Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adv] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I I remember talking to him for hours once on a programme about education and this was when he first said what we want is teachers to be accountable . |
| 2 | Not quite knowing what to expect other than that she wanted a new job , Jean turned up for work promptly on a cold , wet , Monday morning but found no one to let her in . |
| 3 | I was in the hills north of Achnashellach recently on a day of low cloud and smirry rain . |
| 4 | I did two rabbit sculptures for an exhibition in Yorkshire made of cow much on a metal frame . |
| 5 | While on the subject of working at a depot we only find out about ‘ offers ’ either through the Journal , press or during shopping time so savings are also possibly lost when staff who work in the stores can take advantage of multi-buys etc on a regular basis . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't take one decision on a particular area of reform in isolation because everything relates to some other aspect , so we are carrying the study of the different components of reform forward on a broad front . ’ |
| 7 | But he was the adult involved , after all , he thought , eating a piece of chocolate hard on a particular tooth to get rid of some bitter aspirin lodged in a broken stopping . |
| 8 | Although Schedule 17 comes into force only on a day still to be appointed , when it does come into force it seems it will apply in relation to debt instruments already in existence . |
| 9 | We see her so with Theseus again on a near-contemporary Attic cup ( fig. 98 ) ; and it is presumably in the same role that she dominates the latest and best preserved of all archaic pediments , at the two ends of a temple on Aegina , dedicated to Aphaia , a local deity associated with Artemis rather than Athena . |
| 10 | He enjoyed good relationships with adults especially on a one-to-one basis . |
| 11 | Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein . |
| 12 | THE boyfriend of Monaco 's Princess Stephanie , ex-bodyguard Daniel Ducruet , 29 , is due in court today on a warrant alleging assault . |
| 13 | A WEST Belfast husband and wife were remanded in court today on a terror charge . |
| 14 | Coun Mike J Carr failed to appear in court yesterday on a charge of assaulting Cleveland county councillor John Garvey . |
| 15 | Countries in the northern hemisphere are frequently covered in cloud even on a warm day , but sunny countries such as Greece and Israel are in ideal locations to make use of active solar power to heat up water , spaces and to create electricity . |
| 16 | We had sailed from Stornoway earlier on a perfect summer 's evening . |
| 17 | Judgment was reserved at the High Court in London yesterday on a claim by Mr Christopher Merlin , aged 48 , and his wife , Christine , of Broughton-in-Furness , Cumbria , that their former home was contaminated with plutonimum dust from the Sellafield plant . |
| 18 | Judgment was reserved at the High Court in London yesterday on a claim by Mr Christopher Merlin , aged 48 , and his wife , Christine , of Broughton-in-Furness , Cumbria , who claim their former home was contaminated with plutonimum dust from the Sellafield plant . |
| 19 | A 29-YEAR-OLD hotel manager appeared at a special court in Craigavon yesterday on a conspiracy charge . |
| 20 | Madonna and Jackson never have mixed — even professionally , though they were once set to work together on a duet . |
| 21 | A STUNNED Irish father flew out to Argentina yesterday on a dramatic mission to rescue his six-year-old daughter from the clutches of a bizarre sect . |
| 22 | I can decide that I 'm gon na go to church twice on a Sunday , and , once , during the week or , however many times , and I 'm gon na spend an hour doing this , and an hour doing that , I 'm gon na go round and do good deeds and help people and help and all the rest ! |
| 23 | The Pope spoke these words , which allow the Soviet leader a suitable period for reflection , before travelling to Asia yesterday on a 10-day visit . |
| 24 | For example , Latitude was developed by violating , or inducing others to violate , a number of licensing and confidentiality agreements by making use of information provided to developers only on a restricted basis and subject to a number of conditions . ’ |
| 25 | With you as narrator perhaps on a plinth to stage left or something . |
| 26 | Instead of facing the music at Wembley on September 9 , Taylor 's team will play for expenses only on a Spanish Second Division ground that holds only 25,000 spectators and has never before staged a full international match . |
| 27 | He was a young lad and he used to go out Wednesdays and do the other rounds and then she used to go out Fridays and do down the Piste and Barway and come back and then up to Dowfield , then home again and she 'd be home by lunchtime then on a Friday . |
| 28 | The bill had been passed by Congress largely on a party-line vote , winning approval in the Senate on May 20 by 61 votes to 38 , and the House of Representatives on June 17 by 268 votes to 153 . |