Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] on by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , nowadays , he did n't have to do it ; relatives might live in different parts of the country , and usually they were best called on by a uniformed man . |
| 2 | Outbreaks of violence were common , usually brought on by a mixture of glue and alcohol . |
| 3 | Legend has it that it was once fired on by a warship because it failed to reply to a signal ! |
| 4 | The conventional notion of literary ‘ tradition ’ does , it is true , compensate for the lack of an historical overview , but because it implies a common pool of resources repeatedly drawn on by a succession of different writers , it is profoundly antithetical to Formalism and its key principle of defamiliarization . |
| 5 | Depression is sometimes brought on by a sudden change in one 's life , such as coming into a Home . |