Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first delivery of post came and went on that fateful day , no letter . |
| 2 | Two young Romanians came and stood on either side of me at the mirror . |
| 3 | Five days before his death , he took to his bed and soon sank into a coma from which he never recovered and died on 1st August 1837 at the age of 41 . |
| 4 | In tank conditions the leaves are round , heart-shaped at the base , purplish green or mauve , translucent , slightly crinkled and borne on slender , long , leaf stalks , Bushy leaves are formed at the base of the plant , which also puts forth aerial leaves which float on the water . |
| 5 | Charlemagne fought and worked on several fronts at any one time ; in the military , political and cultural senses . |
| 6 | Then she turned and flew on winged feet up the narrow stair to take refuge in her garret room . |
| 7 | In the last minute , Gary makes it four , he was involved in the start of the move , some good play by , fed and lays on another and scores another . |
| 8 | Crookes ' biographer Fournier d'Albe worked and wrote on this , which had baffled various investigators because its resistance changed under exposure to light-but inconsistently if there is impurity . |
| 9 | He made the mistake of turning round , stumbled and fell on one knee and then rose , sobbing in terror as he clawed his way to the main gate , hammering on it with all his might . |
| 10 | The prolonged recession wrecked Government finances , as income from taxation fell and spending on social security rose . |
| 11 | Acknowledging and dealing positively with political differences was vital to our continuance and effectiveness as we struggled and worked on fundamental issues of feminism and socialism , the emphasis of our commitment being governed to a large extent by our differing political histories . |
| 12 | In her small workroom on the top floor of a crumbling old warehouse in Whitechapel Theresa Arnold shivered and turned on another bar of her portable gas fire . |
| 13 | All the girls were taught embroidery , and the whole family sang and played on musical instruments . |
| 14 | The huge whorled fingers uncurled and passed on either side of his waist . |
| 15 | Lisa Isherwood of Wales sustained a broken leg during a Home International foursomes tie against Scotland , after she slipped and fell on wet ground as she was leaving the 8th green . |
| 16 | The result was a record based on events rather than on reason : things people said or did on particular historical occasions and in particular circumstances . |
| 17 | And I took it out in the spring and put it in the garden and then it revived and came on nice . |