Example sentences of "[verb] on a [adv] [adj] note " in BNC.
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| 1 | Referring to widespread stresses Hare reviewed the carrying capacity of the earth , and planetary air pollution and climatic change with considerable vision and in ending on a fairly optimistic note commented : |
| 2 | Fie , that you should imagine otherwise ! ’ she said lightly , adding on a more serious note , ‘ During the past months , I learned to speak and act like the duchess your wife — but in these last days I have learned to think like her also ; to believe that I am indeed the lady Anne ! |
| 3 | Which brings us back to the old problem , ’ she finished on a slightly bitter note . |
| 4 | To end on a more comic note , one senior InterCity man was overheard to say : ‘ Well , that 's a Gresley man who 's finally laid Brunel to rest ! ’ |
| 5 | Late in 1913 he wrote on a more factual note : ‘ Futurism is not without importance , and its manifestos drawn up in France have had an influence on the terminology which is employed today amongst the most advanced painters . ’ |
| 6 | That wonderful day ended on a most romantic note when I was taken to a lovely dinner in a large hotel , still wearing my floral dress . |
| 7 | The day ended on a very lively note with Vanessa and Chris leading the way , closely followed by those young-in-heart ladies of the Harpenden Medau ( Keep Fit Gently ) class and the rest of the gathering . |
| 8 | The decade could hardly have ended on a more optimistic note . |
| 9 | ' She ended on a slightly peevish note . |
| 10 | But she quotes approvingly our television critic , Richard Last , a month or so back : ‘ Melvyn Bragg 's controversial A Time to Dance ( BBC1 ) ended on a believably tender note , suggesting that it was his producer or director , rather than the author , who miscalculated the grossness of earlier episodes . ’ |
| 11 | He ended on a more respectful note : ‘ adverse opinion is not going to elbow out this assured , intelligent , unlyrical artist . |
| 12 | As the airstream veered into the north , February ended on a very wintry note in the far northeast of the country . |