Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad was fond of whisky , but normally only drank on an evening when work was done . |
| 2 | I just shouted on an impulse and was very sorry later . ’ |
| 3 | A player who usually played on an instrument with a check would easily have produced stuttering , unclear notes . |
| 4 | He encouraged his young assistant to study photographic technique in the manner of the great perfectionist , Edward Weston , and he also passed on an appreciation of the beauty of everyday objects . |
| 5 | The defendant , Ballay and another employee of the shop , named Rai , were arrested and later tried on an indictment the fourth and fifth counts in which charged all three with theft contrary to section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 in respect of the two transactions . |
| 6 | Mr Major was in the city to open new buildings at Oriel College and he also went on an impromtu walkabout , meeting people in the city centre . |
| 7 | Water-mills have been identified elsewhere notably on Hadrian 's Wall and at Ickham in Kent , where it probably lay on an estate near Canterbury . |
| 8 | At one time it simply commented on an offender 's suitability for probation , but following the recommendations of the Streatfeild Committee in 1961 , the probation service was encouraged to make more general recommendations as to sentence , in addition to the provision of more factual information concerning the offender 's character and personality , social background , educational record , employment and prospects . |
| 9 | He then travelled on an expedition to the Holy Land , and in his absence his various enemies , including the Emperor himself , began to encroach upon his territories . |
| 10 | The defendant , Ballay and Jatindur Rai , another employee of Bennetts Retail , were arrested and jointly tried on an indictment alleging two counts of handling the stolen cheques against Ballay ( counts 1 and 2 ) , one count of conspiracy ( count 3 , which was not proceeded with ) and two counts of theft of the electrical goods against all the defendants ( counts 4 and 5 ) . |
| 11 | You recently went on an expedition sailing to Greenland to climb a previously unexplored mountain . |
| 12 | I noticed that he never put on an air of diffidence when , as here , his own work was being cited . |