Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead . |
| 2 | And I , that 's why I was wondering er how much you did on that front really . |
| 3 | So he made sure she failed on all counts . |
| 4 | Well the fact that we 've got three there , there there that 's how many we got on that card and we were quite happy about that . |
| 5 | As early as 1899 he wrote on this theme in England 's Peril , and in 1906 in The Invasio n of 1910 he forecast World War I with the approbation and collaboration of the first Earl Roberts [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | Nevertheless we are generally satisfied that both committees , that 's the English and the Welsh committees , have done a thorough job and on behalf of my colleagues I would certainly like to pay tribute to those who served on those committees who I believe discharged their responsibilities with great professionalism in circumstances made unnecessarily difficult by ministerial dithering and delay . |
| 7 | Especially we remember those who served on this airfield and we pray that the peace they fought to obtain may not be lost to us , but as we may live and work to bring it to thy world , that Christ the Prince of Peace may reign in the affairs of men . |
| 8 | And how the only strokes they knew were those they practised on each other 's bodies . ) |