Example sentences of "[conj] on leaving " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was arranged that on leaving the navy he would go to Cambridge University to study Russian . |
| 2 | Widow Nest : ‘ I was so struck with the neatness of the cottage , the taste and order of the garden , the cheerfulness of the widow , and industry of the son , that on leaving the place I resolved to profit by what I had witnessed . ’ |
| 3 | Anthony Butler , technical officer for the British Parachute Association , said that on leaving the Cessna plane at 10,000ft , Mr Tipping was required to deploy a throw-away pilot chute packed so it would not open , to give the impression of trailing behind . |
| 4 | During 15 years with EMI he worked in artist development , marketing , promotion and public relations , and on leaving the company in 1989 he was the director of public relations and communications , EMI Music Worldwide . |
| 5 | Three other mills , of which little of interest remains ( either demolished or turned into private dwellings ) are Silver Mill , and on leaving Gloucestershire , Pepper Mill at Bromsberrow , and Clencher Mill . |
| 6 | After a few days of trial and error I devised a system of categorising my work four times during the day ; on an early shift , for example , at approximately 10.00am , 1.00pm , 3.00pm and on leaving for the day . |
| 7 | He entered the School in I893 and on leaving in 1896 — having obtained a first class in the London Matriculation the previous December — was awarded the John Benjamin Smith Exhibition to pursue his studies at Manchester . |
| 8 | Mary Stocks , for example , helped her mother with her visiting for the Charity Organisation Society , and on leaving school became the honorary secretary of an elementary school care committee . |
| 9 | Born in Hackney , East London , Pickering showed talent as a decathlete during national service in the King 's Own Regiment , but on leaving the army he began to concentrate on coaching . |