Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] on [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just know that I would n't sacrifice the experiences I 've had on drugs for anything . ’ |
| 2 | I 've lived on Skomer for six years now and before that I looked after a smaller seabird reserve on St Margaret 's Island . |
| 3 | When you 've lived on subsistence for two years what do you do when your shoes wear out , when you get a £100 fuel bill , when the washing machine breaks down , when a pair of children 's shoes cost you more than you 'd spend on your own ? |
| 4 | Over the past 165 years , thousands of householders in some 40 Ulster towns and villages have depended on gas for their lighting , heating , and cooking . |
| 5 | So we 're trying to encourage the equipment suppliers now to look again at what they have won on business for Eurofighter and perhaps allocate the work between themselves a lot more efficiently so that instead of each one of the four members building a given percentage of the five items , they say right we 'll take this one , all of it and we 'll build all of it , you take that one , all of it and build that one and so on an and in that way we might be able to er er improve considerably on the costs of production . |
| 6 | The HarperCollins discussions have focused on terms for small orders and credit periods . |
| 7 | Two men have gone on trial for the murder of a police informer , whose body was found weighted down in a lake three years ago . |
| 8 | Three men have gone on trial for the killing of twin sisters who were trapped in a blazing barn . |
| 9 | We have led on proposals for environmental labelling of products , for environmental reporting by companies , for public access to information , and on directives as diverse as the nitrates directive and forthcoming tighter controls over emissions from cars and heavy diesels . |
| 10 | Now in spite of the heavy rain , thousands of spectators have converged on Henley for the one hundred and fifty-third Royal Regatta . |
| 11 | So far , discussions have centred on certification for British Sign Language interpreters . |
| 12 | The deepest divisions have centered on demands for greater internal party democracy and the pace of party reform . |