Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | After referring to the ability of partners to sue for a libel on their firm he said , at pp. 145 , 146–147 , 148 : |
| 2 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 3 | While weighing up the merits of the posts of legal advisor to the Girls Public Day School Trust versus running a legal advice centre in a South London Mental Hospital , she was invited to sit as a Judge on the South-East Circuit and then , of course , her mind was made up . |
| 4 | To bolster off the absence on its way . |
| 5 | We decide to go for a ride on the lake and rush to harness the dogs . |
| 6 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 7 | In East Berlin , as the Communist Party 's central committee continued in crisis session , the East German President , Mr Egon Krenz , declared : ‘ We have a great task ahead of us … to carry through a revolution on German soil that will bring a socialism which is economically effective , politically democratic , and morally clean . ’ |
| 8 | We will review the decision on an annual basis as our video list grows — maybe producing a series of loop tapes each one covering a particular sector of the market so that customers interested in adult/business English videos do n't have to sit through a section on ‘ watch with mother ’ levels . |
| 9 | When the first parade passed off without serious incident ( but with a massive police presence ) , the Portadown Orangemen reaffirmed their determination to go through the Tunnel on the Twelfth . |
| 10 | Shuttleworth is also confirmed to appear as a regular on Jonathan Ross 's new TV series , which begins in early '93 . |
| 11 | At least the Scots were able to bid their farewells from Suva in better heart when the result from Dublin filtered through , John Jeffrey even suggesting that the air fare back to London to appear as a pundit on television 's Rugby Special might just be worth paying to hear the reaction of some of his English chums ! |
| 12 | One Sunday I asked Biddy to come for a walk on the marshes . |
| 13 | I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist . |
| 14 | As ‘ an unrepentant believer in the Commission 's unitary plan ’ he came to accept as an advance on the existing system the Conservative proposals for ‘ two tiers everywhere ’ and in particular the establishment of ‘ the principle of metropolitan counties for great conurbations ’ ( foreword to Wood 1976:8 ) . |
| 15 | On 21 February 1992 , he proposed his own bill to provide for a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 16 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 17 | The drama session ends with the railway engineer offering contracts of employment to those townspeople who want to work for the railway on the construction of the line . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd like to work as a secretary on an island in Scotland . |
| 19 | ‘ As a youngster he was sent out to Australia to work as a jackaroo on a sheep station . |
| 20 | This condition has now cleared allowing him to work as a lecturer on City ethics and a consultant . |
| 21 | Has n't he got enough to worry about without being clobbered over the head by the injured pride of a woman fortunate enough to have the time and the brain to worry about the title on her season ticket ? |
| 22 | You wo n't have to act ; you wo n't have to worry about the expression on your face when the squad car turns up . ’ |
| 23 | The unfocused light has to pass through the retina on its journey to the mirror and this degrades the quality of the image . |
| 24 | The trap works as follows : the first rune to pass through the doorway on any day ( dawn to dawn ) is automatically drained of its power until the following sunrise . |
| 25 | To reach the sensible advice , however , you have to pass through the headline on the press release : ‘ Advice to pregnant women during lambing periods ’ . |
| 26 | The second world climate conference , held in Geneva in early November , ended with an agreement to work towards a convention on limiting global warming , but failed to draw up a specific strategy for curbing emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 27 | The grooms had taken away our horses and I did not wish to stand like a servant on the freezing forecourt of the tower . |
| 28 | Intellectual stimulation was not easy , but the care manager came up with a group of volunteers , all of them computer buffs , who were able to communicate with the man on his level . |
| 29 | The Council permitted the laity to communicate with the cup on a very few occasions . |
| 30 | Italy meanwhile , prompted by a young radical called Benito Mussolini , negotiated to come into the war on the side of the Allies . |