Example sentences of "it [vb past] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be demonstrated explicitly or via an audit report which was exception-based , i.e. it reported on any instances where the law was contravened . |
| 2 | Nevertheless it requires separate assessment , not least because it drew on certain areas of experience not directly dominated by the monarch . |
| 3 | First , all the evidence that is available shows that the expansion of the social services did not so much rely on the workers made redundant from the industrial sector but rather it drew on new sources of labour — mainly women . |
| 4 | In prosecutions for many other crimes , for instance assault , testimony varied more because it built on actual incidents . |
| 5 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 6 | , I thought it came on seven disks not six . |
| 7 | It happened on other occasions , but not on this one . |
| 8 | A further echo of the Koln Ju88 strike reverberated the following evening when most of the crew were out in Cambridge celebrating survival and , as it happened on these occasions , most crews had their own favourite watering places . |
| 9 | It rested on common assumptions , common beliefs , common forms of action . |
| 10 | It was big but it was n't tall because it walked on four feet . |
| 11 | The Forest law was universally hated because of the penalties and restrictions it imposed on all classes of the king 's subjects . |
| 12 | Its sluggish habit was not a hindrance , though , for it could kill with a mere glance or whiff of its breath , as it fed on poisonous herbs whose odour was fatal to man . |
| 13 | But erm it landed on deaf ears . |
| 14 | The new state comprised the historic provinces of Bohemia and Moravia together with Slovakia which , until 1918 , had been part of Hungary , together with Ruthenia and a northern fringe of the Hungarian plain which , though it was Magyar-speaking , the new state claimed it needed on economic grounds . |
| 15 | Eventually Duncan had managed to slew the aircraft round before it settled on all wheels on the runway . |
| 16 | Like the banners of royalty , it flew on papal castles in the thirteenth century . |
| 17 | It called on all sections of society , including the armed forces , to join a patriotic movement " to stop the chain reaction of disastrous disintegration " . |
| 18 | If it worked on thirteen amps , that was all the proof needed . |
| 19 | It worked on all levels . |
| 20 | Of course , that Bill is now confetti , but it focused on local authorities , the Post Office and British Rail . |
| 21 | Clearly it fell on deaf ears . |
| 22 | During the 19th century , however , it fell on hard times , and was turned first into a warehouse and then a restaurant . |
| 23 | This is the gentlest of expressions of authority , but it could scarcely be firmer ; and it fell on willing ears . |
| 24 | He always tries to make it put on these accents . |
| 25 | It issues pollution warnings only when the level exceeds 100 ppb , which it did on seven occasions in the 1990 summer . |