Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An aircraft with nine people on board crashed on the Pacific island of Espiritu Santo , Vanuatu , on July 29 , killing all passengers . |
| 2 | At Anderson 's a Georgian inlaid mahogany chest on chest went for the princely price of £1,300 while A Victorian 4 foot 6 inc bed with raised back made £1,100 and a Georgian inlaid mahogany serpentine front library table realised £1,050 . |
| 3 | When discussions on reorganisation began in the mid-1960s both these considerations were present . |
| 4 | Investigation work on ATP started before the Clapham disaster , in which 35 people died and 113 were injured . |
| 5 | Pressure on sterling continued into the first quarter of 1990 as inflation and interest rates increased , and on March 19 sterling hit a record low against the West German mark at DM2.71 . |
| 6 | But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence . |
| 7 | However , as a percentage of total government expenditure , spending on education fell during the 1980s , as Figure 8.7 shows . |
| 8 | As he climbed to the top of his stylistic hierarchy Tolkien on occasion wrote in the responses he wanted instead of evoking them . |
| 9 | Brian Stewart , chief executive of Scottish and Newcastle , said the Budget was wide-ranging but in the context of his own industry , the Chancellor 's decision to raise excise duty on beer flew in the face of commercial reality . |
| 10 | Much of the distraction on offer lay in the talk and behaviour of its queens . |
| 11 | Information filtering back home from soldiers on leave told of the unparalleled barbarity of the ideological warfare on the eastern Front , where Soviet commissars were being shot on capture and Jews massacred in their thousands . |
| 12 | But Mr and Mrs Joseph went out during the evening and , in the end , everyone on duty went to the party . |
| 13 | The person on duty disappeared out the back and I went to sit in the same seat where I had sat the night before . |
| 14 | Craning and peering , they caught glimpses of a minor forest of lances and standards , though the number of riders was probably no more than a score ; and rumour on rumour flew down the street before them , and name on name . |
| 15 | As he had argued in Totem and Taboo , murder occurred in the first human groups , and the prohibition on killing came from the father . |
| 16 | More than 1m Germans , in both parts of the country , have claims on property expropriated by the communists . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ It has been established that a police sergeant on patrol arrived at the scene within minutes . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , the great pulsating wheels , the furious criss-cross rushes over the floor , the rapid shift from gentle , undulating movement to angular violence and the sheer weight of numbers on stage gave to the performance an undeniable exhilaration . |
| 19 | But again the penalty consequent on regulation fell on the workers . |
| 20 | The floors were covered with green figured Wilton pile carpet laid on grey felt throughout the saloon , except in the attendant 's compartment and balconies . |
| 21 | They agreed with the Inland Revenue that the return of the fund on death fell within the definition of reasonable interest which the legislation required and so introduced this new concept . |
| 22 | Then a woman on horseback burst from the wood , stumbled through the shallow stream-waters and struggled on to the field . |