Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to treat our coral cuts with iodine , unaware that the coral polyps which had entered the wounds normally thrived on iodine which they extracted from seawater — and were now extracting from our blood . |
| 2 | Khasbulatov later appeared on television to apologize for having caused offence . |
| 3 | Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’ |
| 4 | A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 . |
| 5 | On March 6 , 8,500 maintenance workers also went on strike , supported by the pilots . |
| 6 | It was thought that the purchaser automatically took on board liability for all of the employees ' rights except those in respect of pension schemes , save in the case of contractual rights to receive payments into personal schemes which would be unaffected . |
| 7 | The seats , which won a major design award before the SL even went on sale , appear to be rather flat , but support your back and thighs well . |
| 8 | The cameraman then came on board and we left the quay ; we returned and he transferred to a motor boat to film us leaving the quay . |
| 9 | A vice-principal of a teachers ' university probably spoke on behalf of many party members in positions of responsibility when he said that some young comrades lacked the ‘ backbone of Marxism-Leninism ’ , especially those studying liberal arts subjects . |
| 10 | Five of his associates also went on trial . |
| 11 | As observed in the previous chapter , Moscow also set on record its continued interest in the demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean although this scheme had lost momentum by the turn of the decade . |
| 12 | Although many people suspected them to be lovers , Adam still insisted on secrecy . |
| 13 | The architect then showed on paper what he thought would meet those needs , with both of them relying on the practical knowledge and experience of the builder to know how the works would have to be carried out . |
| 14 | Do n't change your pattern of prayer merely because someone mentions the latest method just arrived on view . |
| 15 | The foolscap sheets of Croxley Script ( ‘ the all purpose paper ’ ) were by now beginning to look like an inventive infant 's representation of woodland scenery illicitly sketched on top of pages already thick with words . |
| 16 | The fulling mills still survived on site , although Stratford Mill 's involvement in the cloth trade drew to a close around 1738 , the first on the Painswick Stream to do so . |
| 17 | In other words , in Jesus , God really appeared on earth as a person . |
| 18 | Fans had to wait almost year before the song eventually appeared on vinyl . |
| 19 | The ground has only one entrance , so long queues developed , and although the players all arrived on time , one of the staff was stranded at the back of the queue . |
| 20 | The point is that manufacturing really began on greenfield sites without the benefit of central planning . |
| 21 | Many great players never smiled on court but were great people off the court — as Steffi is . |
| 22 | When the Surrey militia descended on Rye and Winchelsea in 1793 , the local publicans promptly went on strike and the only answer was the construction of special barracks . |
| 23 | The police always looked on top in an eventful first half and translated their superiority into goals just before half-time . |
| 24 | The six-point joint statement also agreed on co-operation in shipping , communications , scientific surveys , and combating piracy and drug trafficking . |
| 25 | Admiral Habib Olahi and some others finally escaped on foot across the mountains into Turkey . |
| 26 | Rots also increased on recipient tubers when the donors were heavily infected but were free of gangrene lesions . |
| 27 | The women also called on church leaders to stand by the tenets of truth and justice , and be willing to accept criticism of their own policies . |
| 28 | Women also sat on school boards ( which were responsible for state elementary schools prior to 1902 ) , and the first generation of such women — elected during the 1870s — was particularly active . |
| 29 | Real income actually fell on average for the five years to September 1978 . |
| 30 | The realisation of this fact slowly dawned on Sun and its chip partner Texas Instruments Inc sometime in September causing them to redesign Viking 's metal masks . |