Example sentences of "[vb -s] on a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lescar stands on a rise and below it , on the flat ground between it and the river , was the Roman town of Beneharnum ( whence , fairly obviously , the modern form of the name Béarn ) , which is mentioned in a travel guide of the third century AD . |
| 2 | Abisko lies on a lake and near a National park that is famous for its animal and bird life and its woods of birch and pine . |
| 3 | Realism is radical because any purposive attempt to change the world depends on a conviction that it can be described , even that it has been described ; and it is the chosen task of realism to describe . |
| 4 | if it is considered that the information content is of paramount importance then it is valid to so construct a resource centre that every student may spend most of his time wired up to a dial-access system so that all he need do is dial a number , press a button and then sit passively absorbing what he sees on a screen and hears in his headphones … |
| 5 | The offline system ensures that a copy of every module sent offline exists on a primary and a secondary media item before the online copy can be destroyed . |
| 6 | She is already a lacemaker of great promise , and this autumn embarks on a City and Guilds course in lacemaking . |
| 7 | If he lands on a tree or on the ground he sticks in like a dart , and even if he survives the impact he wo n't be able to free himself easily . |
| 8 | Indeed , to describe Mann 's photographs in this context draws on a history and meaning not entirely appropriate . |
| 9 | This assumption rests on a belief that the relationship between school and examination results is unproblematic . |
| 10 | Everything had associations — Dorothy 's , Edward 's , given by so-and-so , bought on a particular holiday , left behind by relative or friend ; Helen saw an insistent kaleidoscope of references , shimmering tiresomely behind the garments and the implements , as ineradicable as the blackberry stains on a sleeve or the ingrained mud on everything . |
| 11 | Wright 's system for cursive script recognition has efficient low-level processing but relies on a dictionary and higher level linguistic processing . |
| 12 | The database concept is ideally suited to professional activities since it relies on an assumption that an ‘ architecture ’ of information storage and retrieval will follow predetermined ( albeit flexible ) routes . |
| 13 | What gauges there were stayed in the green , the engine kept going , and I quickly discovered the ‘ Airknocker ’ to be a surprisingly agile machine , capable of very tight turns on a wingtip if required . |
| 14 | The side uses the British Gas sports ground at Acton for home matches and normally plays on a Wednesday or Thursday evening during the season . |
| 15 | On the networking side there 's a built-in Ethernet module which sits on a daughterboard and uses AMD 's new PCNet/ISA chip . |
| 16 | Like any small boy who scribbles on a wall that ‘ Johnny was here ’ , so the gestures of talented individuals can record , on behalf of all of us , that ‘ we were here ’ . |
| 17 | I do n't mean today I mean if she 's going in to London or something you know she 's got a base in London to do something in the morning before she goes on a call as opposed to some of them who have n't got a proper office space |
| 18 | He goes on a bit but he 's basically very good-hearted and kind . |
| 19 | Well , erm , Adrian goes on a Mondays and Tuesdays to nursery , and on a Wednesdays and Fridays to his dad , and Tiffany goes on a Tuesday and Thursday and Friday to nursery . |
| 20 | But I would say that if obviously a head gasket goes on a vehicle and somebody knowing that fact continues to drive the vehicle , yes — and damages their engine — yes I must say we would reject liability . |
| 21 | When the water evaporates it goes on a cloud and then the cloud goes in any place and later it goes out as rain . |
| 22 | I , we 're not , I do n't know whether you 've got , we could say we were activists , we do n't , I do n't even know who goes on a march or anything , but we do do our best for anything we support and get signatures for anything they ask us to . |
| 23 | Well , erm , Adrian goes on a Mondays and Tuesdays to nursery , and on a Wednesdays and Fridays to his dad , and Tiffany goes on a Tuesday and Thursday and Friday to nursery . |
| 24 | The passage is about a schoolboy who goes on an outing and drops his bag out of the window of a railway carriage . |
| 25 | And I might , I think I 'll put in there , I 'll make him up a basket of goodies with erm a few telephone stamps on a card and ooh I do n't know what . |
| 26 | The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day . |
| 27 | Instead of asking a question , the counsellor picks on a sentence or phrase used by the counsellee with the purpose of bringing further responses or clarification . |
| 28 | And few will now back a manager who sends on a defender when his side is struggling to retrieve pride and reputation , let alone the result . |
| 29 | Referral often follows on a bereavement or a failure in health . |
| 30 | This second major approach hinges on a distinction that can be made between selective assessment and affirmative assessment . |