Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James Baker , the US Secretary of State , had visited Czechoslovakia on Feb. 6-7 , holding talks with Havel and Jiri Dienstbier , the Czechoslovak Foreign Minister . |
| 2 | German Justice Minister Klaus Kinkel had visited Moscow on Oct. 21-22 for talks with the Russian and Soviet governments and pressed for Honecker 's extradition ( although there was no extradition treaty between Germany and Russia ) . |
| 3 | Wörner had visited Romania on Feb. 21 . |
| 4 | The Soviet Defence Minister , Gen. Yevgeny Shaposhnikov , had visited Germany on Nov. 11-13 for discussions on bilateral issues , including in particular the withdrawal of Soviet troops from German soil , and on the rapidly changing security situation in the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | So ended an interesting World Championships , the newly merged Germany on top , the USSR and Hungary doing well , some gems falling to outsider nations and a pair of astonishing bronze medals in 10km canoe events for Great Britain . |
| 6 | thank you , Now I go back to the table , let's try and er get down to some specific example , when would er , when was priced Westcliff on Sea ? , when , when was that begun to develop er Mr |
| 7 | Theodore Mann , co-founder and producer of Circle-In-The-Square since 1951 , had seen Dustin on stage and wanted him badly enough to have dismissed two directors instead of the actor . |
| 8 | He could have met Heather on Profitis Ilias — by agreement or by surprise . ’ |
| 9 | Buwayz and Saadeh had again visited Damascus on Aug. 21 , to argue for a postponement of the elections . |
| 10 | Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze had visited Havana on Oct. 4-5 , 1989 . |
| 11 | India 's Foreign Secretary J. N. Dixit had visited Dhaka on Aug. 23 for talks which he described as " practical and constructive " involving Begum Zia and Foreign Minister Mustafizur Rahman . |
| 12 | Iskandrov had visited Uzbekistan on Sept. 12 , amid reports that Uzbeks were being driven out of southern Tajikistan . |
| 13 | He was told in meetings with the President of the Commission , Jacques Delors ( who had visited Warsaw on Nov. 18 , 1989 ) and the External Relations Commissioner , Frans Andriessen that Poland could not be promised full EC membership in the immediate term . |
| 14 | The French Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs , Alain Vivien , who had visited Djibouti on Dec. 26-28 , was understood to have pressed for further progress towards a multiparty system . |
| 15 | The young man went on staring at him ; the idea that he had seen Dyson on television seemed to be too far-fetched even to penetrate his consciousness . |
| 16 | Can you imagine that these people have never listened to canned music or swigged a ‘ Coke ’ , never twiddled with radio frequencies , never seen Dallas on TV , never answered the phone , and never played Space Invaders ? |
| 17 | The Omani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , Yusuf al-Alawi Abdullah , had visited Iran on Sept. 12-13 for talks with senior leaders including President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , and on Sept. 28 the GCC Foreign Ministers met Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Vellayati in New York , after which the GCC Secretary-General , Abdullah Yacoub Bishara of Kuwait , referred to " very hopeful " prospects of co-operation . |
| 18 | It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him that she thought she 'd seen Amy on Friday night . |
| 19 | Karimov had visited Turkey on Dec. 16-19 and signed co-operation agreements . |
| 20 | Mr Maclean was answering an emergency question from the area 's MP , John Cunningham ( Lab , Copeland ) , who had visited Sellafield on Thursday and Friday but complained he had not been told of the leak . |
| 21 | He refused to elaborate on his message except to confirm that it fell within the framework of UN Security Council resolutions , and that it had been delivered to an Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister , Sa'adoun Hammadi , who had visited Tehran on Feb. 1-3 . |
| 22 | The Soviet Union had been in close contact with the Iranians , Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Belonogov having visited Tehran on Feb. 5-8 for talks with Vellayati and with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmoud Va'ezi . |
| 23 | Barnsley striker Colin Marshall , 22 , and Rotherham goalkeeper Stuart Ford , 20 , have both joined Scarborough on loan until the end of the season . |
| 24 | This was the starting point , the origin of the mystery , and the end was whatever had befallen Heather on Profitis Ilias . |
| 25 | I have watched Nigel on video , and there are flaws in his attack . |
| 26 | Every TV company and newspaper had desperately needed Wilson on King . |
| 27 | Kuwait , backed by UNIKOM , had already accused Iraq on Aug. 15 of violating the ceasefire in the demilitarized zone between the two countries [ see p. 38164 ] , and this latest incident was expected to renew pressure on Western governments to respond to Kuwaiti requests for a permanent Western military presence in the emirate . |
| 28 | She had told Anne on Saturday that she had received her last letter before the leave . |
| 29 | One or two of the demonstrating ladies had sat down on the pavement ( they should never have shown Gandhi on TV ) and were singing ‘ the one with the waggerly tail … ’ with gusto . |
| 30 | Mr Heseltine had evangelized Whitehall on behalf of his cause like a latter-day John the Baptist . |