Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving poor old William skating on his own |
| 2 | Stood up this Kenneth went on a blind date |
| 3 | In a flash Perdita closed on him and bashed him across the knuckles with her stick . |
| 4 | It 's all enough to make one feel quite patriotic and forgive and forget the years of Allegros , Marinas and Princesses that British Leyland foisted on a wretched , unsuspecting British public . |
| 5 | It is only recently that the DES has introduced ethnic monitoring in mainstream institutions and some LEAs embarked on equality targets . |
| 6 | In his first address to the nation as Prime Minister on June 22 Rao concentrated on the country 's economy , which he said was in a state of crisis . |
| 7 | Britain 's first undersea optical fibre will enter service in 1985 British Telecom announced on Tuesday . |
| 8 | Assuming that I now had BWB approval in principle and a promise of funding , I went ahead and on 12 May called on our members for volunteers . |
| 9 | WIMBLEDON 'S Vinnie Jones could n't have chosen a less appropriate place than Old Trafford to expound on his vision of Premier League football as a glorified hangover cure . |
| 10 | Sixteen year old Francesca worked on the project . |
| 11 | Iraqi media reports prior to the meeting were uncompromising and blunt ; the daily al-Jumhuriya reported on July 30 that Iraq was attending the Jeddah talks to " retain its rights and not to hear new talks about " fraternity and solidarity " which yield nothing " . |
| 12 | Some AEs cheat on the internal exam , and the author knows of one SAE working at DPR whose girlfriend , an AE there , obtained the question papers for him in advance . |
| 13 | The move anticipates tougher EC controls on sulphur dioxide emissions , widely expected next year . |
| 14 | Looks beyond destructive conventional development and discusses a new economy for Latin America based on sustainable management . |
| 15 | At 9.30 Titcombe knocked on the farmer 's door . |
| 16 | Yes and if that bloody Karen comes on the scene and wants to take him back I shall tell her , if you go back Paul |
| 17 | The Rhapsody , too , is given a strong , swaggering but solid reading from that famous opening clarinet Glissando onwards ( it began its life , by the way , as a bit of tongue-in-cheek rehearsal mischief from Ross Gorman , the clarinettist of the Whiteman band ; the delighted Gershwin insisted on retaining it ) . |
| 18 | After Liverpool pulled level the non-stop Earle pounced on a Fashanu knock-down to score the winner . |
| 19 | Anti-government guerrilla activity from early November centred on the hinterland of Tadjoura and Obock — both coastal towns of about 10,000 inhabitants north of the capital . |
| 20 | The NAC meeting of 7 November called on the Communist Party to give guarantees of non-interference in ILP affairs as a condition for continuing the United Front . |
| 21 | Their worries are easier to understand if you recall how much Singapore depends on foreign trade . |
| 22 | In the middle of the summer the Japanese had plans to develop the island with aircraft bases after the American counter-stroke of 7 August landed on Guadalcanal , more than 2,000 miles ( 3,000+km ) to the east of Timor . |
| 23 | The early Franks fought on foot , using spears and single-handed axes , usually with the protection of a shield wall . |
| 24 | Decade-long plans for the museum 's controversial and costly expansion program are on hold , Ross says , until better economic times , but he does expect any enlarged Whitney to remain on its current Madison Avenue site . |
| 25 | The goals of the party were now , he said , " a united democratic Europe based on civil and social rights " , bringing together the values of liberty and equality . |
| 26 | What we do have are some relatively scanty observations of the surface movements over the tropical Pacific based on volunteer observers on merchant ships . |
| 27 | I do n't think anybody appreciates just how much , and I would like to put it on record , how much George does on behalf of the provence a very considerable piece of work ! |
| 28 | ‘ Always , ’ Damian replied in that deep , cool voice , and in that moment Rachel saw how close the bond between the two men was , how much Charles relied on Damian , and how deeply aware of that reliance Damian was . |
| 29 | The incident of the ass : God 's purpose seems to be so to impress Balaam , that no matter how hard Balak works on him , the prophet will stick to the truth . |
| 30 | Also on Oct. 21 Mitterrand called on Raymond Lacombe , the chairman of the farmers ' union FNSEA ( Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles ) , to control his supporters , describing the attacks by " gangs " who were not representative of the main body of farmers as " unacceptable " and ordering the police to intervene to restore law and order . |