Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 2 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 3 | Srnicek , in for injured Tommy Wright , asked to go on the list last season because his family were desperately unhappy in England . |
| 4 | They give better support at the edges than a sprung base so they 're a practical choice if you tend to sit on the bed . |
| 5 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 6 | I do n't really want to go on a Saturday . |
| 7 | Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip . |
| 8 | So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? " |
| 9 | I do n't want to go on the challenge . |
| 10 | The dogs were fat and strong , and they did n't want to go on the ship . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why Judith did n't want to go on the boat . |
| 12 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 13 | Ca n't do the ship cos it wi , got to go on the bench in the garage . |
| 14 | As for George Chambers , I 'd prefer to go on the streets than become his . |
| 15 | Alright er Stephen do you want to sit on a stool son T V ? |
| 16 | Shall I shuffle along , do you want to sit on the end ? |
| 17 | My binoculars I wore round my neck at the ready for all those puffins , razor bills and guillemots I expected to see on the way over . |
| 18 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 19 | We were ordered into the service area off the kitchen and made to sit on the floor . |
| 20 | Former Queensland Premier and National Party leader Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen walked free from the Brisbane District Court on Oct. 19 after a jury failed to agree on a verdict in his trial for perjury . |
| 21 | They failed to agree on a design , but the ‘ modern ’ image of electric cooking , particularly among young housewives , led to a gradual expansion of cooker sales . |
| 22 | Despite the apparent progress at the UN , the Jakarta meeting ( JIM 3 ) ended early after the Cambodian factions failed to agree on the wording of a final communiqué . |
| 23 | Following talks in Moscow on Sept. 9-10 representatives from member nations of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) failed to agree on the division of assets by Sept. 28 as scheduled [ see p. 38315 ] ; however , it was agreed in early October that this deadline should be extended to the end of November . |
| 24 | The 26th International Conference , due to have been held in Budapest on Nov. 29-Dec. 6 , was postponed after members failed to agree on the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) . |
| 25 | Vietnam owed the Soviet Union some 10,000 million roubles ( 6,000 million roubles due by 1995 ) , but the two sides failed to agree on an exchange rate for converting the debt into hard currency . |
| 26 | When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . ' |
| 27 | It must be said that in Britain the new public library authorities created in 1972 have in many cases failed to capitalize on the opportunities for better stock provision which the larger units were supposedly able to achieve . |
| 28 | MK Trafford Holdings failed in a takeover bid for Manchester United , which failed to float on the stock market as well as the pitch . |
| 29 | For some reason Gadfly failed to appear on the invitation list . |
| 30 | Thus deadlock can occur if and only if the environment offers to communicate on a set of channels disjoint from one of the sets represented by the |