Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Of course , the effect produced by unbroken lines of gentlemen in evening suits , so outnumbering representatives of the fairer sex , was a rather severe one ; but then again , in those days , the two large chandeliers that hang over the table still ran on gas — resulting in a subtle , quite soft light pervading the room — and did not produce the dazzling brightness they have done ever since their electrification . |
| 32 | Pilgrims then came on foot and horseback for hundreds of miles across many countries to pay homage to these relics and churches were erected along the routes to such pilgrimage centres . |
| 33 | Forecasts for sales and overheads previously ran on Lotus 1-2-3 , explains general accounting manager Andy Round . |