Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I only saw highlights on match of the day , but from what I saw , the play was amazing . |
2 | After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand . |
3 | Every month , we got this cost of living , course it did n't er it did n't er fluctuate like it did in more recent years , but it was a safeguard and we always got increases on top of that like piece work increase and and er it it was a it was a good union , it you know . |
4 | DOCTORS yesterday began tests on toddler Rhys Daniels who looks set soon to have a life-saving bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor . |
5 | He also sought advice on drill from a Capt. Bradshaw , " to improve the bearing and physical condition of the boys " , and soon fifty pupils had joined the School Cricket Club , practising regularly on Stockport Cricket Club 's ground . |
6 | The programme also included information on choke and valve designs for the various types of pressure ranges used on production trees . |
7 | During the 1930s the world had seen considerable political and military changes , already the dictators of Europe were making territorial gains , and the Japanese also had designs on mainland Asia , invading Manchuria and waging a savage war on China . |
8 | Wight , the eighteenth-century author and authority on election law , together with Bell and Connell , who both wrote books on election law at the beginning of the nineteenth century , used the English spelling . |
9 | Here he made his own career as a writing-master ; he also published books on book-keeping and was occasionally employed as an auditor . |
10 | As the title implies it originally took place on Whit Monday , but when this ceased to be a Bank Holiday it moved to the new Bank Holiday . |
11 | ‘ The first time I really took Jo on board was before I 'd ever met her . |
12 | It might have come in handy frozen , as a weapon in case Pointy-Beard and Shifty-Eyes turned up again , but then I now had Doogie on side . |
13 | She was uncertain in some places , still finding her way , upstaged by him whenever they were on together , but the rippling golden voice never faltered , and in the Varasdin duet with Freddi she took flight again , gave the whole scene a sense of gaiety and even kept Freddi on key for once . |
14 | However , given simply worded questions on computation , and time to complete their working , most of the lowest attaining pupils had no more difficulty with written than with orally presented questions . |
15 | There was a strong crusading tradition in the Geneville family , extending back to the mid-twelfth century : Geoffrey and his brother William duly accompanied Edward on crusade in 1270 , but returned before him . |
16 | Then followed guidance on layout and development : streets , car parks , street blocks , the control of the external appearance of buildings , and open spaces and street planting . |
17 | ‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said . |
18 | The government recently spent £750,000 on publicity aimed at giving those living overseas a vote — 34,500 registered as a result , nearly £22 a vote . |