Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , there was no necessity to go to Benediction on a Saturday evening . |
| 2 | Marinello rose to fame on the back of one of Hibernian 's greatest eras . |
| 3 | Here is an opportunity to see day-to-day activities relating to life on the estate — working farm with dairy cattle , sheep and arable crops — all set in attractive parkland . |
| 4 | WHAT THE RULES SAY NOW Controlled trust accounts are now within the reporting accountant 's scope , and one of the rules relating to interest on clients ' money has changed too |
| 5 | One aim of securities market regulation is to ensure that operations in the markets are conducted under transparent rules relating to information on fees , commissions and prices . |
| 6 | Lunch on Saturday led to dinner on Monday . |
| 7 | In the gents loo , an old guy sits doing the Daily Record crossword while the red-faced clubbers wearing a mixture of sportsgear , the odd Happy Mondays G-Mex sweatshirt , ponchos and flares set to work on their hair with free gel and mousse . |
| 8 | AN ELDERLY spinster froze to death on Christmas Day , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 9 | When Will had disappeared from sight , Hari set to work on the slippers once more , they must be just so because Emily Grenfell was a good customer if a very exacting one . |
| 10 | ‘ In the US , losses on Hurricane ‘ Andrew ’ have masked some encouraging signs of underlying improvement as successful rating action begins to impact on Commercial as well as Personal lines . |
| 11 | Sarah came to tea on Sunday and when all the younger members of the family were in the parlour afterwards , Anne spoke about the talk of war . |
| 12 | As he grew older , the villages and tents and armies of this world were fading away but the white cities and the armies that lie beyond the senses shone more brightly by day and by night and Hamza hastened to death on roads lined by the army of Prophets . |
| 13 | The 1991 draft budget presented to parliament on Sept. 18 , 1990 , showed a reduced overall deficit but included substantial funds to underpin the incomes policy which linked public-sector wages to private-sector pay , as well as extra resources for public transport and environmental protection . |
| 14 | His case came to hinge on one point . |
| 15 | The case came to hinge on the legitimacy of Mabel because of William 's first contracted marriage and so to be a matter for the church courts . |
| 16 | The defendants objected to disclosure on ground that it was protected by legal professional privilege . |
| 17 | Our Lady ascended to heaven on the fifteenth of August and looked after La République . |
| 18 | This information cycle is shown in Figure 6.4 and , on the evidence of work done to date on the Housing Unit referred to earlier , this information cycle can be extended , as shown in Figure 6.5 , which is part of the Housing Unit syllabus . |
| 19 | PRETORIA ( AFP ) — Three blacks sentenced to death on murder charges were hanged yesterday while a white man , condemned for rape , was granted a last-minute reprieve . |
| 20 | Political targeting includes the census variable ‘ percentage travelling to work on foot ’ . |
| 21 | A high-scoring match seemed a certainty when England went to lunch on the opening day with 108 on the board without loss . |
| 22 | ‘ I must admit , though , that I 've never had a lady go to sleep on me before . ’ |
| 23 | The make-up girl went to work on me as Duncan and I reminisced about the last time we 'd worked together . |
| 24 | Alan sets to work on a simple , single-layered bob by brushing hair through well with a Denman Traditional . |
| 25 | An inquest has been told that a five year girl chocked to death on a plastic bottle plug . |
| 26 | Yet even ‘ Disgruntled , Kilgraston Road , Edinburgh , ’ who had expressed his disquiet most volubly to the The Scotsman sports desk had to gorge on his opprobrious remarks as Hastings became the leading scorer in matches between the two countries with some imperious striking as he landed five goals from eight attempts . |
| 27 | The space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth on April 29 following a five-day mission during which it successfully deployed the US$1,500 million Hubble Space Telescope jointly developed by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) . |
| 28 | The miners returned to work on Feb. 13 , 1989 , after the government agreed to discuss the demands presented by the ( left-wing ) Confederation Democratique du Travail , to which the miners reportedly belonged . |
| 29 | Second , the Trust is a body committed to conservation on such a wide scale — it is the second largest landowner in Britain — that it also has a clear duty to ensure that it follows good environmental practice in its own affairs . |
| 30 | Seats are allocated to individuals according to position on the list ( party favourites first ) . |