivation . |
| 8 | would you be willing to scan in the famous ( Fantasy Football League ) page(s) from the telegraph ? several scans ( files ) may be necessary but most of us got tape on the desk … |
| 9 | After the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 , it was his Foreign Secretary , Viscount Castlereagh , who was the butt of Shelley 's philippic : ‘ I met Murder on the way , He had a mask like Castlereagh . ’ |
| 10 | As regards the latter , the committee recommended concentration on the pupil 's first language , be it Welsh or English , with emphasis on conversation and oral work , but with a due subordinate place for written work . |
| 11 | Fans barracked Shreeves as the club slumped to a club record 11 home first division defeats and the club also experienced disappointment on the cup front . |
| 12 | Lord Buckhurst even tried to argue , rather implausibly , that a patent of office quam diu se bene gesserit automatically became void on the misbehaviour of the holder , and that therefore this type of tenure was less secure than durante bene placito . |
| 13 | While Mustakimzade is probably right that Fahreddin Acemi taught at Murad II 's Darulhadis , as will be shown , his construction of events-that Fahreddin Acemi taught there and then became Mufti on the death of Molla Fenari-is most unlikely since the Darulhadis of Murad II seems not to have been completed until 23 Sha'ban 838/24 March 1435 . |
| 14 | There he reports without comment the statement of the that Molla Arab became Mufti on the death of Molla Gurani , that is , in 893/1488 , and goes on to say that he died in 901/1495–6 . |
| 15 | Elsewhere , UN officials reported progress on the destruction of Iraq 's chemical and biological weapons stocks [ see pp. 38406-07 ] . |
| 16 | He winced as she dabbed disinfectant on the cut and covered it up for him . |
| 17 | SAVE , working with the Jubilee Hall campaign , had drawn up a scheme for alternative use , which involved building on the adjacent empty site . |
| 18 | All but one of the consultants said they provided feedback on the house officer 's progress , although one admitted it was little more than ‘ five minutes at the end to say thank you . ’ |
| 19 | Painful bowel movements were thought to be present if the child complained of pain during defecation or when the child exhibited screaming or crying in anticipation of , or during , defecation , if the parent reported blood on the stool or if the child had an anal fissure present at the time of examination . |
| 20 | It involved work on the quayside in which the steel pipe , seven metres long and used for lifting , had to be slotted onto a plate prior to it being hoisted into position by a crane and welded . |
| 21 | The exercise is taking place on a purpose built village on the Central Ammunitions Depot at Kineton . |
| 22 | He found work on the promenade there , sitting in a barrel . |
| 23 | For some open road we headed south on the A34 circling Oxford . |
| 24 | There was also Captain Hawes , another ex-serviceman , who was finally executed for robberies on the moor ; Whitney , the butcher , who was feared for his savagery and barbarism ; Captain Stafford , a Londoner who found fame on the moor , and Thomas Simpson ( Old Mob ) who , although hideously ugly , managed to evade capture regularly by disguising himself as a woman . |
| 25 | O'Leary was elected chairman and he immediately drew criticism on the committee . |
| 26 | Holly saw him , heard his shrieking wail as a shoulder lifted from the bench and caught square on the underneath of Byrkin 's enamel soup bowl . |
| 27 | There was a lot of noise , much broken glass and Bernard and Laura could only guess with horror at the disreputable behaviour until they found evidence on the lawn the following morning . |
| 28 | We use a norm referenced method on the cumulative result to identify those students who require further tuition in our discipline . |
| 29 | We need to follow up the contacts already made when we invited comment on the idea of a course ( in any case , I promised to let them know what happened ) . |
| 30 | Prince Charles , honoured by being momentarily cast a Chinese emperor , dabbed ink on the lion 's eyes for luck . |