Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] on [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … if the expert added up his figures wrongly ; or took something into account which he ought not to have taken into account , or conversely : or interpreted the agreement wrongly : or proceeded on some erroneous principle . |
| 2 | The result was a record based on events rather than on reason : things people said or did on particular historical occasions and in particular circumstances . |
| 3 | Based this year at Windscale and played on British Nuclear Fuels ' Falcon Club ground at Egremont , the teams travelled as far and wide as Dounreay , Harwell and Winfrith for this popular one day event . |
| 4 | Haggis p15/ The famed dish of Scotland , made from sheep 's intestines and served on many traditional feast days . |
| 5 | I went to Dubai and called on several prominent figures who had known him as a local businessman . |
| 6 | A National Conference of Active Forces of the Nation in February 1990 suspended the 1977 Fundamental Law ( Constitution ) and all existing state institutions and decided on wide-ranging political reforms [ see below ] . |
| 7 | When he was looking to expand with another concept , he looked at the labels in his shops for something with a distinctive yet commercial image and decided on this French casualwear label . |
| 8 | The first delivery of post came and went on that fateful day , no letter . |
| 9 | His children were hatched and grew on many different worlds . |
| 10 | He had understudied Hayden Coffin for three months and had on two consecutive nights gone on for him . |
| 11 | Tendrils of Virginia creeper crept down as far as the window-frame , and progressed on little circular suckers across the glass , at huge vegetable speed . |
| 12 | The foreign secretaries of the two countries did not deal with the political issues in the Kashmir crisis but focused on military confidence-building measures . |