Example sentences of "they [vb past] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They failed on both counts . |
| 2 | They swooped on eight addresses in the Kirkby , Tuebrook and Kirkdale areas at 7am today . |
| 3 | The two men found they agreed on many points about today 's press . |
| 4 | Both sides accepted the Uniates ' right to leave the Orthodox Church and affiliate to Rome , and condemned Uniate-orthodox violence ; they agreed on further talks to resolve matters like the disputed ownership of church buildings . |
| 5 | Grudgers came to dominate the population because they passed on more genes to future generations than either Suckers ( who helped others indiscriminately , and were exploited ) or Cheats ( who tried ruthlessly to exploit everybody and ended up doing each other down ) . |
| 6 | They parked on adjacent meters . |
| 7 | But they seemed on good terms , always fraternizing and joking together : a team of workmates on the assembly line . |
| 8 | Later , as they strolled on neat walkways and over pretty Oriental stone bridges , Luke 's mood grew more relaxed , so Maria reintroduced the subject which had been the initial cause of their earlier conflict . |
| 9 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |
| 10 | They appealed on several grounds , but particularly that ‘ an agreement by two or more persons to insert advertisements in a magazine for the purpose of homosexual acts taking place between consenting adult males in private did not constitute an offence ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ In all these circumstances I think that it is a proper inference that , in the case of each journey in question , the plaintiffs paid the money unwillingly and only because they apprehended on reasonable grounds that without the permit which could not otherwise be obtained officers acting under the authority of the State of New South Wales would or might stop the motor vehicle and refuse to allow it to proceed upon the journey . |
| 12 | Bloodlessly they rested on white slabs where mince and chops had once reposed . |
| 13 | Both supported the introduction of labour exchanges , and decasualization of labour although , as we shall see , they differed on other aspects of unemployment policy . |
| 14 | Appeals to Rome were apt to receive from Edward II the same vigorous attention as from his father when they touched on royal interests . |
| 15 | As the lapidaries of the Low Countries gained in recognition and were able to apply more specialized skills they embarked on further innovations . |
| 16 | Instead of linking up with political parties , they relied on official helpers or on individual members of the gentry , who were normally their main opponents on the land question . |
| 17 | Equally clearly , they relied on non-linguistic strategies for deciding how their addressees wished them to act in the absence of adult-like understanding of an instruction . |
| 18 | so they only had them , I think the major , they relied on such reports , as the strong traffic reason at that stage . |
| 19 | Leitzig led him to the changerooms where they pulled on white overcoats . |
| 20 | The range in content and style of these courses was considerable , and over the PNP period they focused on many aspects of the curriculum , on social issues , professional roles , classroom management , curriculum development and school management , and on specific areas of child need . |
| 21 | They focused on two questions : ‘ What works well ? ’ and ‘ What needs improvement ? ’ |
| 22 | They settled on ten pounds for four hours work , eight to twelve . |
| 23 | This afternoon they called on environmental officers to check sound levels . |
| 24 | They called on other organizations to join their " patriotic front " , whose formation would be announced at a conference in Cape Town in August . |
| 25 | Even the songs they sang on such occasions had a defiance in them , always remembering of course they had a drink in them at the time . |
| 26 | When 16 Mediterranean states signed a similar ‘ framework treaty ’ in 1976 they considered it so insubstantial that they insisted on all parties to the treaty also signing at least one of the more detailed and binding protocols . |
| 27 | The Americans wanted the greatest possible acceleration of weapon production on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance in order to keep ahead of the Russians , but they insisted on two principles : first , that production and storage facilities should be located with due regard to strategic considerations , and that meant location in North America with minimum holdings in Europe ; and second , that there should be co-ordination of the American and British programmes to make best use of available expertise and resources , including exchange of scientists . |
| 28 | They spoke on several occasions . |
| 29 | They had on two occasions tried to pre-empt the issue and had , in so doing , lost not only the confidence but the indispensable economic assistance of the US . |
| 30 | They ran on parallel tracks , he knew that , but some nights , especially nights like this , she drew ahead of him . |