Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the hippies had all but gone the police and the RSPCA pounced on a lorry , inside was a horse which had been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 2 | So why not link them together in a grand Tichka Plateau to Jbel Toubkal trek ? the tantalisingly unknown descent of the Nfis went on our programme ‘ for immediate attention ’ and uniquely , we involved both Mohammed and Aziz in a co-operative venture . |
| 3 | A large number of problems has been encountered , one of the most surprising being the fact that no UK Government department had taken responsibility for enforcing the EEC controls on the sale of protected wildlife specimens . |
| 4 | Goll the Gorm sat on her left and devoted all his attention to the food and Goibniu was two seats down . |
| 5 | Just over a year later head office of the NSP called on branches for special propaganda ‘ To kill bolshevism ’ ( NSP , SWH branch , Minutes 14 March 19 ) . |
| 6 | The La lies on the watershed of the main Karakoram and although we were still politically in India , geographically we had reached the valleys of Central Asia . |
| 7 | To mark its Seventy-Fifth anniversary , the RAF put on show its most famous aircraft from two world wars … and of course the planes of today . |
| 8 | THE POLGARS live on the eighth floor of a block of flats on Semmelweis Street , a workers ' area in Budapest . |
| 9 | ‘ The Graces dwelt on ev'ry Limb : |
| 10 | The Political Secretariat of the ECCl replied on 20 February , repeating its suggestions for a United Communist Party and accused the ILP leadership of attempting to escape the decisions of its 1933 Conference . |
| 11 | Besides these photographs were Pedro 's polo helmet , which now had a map of the Malvinas stamped on the front ( which Angel always wore in matches ) , and a jar of earth he 'd dug up from the Islands on the day he 'd been sent home as a prisoner of war . |
| 12 | Spencer Chapman , designing for ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , managed to bring back the tricycle idea for getting the Daleks to move on rough terrain . |
| 13 | He 's conscious that safety-critical items such as tyres and brakes must n't be skimped on , but he 's not overly concerned about sticking to the recommended 6000-mile service schedule ; so far the Sierra has on average been serviced every 13,500 miles and has never seen the inside of a Ford dealer 's workshop . |
| 14 | The TPLF acknowledged on Jan. 6 that it had staged a " strategic withdrawal " from Debre Tabor . |
| 15 | The Scud launched on Jan. 17 against the allied air base at Dhahran , Saudi Arabia , was destroyed in the air by Patriot anti-aircraft missiles . |
| 16 | Oldham 's superiority was not confirmed until the 80th minute when Sharp completed his first treble since his summer move from Everton : Chamberlain blocked Ritchie 's effort , and the Scot pounced on the rebound . |
| 17 | With such a huge area to search and a coastline renowned for its ever-changing currents and vicious rocks , those who man the Dakletons rely on the sharpness and accuracy of the emergency call . |
| 18 | The Intergovernmental Group for Indonesia ( IGGI ) meeting in the Netherlands agreed on June 12 to provide a record US$4,750 million in aid and credits to Indonesia in 1991/92 , a 5.3 per cent increase over the 1990/91 package . |
| 19 | In the following year the duc de Richelieu , the French chief minister , sent an agent to Switzerland , Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to report on the press there and the possibility of France influencing it in her favour . |
| 20 | On June 29 the " troika " of foreign ministers of Italy , Luxembourg and the Netherlands reported on their visit to Yugoslavia the previous day , on the recurrence of violence the troika returned to Yugoslavia on June 30 [ see p. 38275 ] . |
| 21 | The PFA appealed on behalf of injured players to the courts under the terms of the Workmen 's Compensation Act of 1906 . |
| 22 | Hence the PFA concentrated on making small gains . |
| 23 | The Eibenstein stands on a small hill in its own lovely park and garden , yet it is right in the middle of this bustling resort . |
| 24 | Indeed , another highly-rated two-year-old from the Chapple-Hyam emerged on Thursday when Balanchine made a winning debut and earned a 25-1 quote for next year 's 1000 Guineas . |
| 25 | The Palestinian need for Jordan seemed to be borne out during the years 1983–6 when the PLO lived on the edge of political extinction . |
| 26 | Within a year the policy of the ECRS focused on having the sign languages of the member states officially recognised as a minority language in each of the respective countries . |
| 27 | They said that John Russell , with the Spencer steadied on the neck of a dead mule , waited until he was sure . |
| 28 | As Chapman observed : ‘ Although I do not suggest that the Arsenal go on the defensive even for tactical purposes , I think it may be said that some of their best scoring chances have come when they have been driven back and then have broken away to strike suddenly and swiftly . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd not wish to argue , Elizabeth Roisin , and we ourselves know that the Macleans sit on the left hand of God Himself , but Abbot Kenneth could be objecting that a claim to actually be the Lord sounds a touch excessive . ’ |
| 30 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |