Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breakfast television , and the expanding number of computer screens switched on during working hours , could make work difficult for Mainsborne . |
| 2 | The idea of boiler inspections caught on and boiler explosion rates plummeted . |
| 3 | In the yew trees nearby , birds sang and the hum of traffic and smell of exhaust fumes carried on the air . |
| 4 | Same list of icecream flavours hung on the wall and bowl of aniseed lollipops on the counter , same gilt baskets of croissants and racks like umbrella stands packed with tall loaves . |
| 5 | The difference in the political context meant that the formulation and transmission of government objectives took on different forms and involved different actors in the two cases , most notably where the unions were concerned , as we shall see . |
| 6 | After last season 's floppy-hatted waifs , this time around models were given hair styles which looked like a punk reworking of a clipped poodle ; make-up featured a spatter of sequin shapes glued on around the eyes . |
| 7 | From the travel point of view things carried on a bit from there in a local sense . |
| 8 | The banding clamp was constructed using standard metal package banding tape 1¼in wide with metal blocks welded on and threaded ( see band clamp in Hands On WW/Oct.91/p.1060 ) . |
| 9 | It was sewn with coarse grass and carefully mended with leather patches stitched on with the same coarse grass . |
| 10 | to review , and where appropriate to make recommendations to Government Departments concerned on , the advancement of the general purposes of the Order and the provision of information and advisory services ; |
| 11 | Those located at holiday resorts took on extra staff to deal with the increased demand brought about by an influx of summer visitors . |