Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friday evening was spent mastering rhythm-changes on the piano and weaving cheerfully around the furniture in an Edinburgh tenement , and on Saturday and Sunday we all camped out in a School Dance Studio for movement sessions . |
| 2 | The following samples are all knitted by using O on the back bed and V on the front bed . |
| 3 | It involves change on the individual and the social setting level , whether an organization , local community , or national policy . |
| 4 | But it does seem possible that Georgina purposely waylaid Arabella on the day before she died , and that the two of them had a row . |
| 5 | When I became Chairman on the retiral of Lord Macfarlane in June 1992 , I welcomed the prospect of such a challenging and rewarding task . |
| 6 | A Swedish newspaper gave 10,000 kronor ( £830 ) to five stock exchange experts and a chimpanzee with a brief to go away and make money on the market , AP reported . |
| 7 | Well that 's where , I mean , you can make money on the food sometimes ca n't you ? |
| 8 | The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers . |
| 9 | The Nez Perce made camp on the Clearwater , which Howard dared not cross , then struck their lodges the following morning and headed for Weippe Prairie and the Lolo trail east . |
| 10 | JUDGE ZORRO ON THE CARPET FOR KISSING USHER |
| 11 | During this time , one senior auction house official noted that ‘ Each house has promised the heirs so much : advances , separate hard-bound catalogue , etc , that no matter which auction house gets it , it is bound to lose money on the sale ’ . |
| 12 | In August 1858 , Nez Perce scouts accompanied the punitive expedition of General George Wright , who ruthlessly subdued the tribes of the upper Columbia , hanging prisoners on the spot . |
| 13 | Next time we will have a basis on which to request a meeting , in advance — trying to arrange meetings on the spot becomes a nightmare of negotiating other prescheduled appointments . |
| 14 | Rotating skin on the shoulder blade |
| 15 | " It might be too late then , " Joseph said slapping Patrick on the shoulder , before turning back into the shop and closing the door . |
| 16 | We are pursuing discussions on the future of the HLCAs following the autumn review and we shall announce the results as soon as we can . |
| 17 | The crucial repercussions of the company existing in its own right are that it can hold property , raise money on the security of its property , sue and be sued in its own name , and continue to exist and do business despite changes in membership or its directors . |
| 18 | I know from my photographic experience that both paper and acetate readily stretch and shrink with changes in humidity and that even the finest 0.10mm line represents 2.5m on the ground . |
| 19 | The industry body for many of the companies behind the leasing of photocopiers , the Finance and Leasing Association , has taken steps to curb excesses on the part of its members . |
| 20 | Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself . |
| 21 | Fortunately rather than staying in the main house , she was able to stay with her sister Jane and husband Robert who , as he was a member of the royal Household , enjoyed a grace and favour cottage on the estate . |
| 22 | Partnerships need guidance and support to help those involved to continually reflect on previous learning and to plan change on the basis of this reflection . |
| 23 | She had been christened Nicandra on the insistence of her father who , in his luckier years , had bred and trained and ridden an outstanding winner of that name . |
| 24 | Her gauntlets gripped the cable and her boots sought purchase on the metal upright . |
| 25 | That magnificent engineering achievement the Humber Bridge is further opening up the area , improving communications and eventually leading to an East Coast motorway , linking up with newly completed roads on the north bank . |
| 26 | The UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) , which is also backing the forestry project , is demanding checkpoints on the road and improved security to protect the reserve . |
| 27 | The second factor associated , in particular , with the applications from the former Eastern Bloc countries is that of the EEC 's trade and tariff policies , which make existence on the doorstep of a protectionist bloc increasingly painful . |
| 28 | He said the prison would follow a methadone reduction programme rather than maintaining prisoners on the drug . |
| 29 | Meggie , my sister two years younger than me , was helping Mum on the verandah . |
| 30 | Special considerations : the sentencer passed sentence on the basis that all three offenders were equally implicated , and imposed the same sentence on each of them , except in respect of the order for deprivation . |