Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [noun prp] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While fitting the rear offside wheel back on to Miss Clinton 's car , Jenny 's daddy had been called away suddenly to see to a tractor that had broken down on Farmer Pullen 's farm . |
| 2 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 3 | Shakespeare must have known someone very like Ralph Edwards when he put Fluellen into Henry V. If Ralph came in on St David 's Day , I would have hidden to avoid being forced to eat a raw leek as was poor ancient Pistol in that play . |
| 4 | Dennis Hopper , who was to become an important figure in Nicholson 's eventual break into major films , came in on James Dean 's coat-tails and was devastated by Dean 's death , as were Natalie Wood and their other close friend , Nick Adams . |
| 5 | From the outset there was a fear that the defence intended to home in on Mr Bush 's relationship with Noriega , both as CIA director and Vice-President . |
| 6 | JJ Kenny 's Forest Hills were 8-2 up on Peter Loudon 's Letham Grange after six ends ; Douglas Dryburgh 's Aviemore were leading 6-4 against David Aitken 's Galleon after six ; and the holders , Hammy McMillan 's Stranraer , took 2 at the sixth to lead Warwick Smith 's Perth by 6-2 . |
| 7 | AUDLEY LUMSDEN lines up on Oxford University 's right wing against Cambridge next Tuesday haunted by the chilling words he heard on a March Saturday in 1989 . |
| 8 | Just picking up on Professor Lock 's point earlier on about changes in the nineteen eighties or since the nineteen eighties , erm as in my statement I have suggested that there has been a substantial loss of nature conservation interest and wild life habitats both in this county and throughout the country . |
| 9 | Clara could never understand why others did not repay her contempt with contempt — why , for instance , the church-goers and novel-readers and fillers in of football coupons and motorbike owners in the area did not possess the courage of their convictions and gang up on Mrs Maugham 's massive disapprobation . |
| 10 | Certainly her fellow explorers ganged up on Dame Freya 's side . |
| 11 | In 1980 , the computer giant turned up on Mr Gates 's doorstep seeking an operating system ( the software that tells a computer 's electronic circuits how to work as a computer ) for its forthcoming personal computer . |
| 12 | Verdix Corp 's Verdix Ada Development System is to go up on Hewlett-Packard Co 's HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstations under an agreement between the two , and Verdix said an Ada code generator for the Oracle CASE Architecture is now available following a 1992 joint product development agreement it has with its unit Meridian Software Systems and Oracle Corp 's Oracle Federal Systems subsidiary . |
| 13 | IXI says it 'll put its X.desktop technology up on Microsoft Corp 's NT when that arrives too . |
| 14 | Colin Hamilton 's Gogar were 5-2 up on Mike Hay 's Atholl after six ends . |
| 15 | Wind River Systems Inc , Alameda , California , is putting its VxWorks software development environment up on Intel Corp 's iAPX-86 family . |
| 16 | Long before the incriminating photograph turned up on Major Tzann 's desk , he would be over the Czech border and awaiting the transport which would convey him to Germany , and thence to the United States . |
| 17 | So what does it feel like to miss out on Mrs Thatcher 's handout to anybody who can afford to pay for shares ? |
| 18 | She recovered the parish file given her by the diocesan office and spread the meagre contents out on Bishop Julian 's desk . |
| 19 | But perfectionist Noureddine Morceli felt his two all-comers ' marks — 3:50.70 for the mile as well as 3:34.73 for the 1,500m en route — were no consolation for just missing out on Eamonn Coghlan 's world mile record . |
| 20 | CELL , FROM Hoboken , New Jersey , slung a 45 out on Thurston Moore 's Ecstatic Peace ! label a couple of months ago and the word on the street was that here comes the New Nirvs ! |
| 21 | CURVE , super sonic pop merchants that feature Toni Halliday and have a grand ‘ Blindfold EP ’ out on Dave Stewart 's Anxious label , play their first ever gig at London 's Camden Underworld . |
| 22 | Meanwhile further tests are being carried out on Tania Probyn 's body … to solve the mystery of exactly how she died . |
| 23 | But supporters who did n't apply through the proper channels could find themselves missing out on Billy Bingham 's swansong match . |
| 24 | The Commission filing indicates that Michels , whose Santa Cruz shares would be worth around $51.1m with the offering , is receiving $16,667 a month in salary until June 1994 , a total of $300,000 , provided he does n't work for a competitor or try to get back on Santa Cruz 's board , and $3,000 a month for expenses . |
| 25 | IT IS hard , looking back on Salman Rushdie 's four years of unwalled imprisonment , to see many places where credit may be easily accorded . |
| 26 | Surgeons at Middlesbrough General sewed back on Aaron Solomon 's thumb after his dad carried it to the hospital , packed in ice . |