Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Totten , peeved at being dropped to the bench , bounced into action late on too to set up the masterpiece . |
| 2 | I did two rabbit sculptures for an exhibition in Yorkshire made of cow much on a metal frame . |
| 3 | THE traditional British breakfast of eggs , bacon and bangers came under attack yesterday on health grounds . |
| 4 | A ceasefire came into force late on Feb. 17 allowing Army troops to be evacuated from Adma . |
| 5 | Four men were killed and some 40 wounded in clashes there on April 14 . |
| 6 | POLICE battled to hold back about 200 shrieking fans as Michael Jackson arrived in Japan today on the final leg of his ill-starred Dangerous Asian concert tour . |
| 7 | In moves explicitly intended to encourage a French diplomatic posture more flexible than that of the USA and the UK , the Iraqi authorities ( i ) released nine French hostages on Oct. 1 ; and ( ii ) approved on Oct. 23 the release of all remaining French nationals , 267 of whom arrived in Paris early on Oct. 30 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Pav rushed through Heathrow yesterday on his way home from New York , panting : ‘ I ca n't stop — I 'm late for dinner . ’ |
| 10 | I do not know if they talked or if they went to bed together on that first night . |
| 11 | ‘ My grandmother went to chapel twice on Sunday , paid a tenth of her pension to charity and read the Bible every day . |
| 12 | When it was an old fashion open market and erm I went to work there on the fruit and vegetable stall . |
| 13 | A MAN appeared in court yesterday on charges of child abduction and indecent assault . |
| 14 | However , the country 's privatization programme , intended to streamline the state economic enterprises ( SEEs ) , ran into difficulties particularly on the question of selling state assets to foreigners . |
| 15 | Seventeen year old Sharon Ferns and Kenneth Honer aged twenty six , died when their car overturned and burst into flames early on Friday morning in the village of Berinsfield . |
| 16 | The yen continued to power ahead on currency markets , as the dollar dived to a new low of 116 yen , ahead of next weekend 's meeting of the Group of Seven in London . |
| 17 | The eight children from that one family , taken from Orkney in November 1990 , remained in care somewhere on the Scottish mainland . |
| 18 | He set to work steadily on replacing the panes of the side windows . |