Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just talk to them , just so short staffed , I do n't know when Jim last got off duty on time |
| 2 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 3 | We should discuss timing the leaflet : on the one hand , it would be good to wait for consultation on course content , but there is also some urgency . |
| 4 | The rain had not stopped for days on end . |
| 5 | We got about Amsterdam on bicycles — I had n't ridden one since I was seven years old — and that had stabilisers — so I had a little trouble . |
| 6 | It was registered as G–ASTL on June 1 , 1964 . |
| 7 | Thus , tests for organisms such as E coli and Shigella have been developed for use on drinking water supplies . |
| 8 | There are different types for cast iron or steel boilers and for copper tubular types , and another type specially formulated for use on systems with aluminium radiators . |
| 9 | They have short attention spans so do n't expect them to sit for hours on end without fidgeting , yawning or falling asleep . |
| 10 | Saw children into playground and checked for staff on duty . |
| 11 | As soon as Gorbachev was reinstated as President on Aug. 21 , he was compelled by the increase in Yeltsin 's political standing and the fact that most state bodies were at least partially compromised in the coup attempt to acknowledge the need for a new state structure ; the majority of the republics proclaimed independence from the Soviet Union , and fundamental reforms began of the government and the State Security Committee ( KGB ) . |
| 12 | Aldicarb , a pesticide used to control mites and nematodes that damage crops , has been withdrawn for use on bananas . |
| 13 | It was withdrawn for use on potatoes in 1990 after tests had also indicated contamination . |
| 14 | The win secured Portadown 's place in the next stage of the competition and they are expected to see off Ballymena on Saturday in their final section game . |
| 15 | The princess decided she wanted to see Paris by night … from the well-known spots where lovers sit for hours on end . |
| 16 | When Thomas Holt White asked for information on Leapor in The Gentleman 's Magazine in 1784 there were actually two replies . |
| 17 | On 22 November Mr Nash of Pampisford ( near Cambridge ) asked for information on pupillage . |
| 18 | They are intended for use on top of a work bench and are often used by the artist when in a sitting position . |
| 19 | They are intended for use on top of a work bench and are often used by the artist when in a sitting position . |
| 20 | A Go-Kart is in a similar position , but both a dumper truck and a Go-Kart can become ‘ motor vehicles ’ if it can be proved that they have been adapted or intended for use on roads . |
| 21 | It is intended for use on surfaces which will not be walked on . |
| 22 | It follows that if a contractor can demonstrate that the resources available and those intended for use on site would enable the works to be finished early , the contractor would have good grounds for claiming reimbursement of additional costs if he or she was thwarted by the client 's delay . |
| 23 | The thinner types ( usually about 4mm thick ) are intended for use on walls , while stronger , thicker tiles ( about 9mm/⅜in thick ) are used on floors . |
| 24 | Social control depended for respect on agencies which proved increasingly inadequate . |
| 25 | In the course of time the pirates turned merchants became a great hereditary patriciate , and Venice came to rule a mercantile empire much akin to that of ancient Athens , even in the end to acquire a large contado along and behind the Italian coast — but only after it had depended for centuries on piracy and trade for its food and livelihood . |
| 26 | ( If you 're in this category , turn to our recipes for sponge pudding and porridge in Cooking for comfort on page 168 ) . |
| 27 | Travelling accommodation seems to have been very casual and limited for JTR on occasion , more like hostelling . |
| 28 | What you got for Tracey on loans ? |
| 29 | What you got for Tracey on loans ? |
| 30 | Premier : Sir Robert Rex , re-elected in the April 1990 general election [ erroneously given as May on p. 37887 ] ( also Minister for Economic Affairs , Public Services and Police ) . |