Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay so got on that train , thinking it would go straight to Hertford and it did n't . |
| 2 | Sometimes when groups of horses get mixed up a foal may seem to get irrationally fixated on another horse . |
| 3 | I tell you in all candour that the option no longer exists , and that , insofar as it ever did exist , it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy , followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step . ’ ? |
| 4 | ‘ Better lay on some Fernet Branca for the morning , ’ said Dommie . |
| 5 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 6 | With his television news background and now intimate knowledge of Middle East drugs trafficking , Coleman helped Ross and Silverman prepare what was generally considered to be as balanced and authoritative a survey of narco-terrorism as the media had ever presented to the American public , a contribution which they both generously acknowledged on several occasions afterwards and which subsequently led to Coleman 's appearance on NBC News after the Flight 103 disaster , although neither of them were aware then or before of his DIA/NARCOG affiliations . |
| 7 | The subject tends to intimidate many farmers and yet it was in some ways a natural extension of the record keeping and budgeting that already existed on most farms at present . |
| 8 | Lady Selvedge then rose and made her little speech — the one she always made on these occasions , for the ‘ cause ’ , whether Church , Conservative Party or District Nursing Association , was always a good one and it was safe to urge her hearers to spend just a little more than they thought they could afford , however relative the amount might be . |
| 9 | Mr Bullins , porter at Magdalen College for forty years , and senior porter for the last ten , put on his bowler hat and the bland expression he always assumed on such occasions , and walked to staircase III in New Buildings , overlooking the Deer Park , where E. A. J. de Chavigny had some of the most desirable rooms in college . |
| 10 | However , once started on this track it may seem difficult to keep clear of rigorism , for it is unclear how the good one might have done but did not can be discounted from the things prevented by what one did instead . |
| 11 | They must off worked on that cat for hours to get into the . |
| 12 | I remember Christmas Eve 1930 , when we went as we always did on that day to the High Street to look at the lighted shops , seeing a little girl in a tattered dress and with bare feet , her nose pressed at the toy-shop window . |
| 13 | The first thing he had thought of when he awoke that morning was that it was his mother 's birthday , 25 May , and he had been thinking about it ever since , as he always did on that day . |
| 14 | Right now he was groping Joanna who had taken her top off , as she always did on these occasions . |
| 15 | Almost any small feature in a building or even a field wall may say something of the structures that once stood on such sites . |
| 16 | On the few occasions when I had ventured a criticism , he always picked on some word or expression I used to prove his point , claiming that it was a subconscious betrayal of my true nature and my real thought . |
| 17 | Oswald , whom Bede regarded as the fifth overlord of the peoples south of the Humber and described as ruling within the same bounds as Eadwine ( HE 11 , 5 ) , clearly became on this testimony as powerful a ruler as Eadwine had been , but on his accession he faced an immediate challenge in midland and eastern England from Penda . |
| 18 | The Romans also followed on these lines but adapted the construction to suit their more complex needs . |
| 19 | If Jennens thought that Leapor had a future as a poet , Leapor also relied on this woman 's criticism and encouragement . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster ( Dame E. Kellett-Bowman ) made a detailed point about certificates and the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) also touched on that point . |
| 21 | Other commentators also remarked on these changes . |
| 22 | Alluding to ceasefire violations , Qian also called on each faction to do its utmost to achieve reconciliation and to abide by the peace accord . |
| 23 | They also called on both sides to refrain from military actions which could threaten the prospects for peace . |
| 24 | When I went to Webber Douglas they practically fell on any man as a rare species . |
| 25 | Oh it was a hard working night for all the women and the dances went on t four o'clock in the morning and a wedding nearly went on all night . |
| 26 | So they , they welcomed the idea of a separation of powers but they also insisted on another principle , probably the most important principle of American government , and that is the principle of federalism . |
| 27 | Naturally , he listens to recommendations from the local councils , as he clearly did on this occasion , but he was absolutely right not to adopt all their suggestions . |
| 28 | Spoke machines were acquired , sent to Wolverton for alteration and the fitting of cutter blocks and , together with drawings and fixtures for the other operations , sent to other firms also engaged on this type of work . |
| 29 | A farmhouse probably stood on this site at the time of the Great Plague . |
| 30 | In these circumstances which often arose on such operations , our Chief Engineer was wont to complain bitterly that his injectors or blowers , or what have you , would soon be fouled up . |