Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in New York , and came round a corner to find fifteen Father Christmases trying to decide whether or not to go on strike . |
| 2 | They will be less available than previously to sit on appointment panels and may have to limit themselves to advising on senior posts only . |
| 3 | Characteristic flight patterns include : quick dash along a hedgerow , up and over to pounce on prey ; fast low flight through wood or across open ground ; soaring , often in a circular glide with intermittent spasms of three or four wing-flaps ; also a gannet-like downward plummet with closed wings . |
| 4 | About 5 o'clock on the morning of 8th October , 1835 , he was one of a group of men working underground when the rock above them began to ‘ groan and grumble ’ , indicating to the experienced miners that it was settling and about to fall on top of them . |
| 5 | Human affairs , and especially matters involving learning , are on the whole a lot neater and easier to understand on paper than they are in reality . |
| 6 | Later it was reintroduced — but only to spray on cotton crops , where it was especially valuable because pests are resistant to DDT . |
| 7 | ( b ) If a party should be dilatory in providing his certificate of readiness , the correct procedure is not to complain to the court but simply to apply on notice for a hearing date to be fixed . |