Example sentences of "[verb] at [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | EIGHTY years ago tomorrow , on the night of 14/15 April 1912 , the ‘ unsinkable ’ passenger liner Titanic , steaming at high speed on her maiden transatlantic voyage , ran headlong into an iceberg off Newfoundland and plunged to the bottom of the ocean , taking more than 1,500 souls with her . |
| 2 | The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August . |
| 3 | It is included at this point on the grounds that its central focus is on the meanings and understandings that people use to make sense of their everyday lives . |
| 4 | This aspect of Relativity is difficult fully to understand , but in simplest terms we can say that it is impossible to consider whatever is happening at this moment on & alpha Centauri , about 4.5 lightyears away , as sharing a ‘ now ’ with whatever is happening here . |
| 5 | Charles felt he must have heard Steen being interviewed at some stage on radio or television , because it was very familiar . |
| 6 | No more than 20 accidents have been reported at any junction on the route , so your estimates should not exceed this figure . ’ |
| 7 | One of my first recollections of the fair was spotting on the Monday evening a toy tool set priced at one shilling on a stall near the Council House ( now called The Guildhall ) . |
| 8 | I shall not go into details about his speeches ; that was done at great length on 12 June , and people can read the speeches at their leisure . |
| 9 | The influence of the document on the SSD is noticeable ; there are two working groups looking at developing guidance on residential care and training and sexuality . |
| 10 | Although change in weight is very noticeable after a few months or a year , it simply is not detectable by just looking at physical shape on a daily basis . |
| 11 | A proportional tax levied at each date on consumption plus wealth transfers would therefore have the same base as a tax on lifetime income : and the same would not be true of a tax on current income ( ) , where A denotes assets held . |
| 12 | The Assembly , in a debate on July 1-3 , rejected the EC declaration adopted at Greek insistence on June 27 [ see p. 38943 ] , that Macedonia should change its name before receiving recognition . |
| 13 | Viruses that produce many of their own enzymes are more versatile than their simpler colleagues , but even the most complex viruses depend at some stage on the proteins of the infected cell . |
| 14 | Look at black hair on that hooker ! |
| 15 | Dan Dan Dan look at that picture on there , Dan ! |
| 16 | Hunter Systems Inc , Palo Alto , California developer of the XDOS MS-DOS emulation software for Unix and other environments , is in liquidation and its assets were due to be sold at public auction on Monday . |
| 17 | Professor Hoskins , perhaps because of the years he lived and taught in the Midland counties , dwells at considerable length on the impact of parliamentary enclosure on the English landscape . |
| 18 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 19 | Cross-sectionally they had to show high scores for schizophrenic symptomatology on standard psychiatric ratings , and retrospective measurement of treatment resistance was carried out using case histories to look at past failure on different neuroleptic regimes . |
| 20 | ‘ Our message to the Treasury is that they have to look at public spending on research and development in aeronautics as an investment , not just an expenditure ’ , says an official of the Society of British Aerospace Companies . |
| 21 | The Pacifics were used at this time on the Nottingham to Marylebone semi-fasts but they were to be transferred away as the rundown of the GC got underway . |
| 22 | Erm at that time erm we did erm report at some length on the question of fostering and exactly what the commissioner 's asked for was the burden of the advice that we gave . |
| 23 | The tax-exempt status can be challenged at any time on charges of violation of the State Charter ( which enables Highlander to operate ) , violation of the tax-exemption code-of-conduct , or in the event of any local officials pursuing charges of criminal actions involving Highlander ( e.g. the use of prescribed drugs on property belonging to Highlander ) . |
| 24 | As usual the author traces the history of the stations from their earliest days , 1891 in the case of Pwllheli , and has located some early photographs including one of the unusual ‘ tubular ’ lifeboat which served at this station on the Lleyn Peninsula for a short time after it was first opened . |
| 25 | Aviation experts say the planes were flying at low altitude on a special maritime training mission.This report from Debbie Kelly . |
| 26 | A pair of tysties are displaying at each other on a ledge , their high-pitched calls extending even beyond our human audio range , judging by the soundless opening of vermilion-lined beaks . |
| 27 | +Re-election of incumbent ++Elected after run-off election on Nov. 24. #Elected at special election on Dec. 4 . |
| 28 | All of those who had travelled through the warp to Karka 's Sun and returned alive crowded the carved benches ; and Lord Pugh partook too — enthroned at high table on a dais in front of the enamelled rood-screen — even though the pink piscine flesh was less than ashes in his mouth . |
| 29 | The barn was built parallel to the ridge of the bank , being entered at high level on the uphill side . |
| 30 | Catherine Turnbull , Magdalene Avenue , Carrville , Durham : I worked at that time on public transport , Durham and district . |