Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHARES in Tarmac , the UK 's largest construction group , received a boost yesterday on talk of a takeover . |
| 2 | THE stock market received a lift today on news of a cut in German interest rates which raised hopes of a similar reduction in this country over the next few weeks by Chancellor Kenneth Clarke . |
| 3 | After a few minutes she bent her head and dropped a kiss lightly on his ankle , and then her hand slid up under the leg of the leathers and sensuously kneaded the firm muscle at the back of his calf . |
| 4 | Four cars were involved in the accident which happened a month ago on the Gloucester to Cirencester road at Duntisbourne Abbots . |
| 5 | He rested a hand tentatively on her arm as if expecting it to be snatched angrily away . |
| 6 | Harry rested a hand gently on her shoulder . |
| 7 | Alice crossed the room and rested a hand lightly on Harry 's shoulder . |
| 8 | He moved slightly and rested a hand lightly on Rachel 's shoulder . |
| 9 | But looking at some still pictures of it I reckon I made a mistake early on which could have denied ‘ Obbo ’ of scoring a more orthodox try . |
| 10 | In the case of principal officers and above , they recommended a restriction both on these officers being politically active and on councillors being appointed to such posts ( Widdicombe 1986:113 and 163 ) . |
| 11 | There was room beyond them for a rabble of servants and slaves and others who scratched a living here on the roof of the world , and they were all watching the figures clustered in the centre of the gassy arena . |
| 12 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 13 | When she came to us we packaged her new hardback in a larger format and spent a lot more on the artwork — foil on the cover , head and tail bands — which made the books look that much more special . |
| 14 | Mike Sutton , Head Teacher of Birkenhead Institute , spent a term recently on secondment to MOPS , looking at ways of upgrading work experience processes and preparing a procedure to BS 5750 standards . |
| 15 | I heard a while ago on the radio , that they were gon na put it up to eighty four fifty . |
| 16 | When I was studying I went to Open Air Theatre and I saw a version there on Christopher er what 's his name that chubby fellow with the glasses Christopher Biggins that 's it . |
| 17 | When I was studying I went to Open Air Theatre and I saw a version there on Christopher er what 's his name that chubby fellow with the glasses Christopher Biggins that 's it . |
| 18 | He brought a note home on Friday . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I have heard that Francis Garland brought a picture here on the morning of the funeral — is that correct ? ’ |
| 20 | YORKSHIRE bookies took a caning yesterday on the eve of Doncaster 's St Leger meeting — and they 're threatening not to pay . |
| 21 | I. If you took a farm somewhere on the lowlands on either side of the Pennines , the way you would choose your crops and livestock would depend largely on four things : ( i ) the soils ; ( ii ) the rainfall ; ( iii ) the urban markets ; ( iv ) what your neighbours did . |
| 22 | Because he did a programme actually on the B B C called the ‘ Vermarkt Hour ’ , which was beamed at German troops , and then possibly the third phase was the possibly the psychological warfare . |
| 23 | Mark was approaching with an elderly clergyman , Father Anstruther , a former vicar , who had on his retirement bought a house just on the boundary of the parish , rather tactlessly , some thought , but as he was a celibate there was no wife to poke her nose into parish affairs which was something to be thankful for . |
| 24 | We spoke a week ago on the telephone and he told me he was desperate . |
| 25 | In a memorable letter to Rohde , written at the same time , he envisaged his eventual goal : " I gave a lecture here on " Socrates and Tragedy " which excited terror and incomprehension . |
| 26 | He put a finger delicately on the MPRP weapon . |
| 27 | Anglian Water will today lift a ban introduced a month ago on windsurfing and fishing at Costessey Pits in Norfolk , Stoke Rochford lakes in Lincolnshire and seven lagoons at Newport Pagnell , Buckinghamshire , which were affected by toxic algae . |
| 28 | SHATTERED mum Kerry Needham yesterday left a prayer behind on the Greek island where she had hoped to find her missing son . |
| 29 | The Roker manager had planned to watch the former Spurs midfielder in action last week , but ran a check instead on Sheffield Wednesday 's Danny Wilson . |
| 30 | She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer . |