Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [conj] [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No , ’ Lucy said as Charlie banged on the crush bar to open the door .
2 Leeds regained the advantage when Hanley crossed and Gallagher tagged on his fourth goal .
3 MANBAA : Recorded a lucky victory on debut when presented with race after rider of Hamanaka fell when saddle slipped on line .
4 ‘ Come in , come in , ’ Nagel said as Nordern rapped on his door .
5 In Salmagundi , E. D. Hirsch argued that literacy depends on a common background knowledge , a core of information , not of texts .
6 Miller suggested that parents focus on five aspects of language and communication :
7 Mori Indicates that rugs based on the traditional designs of weaving groups in other countries ( in particular the Persian town of Kashan and the Turkoman Bokharas ) were made in Pakistan .
8 ( also ‘ Masai ’ ) Murrells complained that Browne depended on force of personality alone to administer the Masai rather than , as was proper , ‘ custom , procedure and authority … supported by ‘ personality ’ .
9 Before going to the box I therefore paid a short visit to the Tote and was in the process of staking the Sassoon mount when Wigg appeared on the horizon .
10 In the case of R v Hopley ( 1860 ) , for example , Chief Justice Cockburn said that punishment inflicted on a pupil must be reasonable and moderate , not motivated by passion or rage , and must not be ‘ excessive in its nature or degree ’ or ‘ protracted beyond the child 's powers of endurance ’ .
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