Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also get stopped by strangers on the street who tell me how much they enjoyed it . |
| 2 | Drinking men lay huddled in newspaper on benches , on railways stations , beneath the arches , beneath the Festival Hall . |
| 3 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 4 | You 've heard of love on the rebound , and falling for Fen could prove to be even more disastrous . |
| 5 | The current warm-weather soundtrack of choice for discerning numbskulls is Ugly Kid Joe , a quartet of stoned surfers who 've risen to power on the Young Dumb Fun ticket in a way that critically-defied combos like The Ramones never managed . |
| 6 | England did n't stipulate ‘ remote ’ — but that 's what they 've got in Santander on the breezy northern coast that 's home to golfing star Seve Ballesteros . |
| 7 | seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end . |
| 8 | Customs men raided Timbmet 's yard at Bicester this afternoon … impounding twenty-four tons of Allerce … a Chilean hardwood which they 've had for sale on their books since nineteen ninty . |
| 9 | The moves , counter moves , rejections , romances and broken hearts are spun together effortlessly through the music and will strike a chord with any teenagers and ex-teenagers who have fallen in love on a Saturday night . |
| 10 | We have completed x wells on our acreage and more are being drilled and planned . |
| 11 | The bonus each policyholder will actually get will depend on the reversionary ( or annual ) bonuses they have received to date on the with-profits element of their policies and will probably be paid out as part of the 1993 bonus distribution in February or March 1994 . |
| 12 | Nor , incidentally , will there be any point in my arguing that I have voted for Hazel on personal grounds and with no political intention : Hazel is a Nutty Party candidate and will if elected accept that Party 's whip . |
| 13 | Also , shares in ManU have dropped by 57p on the Stock Exchange . |
| 14 | In this chapter we have looked at influences on public perceptions of politics , not at influences upon attitudes . |
| 15 | ‘ Getting babies hooked on soft drinks even before their first teeth have come through verges on the criminal , ’ said children 's health writer Dr Tim Lobstein . |
| 16 | The television puppets from Sesame Street have come to life on stage . |
| 17 | Many manufacturers have come to grief on the belief that technical solutions can be bought pre-packaged . |
| 18 | I have written to Mrs on behalf of the Council expressing our sorrow and extending a message of support to her in her and her family at this sad time . |
| 19 | Both the Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust , a conservation body , and the Old Town Community Development Project , have written to councillors on the district council 's licensing board to support the planned curbs which are due to be considered next week . |
| 20 | ‘ For some time , independents have argued for intervention on behalf of a British film industry : an initiative based around support for films with low production budgets , which neither copy American styles , nor turn into Euro-puddings . |
| 21 | They , they are entitled , if they elect to do so , to continue to be members of the local government 's evaluation schemes , so they are eligible and have applied for membership on it . |
| 22 | There is clear evidence that the peasantry have risen in rebellion on historic occasions , but how much likelihood is there of their political mobilisation in the changing context of rural Latin America ? |
| 23 | ‘ Aspirations of profit growth have turned into concentration on profit protection , ’ says Mr Lever . |
| 24 | For example : You have turned onto 0° on the RC and your heading is 215° . |
| 25 | Canada , Sweden and the US have decided against reprocessing on political , environmental and moral grounds . |
| 26 | Elsewhere , I have elaborated at length on the reasons why it is implausible to suggest that the first hunters were the ruling males of what Freud termed the ‘ primal hordes ’ , but rather the unmated , younger males of the all-male groups , Freud 's ‘ sons ’ . |
| 27 | We have agreed in principle on some completely new ideas of co-operation between Britain and the Russian defence ministries and the armed forces , in particular on the handling of military budgets , co-ordination between military and civilians , accountability to Parliaments and such matters . |
| 28 | Both the nilgai and the four-horned antelope were originally Indian woodland species that have adapted to life on the plains . |
| 29 | Scientists have found in trials on animals that tumour growth can be restricted and , in some cases , killed by giving them supplements containing fish and plant oils . |
| 30 | TWELVE Chinese claiming to be fleeing persecution following the Tiananmen Square massacre have arrived by boat on a South Korean island , reportedly seeking to defect to Taiwan . |