Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Max has been to numerous rehearsals with his celebrity owner and once appeared on breakfast TV . |
| 2 | I advised the Camerons to ensure that both dogs always moved towards them to receive any affection , and preferably sat on command before receiving it . |
| 3 | She continued to visit her former foster parents and even went on holiday to Spain with them . |
| 4 | The Jordanian canteen manager noticed that the expiry date stamped on the cases by the Dutch manufacturers had already passed ; he sent a telex to Tripoli explaining his reasons for refusing to accept delivery , and then went on holiday . |
| 5 | A LONE gunman killed a French Nazi collaborator yesterday , and then went on television to claim responsibility . |
| 6 | Mr Vassiliou , a 61-year-old self-made millionaire , telephoned his opponent to congratulate him and then went on television to concede defeat and appeal for national unity . |
| 7 | He was directed towards a glider landing strip , but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland . |
| 8 | He was directed towards a glider landing strip , but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland . |
| 9 | Coleman had joined BNS in 1963 with an Oxford history degree and initially cconcentrated on work study . |
| 10 | One young woman claimed to have wept her way into a degree but once started on work and a career , never used such tricks again . |
| 11 | He spent most of his working life on cooker and roller floors in the Flake Mill , but also worked on grain intake in the silo . |