Example sentences of "has [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 2 | I 've got this friend who is slim , and she keeps saying she has to go on a diet , so you think : well , if she had to go on a diet , what must I be like ? |
| 3 | One of his pupils , Roger Lancelyn Green , has commented on a letter which Lewis wrote to Warnie describing the ‘ English binge ’ at Christmas 1931 . |
| 4 | Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings . |
| 5 | In many cases the granting of such credits has depended on a country 's general creditworthiness . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 7 | Quigley leaped into the air like a monkey that has sat on a bunsen burner and gave a sort of primal grunt . |
| 8 | South Buckinghamshire district council has objected on a number of grounds . |
| 9 | Brown has come on a kind of pilgrimage to the heart of urban blight . |
| 10 | I am aware he has met on a number of occasions with our members , and he was instrumental in selecting a team , which met with the General Secretary of USDAW who said that they had had a er a er reasonable meeting with him . |
| 11 | Beauty therapy has moved on a pace . |
| 12 | The committee , chaired by the Leader of the Lords , Lord Wakeham , has decided on a package that includes relaxation of rules that prevent benefit claimants from taking further education courses which occupy more than 21 hours a week . |
| 13 | The committee , chaired by the Leader in the Lords , Lord Wakeham , has decided on a package that includes relaxation of rules that prevent benefit claimants from taking further education courses which occupy more than 21 hours a week . |
| 14 | An inquest has opened on a man and woman who were shot in the carpark of a D-I-Y store . |
| 15 | An inquest has opened on a man whose badly burnt body was found in a blazing barn . |
| 16 | An inquest has opened on a woman who was found in her submerged car in the River Severn . |
| 17 | An inquest has opened on a Honda car engineer killed at work . |
| 18 | An inquest has opened on a teenager killed in a car accident on her way to an illegal rave party . |
| 19 | In Zambia itself the ruling party , UNIP , took virtual control of the Times , but even before this the president had acquired the power to hire and fire its editor : a power he has used on a number of occasions . |
| 20 | A bomb has exploded on a train in London , there were no injuries . |
| 21 | Faced with a massive upsurge in poaching , Zimbabwe has embarked on a crash programme of de-horning its remaining black rhino population , in an effort to make the animals worthless to the poachers . |
| 22 | He has embarked on a drawing/painting course which seems to be about as full and hectic as yours , but then both your chosen activities are a mystery to me . |
| 23 | Mr Hawke has embarked on a crusade to join the airlines in smashing the pilots ' claim , seeing it as a crucial challenge to the cornerstone of his government 's economic policy , the wages accord between government , employers and unions . |
| 24 | Reporting the Lithuanian response , the official Soviet news agency Tass on March 19 announced that Gorbachev had ordered the Soviet government to implement " a number of immediate measures " in the light of information which " bears witness to the fact that the present leadership of the republic has embarked on a path of crude violations of constitutional order and of arbitrarily deciding matters which affect the interest of the USSR " . |
| 25 | The European Community [ EC ] has embarked on a path inexorably leading to the eventual replacement of member countries ' currencies with a single European currency . |
| 26 | Energy generation from renewable resources , such as wind or water , can help conserve fossil fuels and reduce emissions of pollutants ; the Trust has embarked on a number of schemes to exploit renewable energy , as at Aberdulais ( see below right ) , and will assess properties for their energy-generating potential . |
| 27 | America has embarked on a project for a vast Superconducting Super Collider , under construction south of Dallas ( see page 112 ) . |
| 28 | A former television presenter who hit the headlines amid claims he was the Son of God has embarked on a lecture tour to set the record straight . |
| 29 | So the ANC has embarked on a programme of mass action to put pressure on the government . |
| 30 | That 's the message from the Department of Agriculture which has embarked on a safety drive . |