Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] on this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While not the most encouraging offer which a Prime Minister can receive , support from outside is a time-honoured formula and one which has frequently been used with much less excuse than Asquith had on this occasion . |
| 2 | Lancaster and Lincoln served on this basis in Gascony in 1294 and 1298 ; and in Edward II 's reign contract armies became more common as a means of defending the northern border in the absence of the king . |
| 3 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 4 | If only one could apply the same tests to people , she thought , and of course in a way one did ; but as life went on this kind of choice came to be a luxury — one took what came one 's way . |
| 5 | As time went on this picture changed and I gave the cancer cells more cunning characteristics . |