Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason is quite simple : it is not a route to do on a single rope . |
| 2 | Employees may , for example , receive flat-rate payments , allowances based on a percentage of their salary , or a payment based on a number of weeks ' salary . |
| 3 | Furthermore , a payment made on the same basis as that in the case of Adams v G K N Sankey Ltd mentioned in Chapter 16 would probably also fall within the second category . |
| 4 | Want a chart based on spreadsheet date in the same document ? |
| 5 | Blackpool Council were impressed with the smooth running and high speeds , when they were taken for a trial run on July 1st in 1898 . |
| 6 | In the next room , Francie tuned his fiddle and Aunt Margaret made a trial run on the flute . |
| 7 | The pilot study is a trial run on a small number of ‘ guinea pigs ’ who should be as like the true respondents as possible in age , intelligence , social class , etc . |
| 8 | In a trial held on Oct. 10-13 in Hanoi , 38 members of a Vietnamese resistance movement were sentenced to prison terms of between three years and life , having been found guilty of " traitorous activities " . |
| 9 | Wordsworth has observed a primrose perched on top of a rock ; in the second stanza he remembers that he first saw it many years ago ( actually 1802 . |
| 10 | A morgue appeared on the left like a reason . |
| 11 | TR1 , a preamplifier centred on transistor TR2 and a high-gain power amplifier IC1 . |
| 12 | He has not even learned that Britain is suffering from a recession bordering on a slump . |
| 13 | The words are then assigned a rating based on the probability of the grammatical transitions that their tags participate in . |
| 14 | A half-smile played on Omi 's lips . |
| 15 | A blade glinted , and as if by magic a crescent appeared on the man 's cheek , with little beads of blood seeping out like juice from an orange . |
| 16 | This , he agreed , would have been his first move had such a case landed on his desk , and he would have talked , too , to the local health visitor . |
| 17 | Just imagine going into a court of law to argue a case depending on its provisions . |
| 18 | Then came Yet , with a case balanced on one shoulder . |
| 19 | Such statements are not to be taken seriously and the courts would not support a case brought on them . |
| 20 | Escheat has been abolished , and all property in such a case devolves on the Crown as bona vacantia . |
| 21 | A case founded on a confession must always be a strong candidate for reinvestigation . |
| 22 | Got a bit grazed on the coral , but the national health service here better than at home ! |
| 23 | I think it 's got a bit damaged on Saturday , then he put him back |
| 24 | It 's quite a bit to do on one day , to go and do four . |
| 25 | Cheltenham has tea shops , terraces , pump rooms , a nice floral clock , and the racecourse , all a bit lost on children . |
| 26 | I sort of was a bit lost on me trig so that 's really what I want to get to go through a bit of trig . |
| 27 | Only a bit left on it . |
| 28 | Just a bit left on her legs so the baby must have used up all if the baby carries on like this she 'll be anaemic I think . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I 'm a bit torn on that . |
| 30 | The shape when seen from the air is like a bit stuck on a bigger bit . |