Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly 140,000 workers in 53 jute mills across West Bengal went on strike on Jan. 28 demanding higher wages . |
| 2 | The subtitle contains , as I take it , a deliberate ambiguity , for most of the book is concerned with managing in the sense of coping , but in the last chapter Penzias dilates on how technologically based organisations should be run . |
| 3 | Cardoun landed the Prix Djebel to remain on course for the 2,000 Guineas for which he is now a 14–1 chance . |
| 4 | Her car was ploughed into by 19-year-old Howard Sloane , whose Seat Ibiza skidded on a corner , said prosecutor Derek Halbert . |
| 5 | One spring Conran went on a tour of sixty shops which sold his furniture . |
| 6 | Despite his claims to originality in his foreign policy , in practice Ceauşescu built on the foundations laid by his predecessor . |
| 7 | In reply Ryzhkov rounded on President Gorbachev , asking why Sobchak was so frequently given the floor to make such statements . |
| 8 | At four-thirty on the dot Benny put on his coat and cap and bade William goodnight . |
| 9 | In the next paragraph as to special aptitude Mr went on quote , there is an outstanding ability to make others feel that she is especially interested in their welfare and to put them at their ease . |
| 10 | SULTANS OF PING FC embark on a marathon UK tour calling at |
| 11 | Prior to announcing his candidacy Bush had on Feb. 6 unveiled a health care package which was designed to overhaul the US health system and to win back the initiative on what was widely perceived to be an important electoral issue . |
| 12 | She was sick with wretchedness , convinced she had only herself to blame — and of course the devastating effect Paula had on men — but still puzzled that it could have ended so suddenly without a word of explanation on his part . |
| 13 | The effect Jennifer had on him was so obvious that Ann was amazed he made no attempt to disguise it . |
| 14 | In writing the book , EV Thompson drew on his experiences as a wartime evacuee , taken from London in the dead of night to the Cotswold countryside . |
| 15 | Q What does the term Reserva mean on a Rioja label ? |
| 16 | A limited amount of post-production editing can , however , be carried out on the original recording , either on the camcorder or on a second VCR depending on the facilities available . |
| 17 | Birdman Reed will not duck the issue David Hopps on the Aylesbury ‘ Rambo ’ who is set to ruffle Northampton 's feathers . |
| 18 | Birdman Reed will not duck the issue David Hopps on the Aylesbury ‘ Rambo ’ who is set to ruffle Northampton 's feathers . |
| 19 | South Vaagsö lies on a narrow strip of shoreline beneath a sheer rock face several hundred feet high , the town 's unpainted wooden buildings straggling along the three-quarters of a mile of main road running parallel to and some 50 yards from the shoreline . |
| 20 | South Korea called on the North to accept inspection of its nuclear facilities , which were said to be well advanced in developing a nuclear device [ see p. 38396 ] . |
| 21 | Fitting Range Rover wheels on any SI to SIII Land Rover involves grinding of the drive flange to clear the wheels . |
| 22 | He offered her a large clean handkerchief with the monogram J.E.L. embroidered on one corner . |
| 23 | The couple from south Liverpool disappeared on April 27 . |
| 24 | In September 1983 Habitat Mothercare embarked on a joint publishing venture with Octopus Books plc under the name of Conran Octopus Ltd . |
| 25 | In an attempt to revitalize his campaign Bush announced on Aug. 13 that Secretary of State James Baker was to become White House Chief of Staff , effective from Aug. 23 . |
| 26 | OUR cat Arnie died on the spot where he did most of his living . |
| 27 | Midland Bank parent HSBC put on 5p to 610p after the record closing high on the Hong Kong stock market . |
| 28 | PRC reportedly spent $15m getting the contract with sources attributing the expense to hardware components and the integration work PRC did on the systems . |
| 29 | In the first half Leeds concentrated on attacking down the left wing . |
| 30 | NT now also incorporates parallelism in its communications subsystem thanks to the work Sequent did on adding parallel streams — the ability to have multiple processors running in one stream — to Unix . |