Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [noun sg] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh — do n't tell me , I do n't want to know , ’ Emmie cried passionately , flinging herself down on top of William who suffered her patiently for a moment and then got up , shook himself and moved away . |
| 2 | The ‘ object ’ is a lump of granite , with a plaque above stating that it was brought down on ice from Westmorland during the Ice Age 300,000 years ago . |
| 3 | NEW penalties to crack down on adultery in Malaysia include … six strokes of the cane . |
| 4 | One of the latest siezures in Operation Gemini , the police crack down on crime in Gloucestershire . |
| 5 | Tony Pamphlett , brought in on loan from Redbridge Forest , is still unwell , but O'Sullivan has confirmed his intention of signing the experienced defender this Summer . |
| 6 | She looked from one to the other , glad to have got a word in on behalf of Aunt Bertha , but it brought no softening to the inscrutable expression on Silas 's face . |
| 7 | The impact of the rounds knocked him over on top of Kaptan . |
| 8 | ‘ No , sorry I 'm just over on holiday from Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 9 | I was so excited to be a young bride going off on tour to Europe . |
| 10 | The West End success It 's Magic took off on tour on April 24 , taking in 26 venues all over the country and calling for one night at Sunderland Empire on May 16 . |
| 11 | Doing it for real : forget well-toned bodies and cute faces , America 's home porn addicts are getting off on sex between Mr and Mrs Average ( and we mean average ) |
| 12 | Everything seems to be going fine with the production of Cymru Wledig and the Annual Report , but I am worried about last minute problems , particularly since I am off on holiday to Cornwall on Saturday morning ! |
| 13 | Well , I went off on holiday to Switzerland and on the way back I suddenly thought : Oh my God , what have I done ? |
| 14 | And Mum and Dad are going off on holiday on Saturday , so they wo n't be popping in to visit for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 15 | Many of the passengers were on their way home to Dublin or off on holiday in Amsterdam , Paris or Jersey . |
| 16 | Adam of Bremen states that Cnut 's sister Margaret ( usually known by her other name , Estrith ) married Duke Richard , who repudiated her , and set off on pilgrimage to Jerusalem to escape Cnut 's wrath . |
| 17 | Lionel who had been catching up on news from Yorkshire , said , ‘ My brother tells me Hawksworth at the Hall has netted an enormous fish . |
| 18 | There are concerts or ballet in the Kurtheater and with your hire car — picked up on arrival in Munich just 90kms away — the opportunities to explore the stunning scenery all around will make a GTF holiday as full or as relaxing as you choose . |
| 19 | When Rowland recently got up on stage with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at London 's Town & Country Club ( reuniting three of the four surviving BP members ) the old songs were greeted with hysteria . |
| 20 | Horne , third choice at Millwall , has been snapped up on loan by Boro boss Lennie Lawrence . |
| 21 | Other reports were that numbers of people had set out on foot from Tirana for Dürres and Vlore in response to rumours . |
| 22 | In July 1338 Edward had set out on campaign in Flanders , leaving the realm in the charge of a keeper , the eight-year-old duke of Cornwall , and a council , on which Richard Bintworth , bishop of London , and Robert Wodehouse , archdeacon of Richmond , sat as chancellor and treasurer respectively . |
| 23 | Well er if I was you if you 're , if you 're missing out on stuff from , from Guy try and see Guy , if you 're missing out on stuff from Dave try and see Dave |
| 24 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 25 | When the Lenin shipyard came out on strike in August 1980 Walesa joined and was instrumental in extending the action beyond the plant through the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee ( MKS ) , of which he became chairman . |
| 26 | The A.A. defences continued to take toll of attackers , 9/St.G 1 having a Ju87B so badly damaged over Valetta that the crew were forced to bale out on return to Sicily , while a second aircraft from this Staffel failed to return , Uffz . |
| 27 | It 's out on video on Nov 2 , and we have 10 cassettes to give away . |
| 28 | The Taylors wanted to include Laura as much as possible in constituency life , primarily so that she would not miss out on time with John . |
| 29 | ‘ I was not only speaking out on behalf of Manchester United but their thousands of fans as well . ’ |
| 30 | Yes , we 've achieved erm well at the signing of the season I think erm from Poole , and we 're also recalling Mark Carlson who was one of our junior riders out on loan to Stoke . |