Example sentences of "and on an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Guthrie foresaw and wrote to me after attending an early performance : I feel confident that Gloriana will survive and be considered a great work … that disastrous miscalculation of opening it to an audience and on an occasion that required an all-star Iolanthe will set it back twenty years . |
| 2 | Below us , the pale grey shape of a quartering male hen harrier flew back and forth over reed beds until it spied prey — and on an instant dropped to the ground . |
| 3 | He had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris , squandering the Carew fortune in gaming saloons and on an army of mistresses . |
| 4 | ( 8 ) ) , and on an appeal being taken , the suspension remains ineffective until the appeal is finally determined or abandoned ( subs . |
| 5 | Ingrid believes it was fate that enabled her to work in Orkney , near her family , with her friends , and on an island she loves . |
| 6 | It emerged that a video camera had been trained on part of the premises of the night club and on an area where an incident preceding the arrival of the police and part of the incident said to be the violent disorder had taken place . |
| 7 | She realised that she still had fifteen minutes before the meeting was due to start and on an impulse she rang Paul . |
| 8 | A car approached , and on an impulse I thumbed a lift . |
| 9 | During a lull my thoughts turned to Ensign Smith and the possibility that he might still be alive , and on an impulse I dialled the Navy Department . |
| 10 | Jarvis saw them get into the next car and on an impulse he jumped up and followed them . |
| 11 | Lyn put a cloth on a tray and laid it and on an impulse picked a small blue iris and put it in a vase to go on the tray as well . |
| 12 | She clutched a black shawl above a patched and shabby skirt , her eyes sunken in her gaunt face , and on an impulse he put half a crown in her hand and hurried away . |
| 13 | The kind Julian had offered their house and on an impulse she 'd accepted , relieved only to be free from the demands of the parish . |
| 14 | In Casati it was held that the scope of that restriction might vary in time and depended on an assessment of the requirements of the Common Market and on an appraisal of both the advantages and risks which liberalization might entail . |
| 15 | All key figures were live — up to the instant the screen was called — and available in total and on an office by office basis . |
| 16 | She can listen to TV tunes once and play them on a piano with one hand and on an accordion with the other . |