Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
| 2 | Even then opposing fans mixed on the same terraces without the ‘ taking of ends ’ . |
| 3 | Why do the Government not act on the huge injustices currently affecting business people , such as original lessee liability ? |
| 4 | Wellington said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton . |
| 5 | The circular acknowledged that the main burden of providing such care would fall on the local authorities and it aimed to ease this by extending provision for the transfer of NHS financial resources to those local authorities or voluntary bodies that offered to develop community care projects specifically for long-stay hospital patients . |
| 6 | They could be banging on the outside doors right now , and he would n't hear a thing . |
| 7 | I slip on the red shoes and have a look in the mirror . |
| 8 | Use female screws on the outside , and screw covers on the interior ones |
| 9 | ‘ Partly because they appear on the individual pages - and partly because , if I do n't acknowledge authorship in some way or other , I shall be inundated with enquiries . |
| 10 | Five of the eight appear on the royal books for 1661 as members of the ensemble known as the Hautbois et musettes de Poitou . |
| 11 | Faint white spots next appear on the top surfaces of leaves , but turn the leaves over , and more prevalent patches will be found . |
| 12 | Translucent , irregular , greyish-green to brownish spots appear on the mature leaves . |
| 13 | Trading was organised on the same lines as for other securities ; but , after a number of preparatory changes introduced during the preceding months , the trading system was completely restructured on Monday , 27 October 1986 . |
| 14 | The other two , Braniel and Andersonstown , are both located on the outer edges of the city and might be described approximately as upper-working to lower-middle class . |
| 15 | Located on the grand Keizers canal , this delightful hotel is set in two beautifully restored merchant houses dating back to 1630 . |
| 16 | It is likely that there were windows of appearance located on the first floors of the Minoan temples , overlooking both West and Central Courts . |
| 17 | These types of villages can be located on the two axes of temporal and social change ( figure 4.4 ) . |
| 18 | Two of them , Pompeii and Herculaneum , which were located on the lower flanks of Vesuvius , were particularly badly shaken by the shocks , and some damage was done , but the townspeople were not especially alarmed . |
| 19 | They had fulfilled various ecological niches which were occupied on the American continents by other birds . |
| 20 | Obviously having only played a couple of gigs , including Radio City ( New York and appearing on The Grammy Awards , their inexperience showed . |
| 21 | As we pulled into the jetty , they were flying all around and landing on the grassy slopes . |
| 22 | GRAHAM TAYLOR yesterday vowed not to quit as England manager — but admitted he feels as hounded on the back pages as the Royal Family are on the front . |
| 23 | You see , Great-Aunt Jane was a skilled dressmaker and made clothes for quite a number of young ladies in Baldersdale , and it was usual for them to try on the new clothes and have the final fittings in the kitchen . |
| 24 | A Scottish Homes report on the preliminary findings says the survey found that 20.8 per cent of Scotland 's houses , or 423,000 , showed evidence of damp , serious condensation or mould either singly or in any combination . |
| 25 | In Rome these stressed the emperor 's achievements ( military victories , public works , etc. ) , his virtues and divine endorsement of his regime ; in the provinces they dwelt on the important cults or monuments of the city which made them . |
| 26 | Last night Dr Clarke 's election agent Kevin Scott said : ‘ One of our supporters lives in Vine Street and Donald and I went knocking on a few doors . |
| 27 | Independent candidates were not included on the electoral lists , leaving only Socialist Alliance candidates . |
| 28 | In those days there was considerable emphasis on its carcass quality and 60,000 fat Jutlands were sent to England with another 30,000 lean cattle going for fattening on the German marshes . |
| 29 | Cattle fattening on the coastal marshes supported a prosperous peasantry as in Lincolnshire . |
| 30 | It 's suggested that you should linger on the great avenues and squares in the morning and afternoon , to see the swarms of officials and experts who administer the universe hurrying to and from their offices ; or sit a while in the shady walks of the various public gardens , and watch these same officials ' wives proudly taking the baby out for an airing . |