Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little evidence to support a view that Isabella or Mortimer embarked on invasion , conquest and dethronement under the influence , or by the counsel , of any bishop . |
| 2 | I never needed the alarm clock or Mum or Bri to hammer on my door . |
| 3 | Seeing Nicandra flinching on the cut grass verge of the avenue , he took the long , supple driving whip out of its case and flicked his horse into a more dashing trot . |
| 4 | There was a glass-fronted mahogany cupboard where Ellen insisted on keeping Bernard 's family photographs , which she had found at the bottom of a suitcase . |
| 5 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |
| 6 | A kilogram or two of surgical plaster or plaster-of-Paris depending on the size of the housing ( you can buy powdered plaster at a chemist 's shop ) ; a dish to act as a mould for casting the plaster block-the dish can be any size from 10 cm × 20 cm up to about 20 cm × 20 cm , but should have a flat bottom and sides that slope slightly outward ; a sheet of glass to cover the housing ; a sheet of black cardboard ; Plasticine ; small blocks of wood or small plastic boxes ( the round boxes used for typewriter ribbons are very suitable ) ; cotton-wool . |
| 7 | ADAM & EVE draws on a database of 3000 sentences to allow you to create exercises that will give your students experience and practice with these different meanings . |
| 8 | This notable motif occurs in a very similar form in another pavement from the New Market Hall site , Gloucester ( Neal 1981 , no. 52 ) , where Bacchus sits on a leopard amid an arrangement of interlaced squares and half-saltires . |
| 9 | He stopped where Tallis stood on the wall . |
| 10 | Measuring 60″ by 48″ , it comes in indigo , rose or Wedgwood checks on cream . |
| 11 | I have the Smith & Wesson trained on the doorway ready to blast the first guy to show . |
| 12 | At the end of 1851 he left Fox & Henderson to practise on his own account in London as a consulting engineer . |
| 13 | The lawn to the south of the house , shown on a plan by Bourginion , the French surveyor employed to redesign the garden , corresponds almost exactly with the description given in the second edition ( 1733 ) of the Dictionary , where Miller insists on frequent mowing and rolling to keep the grass in good order . |
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| 15 | After Hassan 's departure they had escorted an abnormally subdued and submissive Dora to her room , where Iris insisted on putting her through a series of noisy deep-breathing exercises , ‘ to calm her down ’ , and then prepared a cup of herbal tea , ‘ to make her sleep ’ . |
| 16 | Then , gripping it , he passed through the rustle of the reed jalousie hanging in the doorway into the small interior , where Sycorax lay on her side , collapsed on the beaten earth like a child 's poppet made from plaited grass , with Ariel on her haunches beside her , head sunk on her knees , a fan fallen to the ground beside her . |
| 17 | To savour real Apfelstrudel or Sachertorte served on a silver tray by a waistcoated white-aproned waiter is to taste style itself . |
| 18 | Where Mellors frolicked on dream freebie |
| 19 | Nor will I miss that filthy pub at the end of our road where James insists on going most nights . |
| 20 | ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL LAY ON THE SMILES |
| 21 | Companies like Toyota , Nissan , Sony , Hitachi , Honda or Matsushita concentrate on narrower product ranges but their operations involve an extensive array of horizontal and vertical relationships with affiliated firms . |
| 22 | His widow , Betty , told Esquire that MacDonald worked on the team for only a year before he was fired by Hill . |
| 23 | And I certainly appreciated the faceful that Caduta laid on me . |
| 24 | and you know that Jim recorded on one of his cassettes some programmes for Martin |
| 25 | He was quite happy to be Marcus 's dog , but it was possible that Marcus relied on his assuming some more dignified role . |
| 26 | The floor machine was in the living room , the long black thing that Marcus rubs on the carpet snaking in front of the sofa . |
| 27 | It is significant that Kerschensteiner insisted on the practical and the theoretical being part of the same syllabus , with the former leading on to an appreciation of the latter : it meant that ‘ civic virtues ’ had to be practised in order for them to become meaningful . |
| 28 | And it may be noted that Holman draws on psychological research to emphasise the adverse effects on children of separation from their parents , of the failure to develop relationships at all , and of disruptive family relationships . |
| 29 | Peter , who resented the air of omniscience that Richard assumed on matters ecclesiastical , stared out of the window . |
| 30 | Banknote paper was then prepared with a colouring agent made from cobalt , silex , salt and potash : if you set light to a bundle of money , the cinder would take on the extraordinary tint that Musgrave saw on the Caen dockside . |