Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeding : When kept in an aquarium the species will thrive on brine shrimp even the freeze-dried variety . |
| 2 | Erm , only the other day in the Transportation Department we were talking about drivers hours and er , it 's obvious implication there on road safety where the government are trying to relax the provisions , for what 's the European committee are trying to tighten them up . |
| 3 | Millions of pounds are spent on food promotion yet the importance of a balanced diet is often ignored by British health experts and food firms , the Consumers ' Association said in a report yesterday . |
| 4 | show mummy how the digger works come on show mummy how the digger turns |
| 5 | Her parents Robert and Carol joined in the hunt , which ended on Boxing Day when a man walking his dog in a nearby lovers ' lane found Johanna 's black trainers in a hedge . |
| 6 | Stuart , who needs the same liver and bowel transplant as Laura Davies of Manchester , had been out with Shelley and her boyfriend John Moore for just two hours on Boxing Day when the vandals struck . |
| 7 | Unfortunate , because I was on ramp duty practically every night , finding the work somewhat impersonal too , the selections now being made by loudspeaker ( such was the weight of traffic ) , and having little to do but stand there drinking and shouting with my colleagues — thus denying Herta the kind of undivided attention that every young wife craves … |
| 8 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA got a most dispiriting Christmas present on Christmas Eve when the US General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals snatched the $740.3m Desktop IV US Air Force personal computer contract away from Bull 's Buffalo Grove , Illinois-based Zenith Data Systems . |
| 9 | For it was Protestants who got better jobs , who skipped the queue for houses , who made my father work on Christmas day when the union voted against the optional holiday — to keep the Papes in their place . |