Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | High on Victoria Peak , it overlooked the city through a faint mist , the sun breaking through to gleam on the skyscrapers and the bay below . |
| 2 | The little boy went back to sit on the stairs with his seven brothers . |
| 3 | During the Second World War he came to national notice as chairman of a Senate committee set up to check on war contracts and to prevent war profiteering . |
| 4 | When the keeper came up to check on the Spectacled Bears , she could n't understand that Omero and Minky were trying to tell her that Sam was ill , she just saw that he was curled up in a ball and would n't move . |
| 5 | A firm hand came out to close on her shoulder . |
| 6 | Fael-Inis said very softly , ‘ There was no other choice , ’ and his hand came out to rest on Taliesin 's arm for a moment . |
| 7 | The report went on to comment on the absence of objective criteria for setting health priorities and to emphasise the need for health service research to be multidisciplinary . |
| 8 | ‘ Here you go , ’ murmured Marco congratulatingly to Tal , as the alien bird came back to perch on his shoulder again . |
| 9 | These were lean times for Spain 's biggest heroes — Jorge Martinez suffered technical frustrations in the 125 series , Alex Criville took much of the year to get up to speed on a 250 , while Sito Pons and Juan Garriga never got near the front of a 500 GP . |
| 10 | The story of the operation , in all its farcical mystery , was best told by the officers and crew of the CIA proprietary airline called in to help on November 22nd . |
| 11 | So my mother went out to work on Saturdays and some evenings , either to cook or to clean . |