Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I phoned up put Maggie on t' phone , told her sa tell her what this bloke had said and , they said , just a minute , that they 'll get in touch wi insurance and phone us back . |
| 2 | He tried again to call Richie on the radio link . |
| 3 | From the west and north powerful gales swept from off the north Atlantic Ocean , sending great waves roaring into the cliffs below his flight , and spumes of sea-spray came up to put salt on his wings . |
| 4 | While Miller seemed chiefly to glean knowledge on the cultivation of flowers and vegetables from Holland , he turned to Italy for information on fruit culture and here again he had many correspondents . |
| 5 | Subsequently , Thames Television 's current affairs programme , This Week , broadcast a feature , called ‘ Death on the Rock ’ ( ITV , 28 April 1988 ) , in which witnesses came forward to cast doubt on the official version of events . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd never clapped eyes on the guy before , ’ said a stunned Foulds . |
| 8 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 9 | I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out . |
| 10 | He could be right too , but I 'd never laid eyes on her . |
| 11 | Funny thing , I felt close to Connie , yet I 'd never laid eyes on her . |
| 12 | Now , how do you suppose God planned always to have plants on the earth ? |
| 13 | … Now how do you suppose God planned always to have animals on the earth ? |
| 14 | The people were the best of all that God had made , so God planned always to have people on the earth . |
| 15 | The introduction of cash crops and an increasing population acted together to increase pressure on the land significantly , in specific cases even to critical levels , such as in Ruanda and in the ‘ reserves ’ of Kenya and Zimbabwe . |
| 16 | Clients who withheld money they owed often achieved satisfaction on their particular bone of contention . |
| 17 | That was the war : not when the band played and a bloody politician stepped forward to put flowers on the ground . |
| 18 | The bus driver threw the door open and a stream of passengers leapt down to give chase on foot , finally catching the taxi at a red light . |
| 19 | The castle was in such a state of disrepair that they decided not to spend money on it , and eventually it was demolished . |
| 20 | Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right . |
| 21 | A letter of Wealdhere , bishop of London , to Archbishop Beorhtwald in 704–5 reveals a state of estrangement between Ine and the eastern Saxon rulers , Sigeheard and Swaefred ; in return for the expulsion of the exiles , Ine undertook not to inflict vengeance on the eastern Saxons and a forthcoming council at Brentford , to be attended by the kings and their leading men both ecclesiastical and lay , was expected to resolve the crisis . |
| 22 | In return , the MNR undertook not to launch attacks on these corridors . |
| 23 | He had practically no money left in the world , but he went on drinking champagne on credit . |
| 24 | He went on to celebrate mass on the Letna Plain in Prague in the presence of up to 1,500,000 people . |
| 25 | At 27 , he started his own photographic agency and went on to make films on the proceeds , using the talents of advertising colleagues such as Alan Parker or of friends like Ray Connolly . |
| 26 | ’ He then went on to congratulate Nichols on the job he was doing . |
| 27 | He went on to attack scientists on both sides of the lead debate ‘ who ally themselves to political campaigns … |
| 28 | Flynn had a dog called Arno which he loved and took on sailing trips on his yacht . |
| 29 | On Feb. 11 the Soviet government offered also to begin negotiations on the withdrawal of the 40,000 Soviet troops stationed in Poland . |
| 30 | She reached out to touch Jeopardy on the cheek , her hand gliding to rest on Lucien 's shoulder as she prepared to leave . |