Example sentences of "and [vb past] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scuffles broke out everywhere as our officers came out of hiding and pounced on six members of the gang who bolted into the woods and sand dunes around the bay before being rounded up with the assistance of police dogs . |
| 2 | Officials of Czech coalition parties met in Prague on Oct. 13 and agreed on major points of their republic 's future constitution . |
| 3 | She gazed into his face raptly as he described his clinic the day before at St Mary 's and passed on good wishes from Sister Concepta . |
| 4 | The houses were meticulously painted and rose on ten-foot stilts above the ground . |
| 5 | We were slowing down for lunch and lack of fitness , and after traversing 200 feet of horizontal ridge and tricky gendarmes , we found a terrace in the sun below the final flawless tower and sucked on soggy oranges . |
| 6 | The belief that different treatment methods are needed for and tried on different populations of sufferers does not stand up to critical examination : the stories of those in recovery from addictive disease through the Anonymous Fellowships are so immensely varied that it is quite clear that this population has not been selected in any way . |
| 7 | The two girls sometimes exercised the horses together and seemed on amiable terms . |
| 8 | Combinations of letters were discussed and rejected on various grounds . |
| 9 | Beginning with scale-derived thirds and sixths , the first nine examples show some fingerings extracted from the scale of A major and played on all string-sets . |
| 10 | All the girls were taught embroidery , and the whole family sang and played on musical instruments . |
| 11 | It is now possible to buy fax systems that run within the word-processing applications to enable faxes to be sent and received on personal computers or work stations . |
| 12 | There was no yardage chart in those days , but I worked out very quickly that Arnold was two clubs stronger than me , so I just put myself in the same situation and added on two clubs . |
| 13 | Other soldiers set out to follow Ekofo 's funeral , due to take place on Monday , and fired on unconnected ceremonies at two cemeteries . |
| 14 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 15 | He was chairman of the economic and development subcommittee until 1986 and served on six committees in all . |
| 16 | Written statements must be filed at court and served on other parties to the proceedings ( see 7 below ) . |
| 17 | Leave is not required and notice of appeal must be filed and served on all parties within four weeks of the date on which the order was made . |
| 18 | It was eaten with a spoon and served on festal days as part of the main course . |
| 19 | He was a zealous MP and served on numerous committees , but the House never elected him to the council of state . |
| 20 | In addition , he advised the newly independent Governments of Botswana , Zambia and Zimbabwe , and served on numerous commissions and enquiries across the continent , on public services matters . |
| 21 | The fourth and youngest boy , Bramwell Orams , was in the air force from the age of seventeen and flew on many sorties in the Pacific war zone . |
| 22 | Then she turned and flew on winged feet up the narrow stair to take refuge in her garret room . |
| 23 | The rampart shook under our weight and the ice all over the bog cracked and broke on both sides . |
| 24 | It concentrated on the curriculum and organization of Inner London secondary schools and focused on those pupils who were underachieving , took few or no public examinations and showed their dissatisfaction with school by absenting themselves or by behaving in an uncooperative manner ( ILEA 1984 ) . |
| 25 | A branch in London , and worked on personal assurances . |
| 26 | Acknowledging and dealing positively with political differences was vital to our continuance and effectiveness as we struggled and worked on fundamental issues of feminism and socialism , the emphasis of our commitment being governed to a large extent by our differing political histories . |
| 27 | Charlemagne fought and worked on several fronts at any one time ; in the military , political and cultural senses . |
| 28 | A redshank swept its bill through soft patches of wet mud and breakfasted on tiny insects , shrimps and wriggling worms . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems after he decided to pull me off , he looked back and decided on different reasons for things over the years to stir up our relationship . ’ |
| 30 | God alone is the sole author of the universe , but , as it were , one of the characters created by God refused to accept the dependency of a created being and insisted on equal powers and rights with the author . |