Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE BOOKS YOU ACTUALLY READ ON HOLIDAY : |
| 2 | On an average tour it will make the band up to £20,000 profit , a figure they rarely reach on ticket sales . |
| 3 | ‘ I can explain what resources I 've got and what I can do with those resources — which includes looking after the bands I already have on board . ’ |
| 4 | The cost in horses and men was heavy , and the feeding of the former a significant outlay , especially when corn prices were high : " Robert Russell , proprietor of the daily fly wagons which set out from London … to Falmouth , feels much pleasure in being able , owing to the blessings derived from the late harvest , to reduce the advances he lately made on carriage . " |
| 5 | She felt intimidated ; these men were the most powerful in the land , men you only saw on television or in the press . |
| 6 | There is little doubt that the popular newspapers and the police embrace the copycat phenomenon with enthusiasm , so they may be misleading on many occasions with the supposed examples they sometimes put on display . |
| 7 | But in our rushed , modern lifestyle we often rely on convenience foods and snacks which may be lacking in proper nutrition . |
| 8 | Yeah Lis Lisa came in yesterday when I was round at Zed 's and she was complaining about how her keep fit class they bloody put on rave music . |