Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [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 | In a topic on industrialisation one might look at the effect of industrialisation on a rural community without work . |
| 4 | Simon Atkinson says that on board they will sleep eat and read … life slows down |
| 5 | On foot there would have been little danger for a man alone ; even on horseback not much . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On completion you will have reached Level 2 of the RYA Keelboat Certificate . |
| 8 | I 've got it on tape I can prove it . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , when the Report was published , the Federation 's leaders were far from satisfied : ‘ For all practical purposes , the Beveridge Report is useless … and we had better ignore it entirely , concentrating on action which will secure our just rights — AND NOW — not at some vague future time . ’ |
| 10 | Legal moves turn up heat on Timex strike James Rougvie reports on action which could push a Dundee dispute into the political arena |
| 11 | Otherwise , he relies on booze you could strip paint with . ’ |
| 12 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 13 | I mean we may not necessarily be talking about the the the reporting procedures on turnover which would enable us to assess a rack rent in in in the |
| 14 | She suggested they would do better if they only sat five exams and spent the rest of their time on work which could give them a much broader education than just swotting for more GCSEs . |
| 15 | The next two chapters concentrate on work which can include and involve individuals with groups of people within a social context . |
| 16 | The whole scene to my informant was as clear as a bell , but on reflection it would seem as if it was part of an earlier railway system . |
| 17 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |
| 18 | I hope that on reflection he will agree that that is good . |
| 19 | This is a tax on fuel which will hit the pensioner and the low paid . |
| 20 | Yet at the same time as he was representing members of the Cali cartel , Mr Abbell was on Capitol Hill lobbying for changes in the international treaty on extradition which would favour the defendants in such cases . |
| 21 | Given that it is a central goal of the Committee to encourage a public policy on education which will operate to generate and sustain an organic national culture , the only concrete examples within contemporary popular culture to which they can refer this policy in a favourable manner are those which are sufficiently residual as to be unable to offer more than a minimal oppositional purchase . |
| 22 | There are scenes on pottery which may relate to periods of licence and mockery . |
| 23 | So long as they 're on strike you can keep their wages , ca n't you ? |
| 24 | On occasion you may begin to open a file and find that you would prefer to rename the file or delete it . |
| 25 | On evidence it would appear that by 28 October 1973 [ twelve years before the writ ] the defendant had acquired complete and exclusive physical control of the plot … |
| 26 | They have no qualms about forcing member countries to spend money on water they might think could be better spent elsewhere . |
| 27 | Going on water they must stage a . |
| 28 | ‘ We have been bashing out plans for care management and for better discharge procedures , and on paper we can offer community care very well , ’ said Jim Walker , acting director of Bassetlaw trust 's mental health services . |
| 29 | If they work five days , there would , in theory , be a 20 per cent increase in periods worked , therefore on paper you would need a fifth fewer people . |
| 30 | But on paper you can see that you 're intending it as a an augmented interval . |