Example sentences of "[vb base] on [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the book , his mother dies , and his cousin Andrew with his wife Susan descend on Lewis for the funeral : ‘ Lewis 's rage sprang from Susan 's occupancy of his mother 's chair , and , by extension , spread to cover the whole of her existence . |
| 2 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 3 | ‘ We depend on Unprofor for oil supplies to fuel the generators around the city , but they only give small amounts and are refusing to give us newsprint . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Related or not , I look on Caroline as a sister , nothing more , and I would deeply resent the implication that it might be otherwise . ’ |
| 5 | I look on David as a person . |
| 6 | Weekends begin on Friday evenings at 6.00pm with a meal and finish on Sunday at 4.00pm . |
| 7 | The courses run by the Hartlepool and District Outdoor Bowls Association begin on Thursday at the Staby House Bowling Green between 6pm and 8pm . |
| 8 | LLANFYLLIN 'S 700th anniversary Charter celebrations begin on Thursday with an open air service at St Myllin 's Well , followed by the opening of the Floral Arts Exhibition at the Parish Church . |
| 9 | We begin on Monday in Glasgow , then move on to Manchester , Birmingham , Southampton , Bristol and London . |
| 10 | We travel on Sunday from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Kintyre , then by ferry to our base at Port Askaig . |
| 11 | German coach launches attack on UEFA over Scotland 's plight |
| 12 | Preparation for seventh CPV congress — Attack on CPV by leading intellectual — Expulsion of Bui Tin |
| 13 | ‘ We , the country people of Tayside in Perth , living between Fortingall in the west , Foss on Tummel in the north , and Logierait in the east , do solemnly petition your Worship to exempt us from the Militia Act passed in July this year , 1797 , for it would submit us to hardship and bondage , which we believe to be no duty of ours . ’ |
| 14 | Rules change on Monday for disabled drivers using orange badge parking discs . |
| 15 | Second-year units concentrate on America in the 20th century , and prepare students to undertake third and fourth-year interdisciplinary studies at a more demanding level . |
| 16 | Concentrate on Corky for one issue , and review style the next . |
| 17 | Then , when it started to go down , he 'd open his eyes and concentrate on Emily for as long as his self-control would allow . |
| 18 | POLICE are braced for a traffic nightmare today as more than half a million sports fans converge on London for today 's marathon and the League Cup final . |
| 19 | The tranquil scene at Fen Farm will be shattered when thousands of dance music fans converge on Wavendon near MIlton Keynes . |
| 20 | Such behaviour did not recommended itself to another , more discreet , influence on Leonard during those undergraduate years : Professor F.R. Scott , later Dean of the Faculty of Law , presently , while Leonard swithered and swayed as to whether he should commit himself to the arts or commerce , his lecturer in law . |
| 21 | The presidents of seven Latin American contries ( Peru , Argentina , Uruguay , Brazil , Venezuela , Colombia and Mexico ) gather on Wednesday in Ica , an oasis in the desert south of Lima , for two days of talks focusing on the foreign debt and drug trafficking . |
| 22 | Their tired legs could n't quite carry them , though , to their first win on Tyneside since the opening day of the 1949–50 season . |
| 23 | Classes start on Friday at the Vicarage teenagers , 7-7.45pm , adults 8-9pm . |
| 24 | Lill on ASV on the other hand interprets this as a clearly defined slower central section which , to my ears at least , makes a great deal more musical sense — this is backed up by a comparison of the overall timings ; Gavrilov knocks a whole minute off Lill 's 7′53″ , which is quite a lot considering the brevity of this sonata . |
| 25 | The children , all aged 14 , leave on Sunday with two members of staff . |
| 26 | The women 's squad look likely to be headed by last year 's bronze medal pair , Fiona Freckleton and Miriam Batten , who return on Tuesday from altitude training in Mexico . |
| 27 | Never late Jo is , half-past eight sharp like a bloody train steaming up and come on Maggie for Christ 's sake they close the nursery doors at nine you should know that by now . |
| 28 | Drink on Sunday at — where wedding present ? |
| 29 | Peter Field at the Post Office is producing 1″ of the three films you have on VHS from him . |