Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite recently Sergt.-Pilot Dunbell [ sic ] Smith visited Halfway while on leave . |
| 2 | Everything and everybody worked well and on cue . |
| 3 | His body clock free-ran so that on occasions he was the victim of a clash between an internal cause — which thought it was night and wanted him to sleep — and an external cause , society — which required him to work in the ( real ) daytime . |
| 4 | At some time within the next five years , the collection should be indexed and stored electronically or on microform . |
| 5 | He knew beforehand that on April 8 the Royal Navy were to mine the fjords off Narvik , in neutral Norway 's territorial waters , and he was one of the first to learn of Germany 's devastating response , a full-scale invasion the next day . |
| 6 | Fifthly , it is a requirement that Extended responses and Reports ( i.e. any piece of writing of more than 100 words in length ) can be either written or presented orally or on tape . |