Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , once started on this track it may seem difficult to keep clear of rigorism , for it is unclear how the good one might have done but did not can be discounted from the things prevented by what one did instead .
2 Oswald , whom Bede regarded as the fifth overlord of the peoples south of the Humber and described as ruling within the same bounds as Eadwine ( HE 11 , 5 ) , clearly became on this testimony as powerful a ruler as Eadwine had been , but on his accession he faced an immediate challenge in midland and eastern England from Penda .
3 If Jennens thought that Leapor had a future as a poet , Leapor also relied on this woman 's criticism and encouragement .
4 Naturally , he listens to recommendations from the local councils , as he clearly did on this occasion , but he was absolutely right not to adopt all their suggestions .
5 Spoke machines were acquired , sent to Wolverton for alteration and the fitting of cutter blocks and , together with drawings and fixtures for the other operations , sent to other firms also engaged on this type of work .
6 A farmhouse probably stood on this site at the time of the Great Plague .
7 Me and Phil , the roadie , even went on this midnight jaunt from Manchester to Guildford to try to steal the master tapes of the LP .
8 I believe especially I never came on this campaign until after I went to see Arafat .
9 They went a little while ago , apart from that they never came on this end
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