Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recession brought on by the disruption of war and revolution lasted into 1908 but thereafter swift industrial growth coincided with a series of generally good harvests . |
| 2 | It is a responsibility passed on through the generations . ’ |
| 3 | With just five minutes remaining Mathers tipped a Ferguson shot on to the post and Hateley bundled in the rebound from close range . |
| 4 | A figure climbed on to the roof and came towards them . |
| 5 | A light went on in the house opposite . |
| 6 | Sure enough , a light came on in the middle floor of the wing . |
| 7 | On Nov. 25 a programme agreed on by the coalition partners was announced in the National Assembly . |
| 8 | Even now , there are those churlish souls who mourn the fact that Lovesexy is not a There 's a Riot Goin' On for the eighties . |
| 9 | He smiled broadly and he turned from her , munching at the buttered scone , and as he walked out of the back door he heard the sound of a car coming on to the gravel in front of the house . |
| 10 | This deals with , among other things , a pantomime put on by the Ralph Gardner High School called Thatcherella , children playing in the streets in front of a burn-out shop and around burnt-out cars , as well as those who queued up to help lessen the EC Butter mountain . |
| 11 | I continued to go off and on although I do have some special memories as a youngster running on to the Hillsborough turf to shake John Giles 's hand after beating Birmingham 3–0 in the Cup semi-final ( 1972 ) . |
| 12 | It 's a skill passed on through the generations . |
| 13 | Five years The tenant 's right to compensation under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s37 , may be excluded or modified by agreement unless : ( 1 ) during the whole of the five years immediately preceding the date on which the tenant , under a tenancy to which the Act applies is to quit the holding , premises being or comprised in the holding have been occupied for the purposes of a business carried on by the occupier or for those and other purposes ; and ( 2 ) if , during those five years , there was a change in the occupier of the premises , the new occupier was a successor to the business carried on by the old occupier ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1958 , s38(2) , ( 3 ) ) . |
| 14 | Fourteen years The tenant will be entitled ( in certain circumstances ) to compensation under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s37 , equal to the production of the appropriate multiplier and twice the rateable value of the holding if : ( 1 ) during the whole of the fourteen years immediately preceding the termination of his tenancy , premises being or comprised in the holding have been occupied for the purposes of a business carried on by the occupier or for those and other purposes ; and ( 2 ) if during those fourteen years , there was a change in the occupier of the premises , the new occupier was the successor to the business carried on by the old occupier ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s37(2) , ( 3 ) ) . |
| 15 | The commonest of these purposes are those of redevelopment and of occupation for the purposes of a business carried on by the landlord . |
| 16 | There was a brawl going on in the entrance , and two policemen were clamping handcuffs on a couple of young men who were causing the trouble . |
| 17 | The fraction of each configuration , P i , P h , and P s , measured from the respective peak areas , can be related to ρ m the probability that a monomer adding on to the end of a growing chain will have the same configuration as the unit it is joining . |
| 18 | Yes you 're actually e sitting outside the original house , as it was built cos we had a room put on for the the back here originally . |
| 19 | There was a conference going on in the kitchen . |
| 20 | Suddenly there was a terrible crash of thunder , and the branch of a tree fell on to the roof . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , Fred , it looks like we 've got a slight delay as a pitbull strays on to the pitch ’ |
| 22 | Management would not be entitled to interest relief on loans to contribute capital to a partnership which acquires a company because the loans would not be " used wholly for the purposes of a trade carried on by the partnership " ( see s362 ( 1 ) ( b ) ) . |
| 23 | At a national level , there is a debate going on about the need for generic units to underpin those qualifications which are highly occupationally-specific so that , for example , skills in areas such as literacy , numeracy and communication can be promoted . |
| 24 | It was something that he did regularly , a habit brought on by the onset of old age . |
| 25 | We were feeling rather disgruntled at how many good films we 'd obviously missed when a man came on to the stage to read the nominations for one of the categories . |
| 26 | A man comes on to the terrace while I 'm eating breakfast . |
| 27 | Failing to see this masked sign , a family out for a drive goes on to the crossing at the very same moment as a rare Leopold 's Toad , and runs it over . |
| 28 | You wo n't actually look at the fact that there 's a competition going on between the erm dismissing that you are actually the new keeper |
| 29 | A groundsman ran on to the course waving his arms in a vain attempt to head the horse off but Heraldic was panicking even more now . |
| 30 | The room was full of the cheerful clutter of a family on holiday — books , maps and a camera flung on to the table . |