Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we do not realise this till Gandalf remarks on their near-meeting some thirty pages later . |
| 2 | But it is doubtful whether Edward embarked on war in 1337 specifically in pursuit of his claim to the French throne . |
| 3 | The Ephron of our story , like the Sudanese taxi driver , does not mean what he says , as he makes abundantly clear when Abraham insists on paying a proper price for the field and the cave . |
| 4 | Not having such a fine time at gigs recently were CARTER USM , whose own live experience at The Riverside venue in Newcastle proved painful when JIMBOB skidded on a banana skin some thoughtful fan had thrown onto the stage , and fell straight on his ass . |
| 5 | He was carefully trying to place one stone on top of another when Ballater called on him . |
| 6 | It 's more comfortable if Herta lies on her side and I take up position behind her . |
| 7 | After 65 minutes , Green mishit a backpass and could only stand horrified as Hibberd pounced on the mistake and coolly slotted the ball past the stranded Burt from 20 yards . |
| 8 | Though every responsible artist must know the annals of his art ( no one more than Pound insisted on that ) , still every artwork that is worth anything not only can be but has to be new , unprecedented . |
| 9 | The Labour Party finally conceded defeat on April 25 after Moda'i confirmed on television that he would definitely support Likud , despite Peres 's offer to give him the deputy premiership and the finance portfolio . |
| 10 | In the eighth minute Leicester drew level as Wright pounced on a loose ball after Gee 's shot had been blocked , to score his 15th goal of the season . |
| 11 | But in May 1981 the contradictions finally became irreconcilable when Elliott insisted on his right to hire prestigious journalists at ‘ appropriate salaries ’ . |
| 12 | They had no children and the baronetcy became extinct when Harland died on Christmas eve 1895 at his Irish home , Glengorne Hall , county Leitrim . |