Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] on [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to concentrate on that particular pain . |
| 2 | The comparatively large sums involved conferred on all these agencies a substantial power of patronage over recipient institutions . |
| 3 | I tried to get on one two Mondays ago in Redditch |
| 4 | Let's improvise something , as we 'd done on those remarkable nights six years ago . |
| 5 | Everything seemed to remind her of him : the jade T-shirt which she 'd worn on that happy day they 'd spent on the beach ; a phrase of music on the radio which they 'd listened to together ; and even baking a chocolate cake for the children had almost broken her up when she 'd remembered how much he 'd enjoyed the one she had made in New York . |
| 6 | They seemed centred on one particular grave , so the Doctor stepped over to it for a closer look . |
| 7 | The sun always seemed to shine on that crowded platform . |
| 8 | The strength of the bureau then became founded on two basic propositions : first , that communism posed a serious threat to the United States and , secondly , that the FBI afforded the United States unique protection against that threat . |
| 9 | A long bandage was fixed to the bottom of the bed and he was encouraged and bullied to pull on this several times a day , and hoist himself forward and perform exercises to rebuild the muscles of his butchered back . |
| 10 | After his visit De Marco declined to speculate on any future action by the UN , but stressed that an international peace conference on the Middle East was essential , adding that " the intervention of the international community … is even more important now than ever " . |
| 11 | I decided to work on these two things . |
| 12 | Joining our graduate training programme will give you the specialised skills and knowledge needed to work on such sophisticated design and operations . |
| 13 | The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion and committed the bank to the biggest gamble it had ever taken , one that would eventually sink it . |
| 14 | The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion and committed the bank to the biggest gamble it had ever taken , one that would eventually sink it |
| 15 | As they started to walk on that first day the temperature increased dramatically and continued to do so . |
| 16 | Turning down a street off [ place ] , [ neighbourhood policeman 's name ] decided to call on another Old Age Pensioner . |
| 17 | FIGURE 2 It soon became apparent when I started working on this quick landscape sketch that the Polychromos Pastels are equally well suited to a more painterly method of handling too |
| 18 | But councillors agreed to call on expert medical evidence before approving future licences . |
| 19 | He also managed to go on some exciting trips such as following part of the old Inca trail in Ecuador on horseback . |
| 20 | They pipped last year 's IBOA League winners , the ‘ Random Strikers ’ from AIB Bank 10/11 O'Connell St. , Dublin , who played exceptionally well but failed to capitalise on some sensational strikes at the closing stages . |
| 21 | Indeed , while with one hand trying to hold down expenditure by local authorities , the Government found itself by the late 1980s involved with the other hand in massive ear-marked spending on inner urban areas . |
| 22 | He said he 'd expire if he had to sit on that high stool much longer . |
| 23 | As planning progressed the four groups into which the staff were easily divided ( because they had taught on four different sites ) came together in their views . |
| 24 | Yet even as one half of her mind speculated on its significance , the other half reminded her that if she had stumbled on this odd circumstance , then the police would almost certainly have done so in the course of their routine enquiries and , since Barney was still their prime suspect , found a satisfactory explanation . |
| 25 | Here we were disturbed by no one , it seemed that the whole world had stopped on this Scottish Sabbath . |
| 26 | For years before becoming president , Reagan had harped on conservative economic themes . |
| 27 | There were several little alleyways that he might have used and they had a man watching each one ; but then in the end he approached from the other side , not through the bazaar at all but along through the streets , the way they themselves had come on that previous visit . |
| 28 | With the once cool moist forest falling , the maidenhair ferns that had arched on fine black stems in the shade blistered , the bromeliads ' swordpoints discoloured by direct light and the monkeys and the birds of many colours in retreat , she wanted punishment , hers and others ' . |
| 29 | I remembered the black tents I had seen on this same spot on my first visit . |
| 30 | Suddenly Wolves panicked , a minute later , Paul Simpson ran clear , he had done on two previous occasions , and missed good chances . |