Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | NATO and Czechoslovakia co-sponsored on April 25-26 in Prague a conference on " the future of European security " , opened by Czechoslovak President Havel and attended by senior NATO personnel including the organization 's Secretary-General , Manfred Wörner . |
| 2 | Heg and Biff sat on the edge of the open grave sucking their unlit pipes . |
| 3 | Suddenly , it seemed , the war was over at last , and Churchill announced on the wireless that 8 May would be Victory in Europe Day . |
| 4 | Auchinleck 's attacks against the German and Italian positions along the Alamein line had petered out , and Churchill determined on a change of command in the Middle East . |
| 5 | It was not something you took to the doctor — until Valium and Librium arrived on the market . |
| 6 | He playfully pinched her , and Sarah rounded on him . |
| 7 | Focus ; both Beecham and SmithKline depend on diversified operations to generate the cash flow needed to fund expensive drugs RED and marketing . |
| 8 | Unprintable were many of the comments when BR and Leyland collaborated on the ultimate basic DMU , slotting standard bus bodies on to coach frames , with an underbody power unit , and a flimsy cab bolted to each end . |
| 9 | She and Frances fell on each other . |
| 10 | Denis Irwin chipped a nice ball to Steve Staunton on the left wing and Aldridge got on the end of a fiercely-driven centre . |
| 11 | Faced with a deficit of 522 , Boycott and Gatting fell in successive balls with the score on 2 ; , Gooch and Gower put on 120 , but when Gower went for 54 Gooch found little company . |
| 12 | We also enclosed details of the particular System and Finder installed on our Macintosh together with a LaserWriter Plus sample and an approximate timing for the page to print on that device . |
| 13 | And familiar Edward Bear lay on her pillow and Victoria slept on her stomach in her cot six feet away , behind white painted bars . |
| 14 | Peggy jerked her head in the direction of the ceiling , and Victoria said on a laugh , ‘ Yes , yes , I 'll take her tea up . |
| 15 | United States-mediated talks held in London on May 27-28 , attended by representatives of the effectively defunct Ethiopian government , the EPRDF , the EPLF and the Oromo Liberation Front ( OLF ) , had provided a crucial political dimension to EPRDF and EPLF advances on the ground . |
| 16 | At present residents in Widnes and Runcorn rely on Warrington General Hospital . |
| 17 | Costa Rica and Panama agreed on ecological protection measures for their joint border areas . |
| 18 | Mongolia and Panama applied on Oct. 8 to join GATT , and membership was also under consideration for Algeria , Bulgaria , China , Honduras , Nepal and Paraguay . |
| 19 | Lancaster and Lincoln served on this basis in Gascony in 1294 and 1298 ; and in Edward II 's reign contract armies became more common as a means of defending the northern border in the absence of the king . |
| 20 | I was lying on the grass , seeing it all from a low angle , Gómez moving in and Ward turning on him . |
| 21 | In global terms , the industrial advance of the United States and Germany insisted on a reappraisal of Britain 's position in the world economy , while the muddled fortunes of the Boer War came to underline the fragility of the British Empire in military terms . |
| 22 | But Vézelay and Saint-Gilles lay on a route to an even more notable city than Compostela , to Rome itself . |
| 23 | It maintained high standards in the past since George and Marie insisted on these and were able to work together to achieve them . |
| 24 | Russell and Ellen met on Guy Fawkes night many moons ago . |
| 25 | Once again Britten keeps his grip on the music with the help of a formal scheme , this time a rondo with episodes the third of which alludes directly to Grimes by quoting the two distinct themes of his phrase , " What harbour shelters peace , away from tidal waves , away from storms " [ 10 ] , followed by a pointed combination of his next theme , " With her there 'll be no quarrels " , with one of the most agitated of the semitonal storm motifs ( almost the next time Peter and Ellen meet on stage they do quarrel ) . |
| 26 | The woman fell over and Bernice collapsed on top of the struggling body . |
| 27 | The Federation of Malaysia , consisting of the 11 states of Peninsular Malaysia and the two states of Sarawak and Sabah situated on the northern coast of the island of Kalimantan ( Borneo ) , is an independent member of the Commonwealth and a parliamentary monarchy . |
| 28 | The Federation of Malaysia , consisting of the 11 states of Peninsular Malaysia and the two states of Sarawak and Sabah situated on the northern coast of the island of Kalimantan ( Borneo ) , is a parliamentary monarchy . |
| 29 | Kingfisher shot up from 487p to 570p before settling back at a more realistic 530p , while Marks & Spencer rose 24 to 325p and Dixons put on 26 to 236p . |
| 30 | Marx and Engels drew on the accounts of the French revolution by liberal historians , especially Guizot . |