Example sentences of "[vb past] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 2 | He had a momentary vision of the tall , proud tower blocks that rose on either side of him collapsing in a cloud of dust . |
| 3 | Their voices rose on this note from the kitchen to saturate the bedroom above where on summer evenings you lay rigid with wakefulness . |
| 4 | Wilson self-consciously capitalized on that supremacy in his ‘ First Hundred Days ’ of dynamic action , a deliberate imitation of the Kennedy style in early 1960 . |
| 5 | Medics in particular capitalized on this state of affairs , mobilizing the results of scientific research as part of their broader push for increased representation with the state . |
| 6 | Worsley capitalized on this opportunity by making the saltpetre project the centre-piece of a programme for revitalization of the British economy and the development of an integrated manufacturing and trading system embracing an expanding colonial empire . |
| 7 | Physiologists capitalized on this instrumentation to demonstrate that the electrical activity of the brain and its nerve cells was a function of what the individual was doing , or not doing , or how sensory receptors were stimulated . |
| 8 | ‘ So the folk of the village capitalized on this gift from the gods , that had come to them in their darkest hour . |
| 9 | The Sunday afternoon walk along the lanes was always interesting , even to very young children , for the high banks towered on either side of us , covered in wild flowers — campions , hemp agrimony , foxgloves , honeysuckle and many , many more . |
| 10 | Think I 've learnt it and just keep making the sa yes cos she 'd crossed out divorced on that passport form |
| 11 | It has successfully developed and operated a port at Sheerness in Kent and drew on this experience in deciding to develop a commercial port in the easternmost portion of the old dockyard . |
| 12 | We drew on this analysis to explain the performances of HWIM and HARPY . |
| 13 | Lt Col W Yolland reported on this request to the Board of Trade , for which he was an Inspector of Railways , on 25th December 1865 . |
| 14 | Can I ask you Mr we we reported on this programme yesterday morning that an official from the Inspectorate of Pollution had expressed worries that the scheme could cause more pollution . |
| 15 | My phone number is not the one listed on this article as I may have moved to a new address by the time you read this . |
| 16 | ‘ They were fortified towns built in the Middle Ages , some by the French and some by the English , from which they preyed on each other , particularly during the Hundred Years ’ War between our countries . |
| 17 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 18 | Not a sound was heard , not a smirk flickered on any face as Mildred stepped forward and stood on tiptoe to remove the bucket . |
| 19 | So Jesus concentrated on that part which needed filling out if faith was to have a chance of being itself . |
| 20 | First of all it was just covering the North Atlantic , the eastern seaboard of the States , perhaps Greenland and Iceland , and Europe down as far as North Africa , and erm we concentrated on that part of the atmosphere , but of course the atmosphere is continuous all round the globe , and whatever happens in any part of that atmosphere , any part of the globe , has some affect on the rest of the atmosphere . |
| 21 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 22 | Yet if I concentrated on each footstep , I should soon be safely home . |
| 23 | She concentrated on this problem so that she did not have to imagine the people themselves . |
| 24 | As Martha tried on each garment in turn , Elizabeth could see that she was on the verge of tears . |
| 25 | Mr client , if I can rest you assured on that point , that we could be in a position whereby you ne you never be without an income , do you think that 's an important area that we look at . |
| 26 | The dark tenement block loomed up on her left and through the broken windows she could see the reflection of the naked gas jets that burned on each landing . |
| 27 | The hair was now centrally parted , and crimped on either side of the face . |
| 28 | The last time Hambros was so well placed was in 1986 when it advised on another mega-bid , by Hanson for Imperial Group . |
| 29 | So she scored on that line . |
| 30 | Dot woke on that morning that could have been the last morning of her life and knew by the brightness reflected across the ceiling that she was safe , for the roads would still be blocked . |