Example sentences of "and [vb past] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ High interest rates … have dampened consumer expenditure and impacted on retail spending , ’ says the chairman , Geoffrey Maitland Smith . |
| 2 | Not made of coloured crêpe paper , faded , dusty and crinkled on bent wire stems like Mrs Parvis had in her parlour . |
| 3 | Representatives of the Czech and Slovak television and radio services met in Bratislava on Aug. 5 and agreed on joint back-up and operations of television and radio coverage in both republics . |
| 4 | He could also play a variety of instruments ( and passed on this ability to his children ) and knew songs and melodies which had never been written down — just passed on from ear to ear via generations of Dalesmen . |
| 5 | The huge whorled fingers uncurled and passed on either side of his waist . |
| 6 | Although few people still retained the Great War view that German soldiers wore dead babies on their helmet spikes and lived on human flesh , there was little doubt in many minds that the Fuhrer was related to the devil . |
| 7 | It has successfully developed and operated a port at Sheerness in Kent and drew on this experience in deciding to develop a commercial port in the easternmost portion of the old dockyard . |
| 8 | For further characterisation of the platelet aggregation molecules , platelet activating factor extracted from biopsy specimens from patients with Crohn 's disease was pooled , dried and eluted on high performance liquid chromatography . |
| 9 | The hair was now centrally parted , and crimped on either side of the face . |
| 10 | In her small workroom on the top floor of a crumbling old warehouse in Whitechapel Theresa Arnold shivered and turned on another bar of her portable gas fire . |
| 11 | He rose from the desk and turned on another light in the room . |
| 12 | He was booted off and landed on some fencing , causing great damage to his testicular region . |
| 13 | 1 egg poached and served on 1 slice of wholemeal toast OR 2 bananas sliced and topped with raspberry flavoured yogurt |
| 14 | One of the most important recent examples of such a study was the result of joint work by an anthropologist and an economist , and focused on critical appraisal of many of the assumptions about goods current in economics ( Douglas and Isherwood 1980 ) . |
| 15 | This unifying issue can be presented at the beginning of the drama or at a later stage , after the children have taken on roles and started on small group work . |
| 16 | I drew a peg in the bend which I had drawn some years before and knew there were a few fish there and decided on one rig only — the pole . |
| 17 | The latter course kept the family together , a consideration which became increasingly important during the first half of the twentieth century , but which was believed to be open to abuse unless the state assumed the role of the male breadwinner and insisted on good household management and sexual fidelity . |
| 18 | The invitation to the conference warned that , unless the democratic forces in the Allied nations followed the Russian example and insisted on general peace negotiations , the new Russian Government could be forced into a disastrous separate peace with Germany . |
| 19 | Cynthia called for her mother with the car , and insisted on driving Breeze home . |
| 20 | He went down to the docks to buy a lorryload of timber going cheaply , had the building sandblasted and refitted , and insisted on some adjustment of the merchandise to suit the customer profile . |
| 21 | He made the mistake of turning round , stumbled and fell on one knee and then rose , sobbing in terror as he clawed his way to the main gate , hammering on it with all his might . |
| 22 | He smote his breast , and fell on one knee . |
| 23 | Lisa Isherwood of Wales sustained a broken leg during a Home International foursomes tie against Scotland , after she slipped and fell on wet ground as she was leaving the 8th green . |
| 24 | picked boat people and all , dumped them on the deck and went on full steam ahead |
| 25 | ‘ I bought it as a deposit on another car and went on this journey for a reason , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The woman suffered bruising to the head and body in the impact and went on sick leave from work . |
| 27 | As the first Catholic public official in America to be banned in this way , Mrs Killea became an overnight celebrity , featured in newspapers and appeared on peak-hour television . |
| 28 | Reversed from previous years , the last 10 miles included a long climb to begin with and continued on higher ground , which was exposed to both direct sun and prevailing wind . |
| 29 | Two young Romanians came and stood on either side of me at the mirror . |
| 30 | Stren Withel hesitated hallway to the door as several very large trolls ducked under the doorway and stood on either side of the fat man , blinking in the light . |