Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] on [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since DDI , the number of calls at Colchester General 's switchboard has fallen on average to 3,000 . |
| 2 | EPA Administrator William Reilly has called on industrialists to " exercise choice and imagination " in curbing the pollutants , which include carbon tetrachloride , benzene and chloroform . |
| 3 | The importance of authorities for the generation and maintenance of conventions has led on occasion to ill-conceived attempts to explain the nature of authority exclusively by reference to conventions . |
| 4 | Celia Cviic ( no , it 's not a typist 's error ) sends two recipes for burek based on street snacks she has eaten on visits to her husband 's family in Yugoslavia ; one with a meat filling , one spinach and cheese . |
| 5 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
| 6 | We might as well have gone on holiday to the Sahara Desert . ’ |
| 7 | In the Middle Ages they would have gone on pilgrimages to the knee-cap of Saint Whoever , to the great profit of the Church . |
| 8 | You should appreciate that while the stock provision becomes realised on sale to third parties , the fixed asset provision becomes realised as the fixed asset is depreciated ( see workings 1 and 2 ) . |
| 9 | It was filled with hundreds of exotic ornaments his grandfather had collected on trips to the continent . |
| 10 | In talks held in Assab on June 2-6 EPRDF and EPLF representatives had agreed on access to the port . |
| 11 | As he was never in contention , he will not have used up the sort of nervous energy expended by Chip Beck , who recovered the lead he had lost on Saturday to edge out Greg Norman and Mike Standly with a final round of 70 . |
| 12 | Throughout the ages , artists have turned on people to knowledge . |
| 13 | Throughout the ages , artists have turned on people to knowledge . |
| 14 | Some have gone on foot to Catroimani , in the heart of the Indian land . |
| 15 | He 's gone on loan to Bromsgrove . |
| 16 | Gay Switchboards have passed on information to every man who phoned in , self-help groups and caring services were set up , and — when there was time to breathe — attempts were made to persuade a reluctant government that the deaths of so many gay men was an issue worthy of their attention . |