Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chi square test was used to look for differences between tokens of the two word classes in two linguistic environments ; but decisions concerning the environments and the type of differences to be examined depended on a great deal of phonological , sociolinguistic and historical linguistic information . |
| 2 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 3 | It follows an incident in which a horse became trapped on a gate . |
| 4 | One of his pupils , Roger Lancelyn Green , has commented on a letter which Lewis wrote to Warnie describing the ‘ English binge ’ at Christmas 1931 . |
| 5 | Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings . |
| 6 | In many cases the granting of such credits has depended on a country 's general creditworthiness . |
| 7 | Britain has reneged on a 1989 agreement to use Flue Gas Desulphurisation ( FGD ) equipment on at least 12,000 MW of power stations . |
| 8 | ‘ I always rated Pally at Ayresome Park , but there is no doubt he has blossomed on a bigger stage . |
| 9 | The company will also be estopped if the transferee has relied on a false statement in his transferor 's certificate that the transferor was the registered holder of the shares on the date stated in the certificate . |
| 10 | Four youngsters were plucked to safety yesterday after becoming trapped on a cliff ledge at Seaham after the tide cut them off . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 12 | Quigley leaped into the air like a monkey that has sat on a bunsen burner and gave a sort of primal grunt . |
| 13 | But as anyone who has sat on an equal opportunities working party will tell you , it is one thing to formulate policies and quite another to implement them . |
| 14 | South Buckinghamshire district council has objected on a number of grounds . |
| 15 | Brown has come on a kind of pilgrimage to the heart of urban blight . |
| 16 | The exact way in which they had failed to comply with the regulations is unclear ; a representative of the Education Authority told me that the school has re-opened on a ‘ technicality ’ , because the School Council had not been consulted before the closure ; people in Village told me that the Education Authority had not consulted anyone in the community before-hand , a bigger breach of the regulations . |
| 17 | I am aware he has met on a number of occasions with our members , and he was instrumental in selecting a team , which met with the General Secretary of USDAW who said that they had had a er a er reasonable meeting with him . |
| 18 | Beauty therapy has moved on a pace . |
| 19 | It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years . |
| 20 | Because of this , the National Retreat Movement has decided on a new form of membership — Parish Membership . |
| 21 | More recently , Exmoor National Park has decided on a more active policy of land purchase as the only sure way of conserving existing agricultural landscapes . |
| 22 | The committee , chaired by the Leader of the Lords , Lord Wakeham , has decided on a package that includes relaxation of rules that prevent benefit claimants from taking further education courses which occupy more than 21 hours a week . |
| 23 | The committee , chaired by the Leader in the Lords , Lord Wakeham , has decided on a package that includes relaxation of rules that prevent benefit claimants from taking further education courses which occupy more than 21 hours a week . |
| 24 | An inquest has opened on a woman who was found in her submerged car in the River Severn . |
| 25 | An inquest has opened on a young girl , who it 's alleged was murdered by her father . |
| 26 | An inquest has opened on a teenager killed in a car accident on her way to an illegal rave party . |
| 27 | An inquest has opened on a man and woman who were shot in the carpark of a D-I-Y store . |
| 28 | An inquest has opened on a Honda car engineer killed at work . |
| 29 | An inquest has opened on a man whose badly burnt body was found in a blazing barn . |
| 30 | An inquest has opened on a brilliant student found hanging in her room at an Oxford college . |