Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he now had the potential earning power of any major movie star , he nevertheless remained on unemployment benefit while waiting for his agent to find the right new vehicle for him . |
| 2 | Max has been to numerous rehearsals with his celebrity owner and once appeared on breakfast TV . |
| 3 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 4 | We also drew on survey evidence to show that temporary work provided an important source of new jobs for unemployed people , of whom perhaps a quarter took such work . |
| 5 | He spent most of his working life on cooker and roller floors in the Flake Mill , but also worked on grain intake in the silo . |
| 6 | It was thought that the purchaser automatically took on board liability for all of the employees ' rights except those in respect of pension schemes , save in the case of contractual rights to receive payments into personal schemes which would be unaffected . |
| 7 | Lloyd was wearing the bottom half of a pale grey pinstripe suit with turn-ups which probably took on board water when it rained . |
| 8 | Coleman had joined BNS in 1963 with an Oxford history degree and initially cconcentrated on work study . |