Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pron] [adv] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Name the US aircraft carrier which accidentally fired on a Turkish destroyer , killing five crewmen . |
| 2 | To make a hole in masonry or concrete you do not need to exert anything like the pressure you do with a conventional percussion/ratchet hammer drill which basically relies on drill rotation to wear away the material . |
| 3 | STRIPPED OF the spiritual baggage , philosophical hokum and rune mythology he usually insists on dragging around with him , Julian Cope is revealed here as a rock 'n' roll archivist par excellence . |
| 4 | They are hemmed in on the east by the Grand Junction Canal which still flourishes on the north by the straight alignment of the shortened Oxford Canal on the west by the former Great Central Railway line constructed in 1896 and on the south by the embankment of the old Daventry to Leamington railway . |
| 5 | John Breaux , a Louisiana senator who also sits on the Finance Committee , is too close to the president and the treasury secretary , Lloyd Bentsen , to be as outspoken as Mr Boren , but he will not vote for the BTU tax as it stands , and prefers a straightforward petrol tax . |
| 6 | When outsiders watch a drama class they frequently comment on how " involved " the children seem . |
| 7 | The same gift — of turning thrice when the cock crows — was said to have been bestowed on a rock in Looe harbour which formerly stood on another , elevated rock nearby . |
| 8 | Cardiff could see that he had attached a microphone of some kind to the metal container which still rested on the chair and which had been giving the so-called mysterious ‘ readings ’ . |
| 9 | They will be debating a European Commission directive which only calls on EC television stations to screen a majority of European programmes , where possible . |
| 10 | At that time the square was bigger , with the palazzo standing at its centre , and the northern limit being the Palazzo Giureconsulti which now stands on the far side of Via Mercanti . |
| 11 | Well it was when I 'd finished my midwifery training I certainly stayed on a little while in er in doing a bit of district work . |
| 12 | Too many people , pulling in various directions , mostly clinging to a percentage of her value , made her into the rag doll she often appeared on the track . |