Example sentences of "on [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 2 | On route you will have found plenty of cosy little cafes for a mid-morning coffee , cheerful pubs , and in the Bahnhofstrasse , confectionery shops whose wares are displayed with such imagination that it seems a sin to pass them by . |
| 3 | Look out for the logo , above , in supermarkets , banks , libraries , etc , on leaflets describing how you can cut energy consumption , and on products which can help . |
| 4 | In a topic on industrialisation one might look at the effect of industrialisation on a rural community without work . |
| 5 | Simon Atkinson says that on board they will sleep eat and read … life slows down |
| 6 | It may be unfair on clubs who could lose out as a result of weak Quins combinations , but I would hate to see the Football League system of fining clubs for this practice being brought into rugby . |
| 7 | On foot there would have been little danger for a man alone ; even on horseback not much . |
| 8 | In that month the Government decided to impose a ban on exports which could worsen the conflict between Iraq and Iran , said Alan Collins , a Foreign Office official at the time . |
| 9 | If we impose those conditions on employers we shall discourage some of them from employing anyone . |
| 10 | On roads it can reach speeds in excess of 45mph with ease . |
| 11 | Having now met each other , it seemed that everywhere I went on camp I would come face to face with him , usually with his entourage of armourers fanning out behind him . |
| 12 | This research by Soothill and Jack masked the amount of sex crime being reported in newspapers , for by concentrating entirely on cases which would appear as rape in the Criminal Statistics for the relevant year , this provided a narrow definition of sex crime . |
| 13 | The government was defeated in the General Election of June 1970 before further progress could be made on proposals which would have added another 3.3 million people to those already to be covered by two-tier local government . |
| 14 | Well it 'd be on Ceefax I 'd expect |
| 15 | We spend £40,000 a year on books , if there was VAT on books it would cost us £47,000 to buy the same number . |
| 16 | In flocks mixed with those of lapwings , for example , the observant gulls will steal food from the plovers , and on lakes they will steal food brought to the surface by diving coots . |
| 17 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 18 | Doctors at the French town of Moutiers said if they had been told sooner on Saturday they may have been able to save some of the victim 's lives . |
| 19 | If Cartha lose by more than 53 points to Lismore on Saturday they will go down . |
| 20 | Teale damaged knee ligaments against Spurs on Saturday which will bring an end to an unbroken run of 70 matches in the first team . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps on Saturday I 'll make sure a camera records such a routine gesture , ’ he said . |
| 22 | So on Saturday I 'll ask her if she can get them Wednesday for me definitely cos then you can I can get the money off Dad Tuesday you can give it her Wednesday morning , and then I can pick them up Wednesday afternoon when I go over . |
| 23 | On Saturday he will face Dan Crowley of Australia , nine years his junior in age , 90 in terms of experience . |
| 24 | On completion you will have reached Level 2 of the RYA Keelboat Certificate . |
| 25 | I 've got it on tape I can prove it . |
| 26 | On Friday they 'll come out of the garage , to be seen by around 60,000 visitors at the Spring Gardening Show in Malvern . |
| 27 | Then on Friday they would stream back to Cork from all over the province of Munster to clean themselves up , don their best clothes , and go to synagogue to greet the Sabbath . |
| 28 | On Friday it will stage the church 's 82nd annual flower show . |
| 29 | And then on Thursday Bill 's coming to play with you and you 're going to nursery and then on Friday you 'll see Lucy in the day time |
| 30 | And on Friday you can see Lucy and then Leo and Russel come home from school and you can play with them for a couple of hours . |