Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I got to carry on walking , cos I do n't have no card . |
| 2 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 3 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 4 | Srnicek , in for injured Tommy Wright , asked to go on the list last season because his family were desperately unhappy in England . |
| 5 | Any road , erm when I went back to see her she said of the ones who came and asked to go on it , we 've accepted you , but no more . |
| 6 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
| 7 | They give better support at the edges than a sprung base so they 're a practical choice if you tend to sit on the bed . |
| 8 | If , like me , you tend to sit on mountains of paper , and rely on your memory to root out a reference , then you will need to be strong and discipline yourself to filing items away as soon as you have finished with them , either in folders or binders or in cabinet or box file , depending on the amount of space you have available . |
| 9 | Eurotunnel , the company financing and overseeing the construction of the rail tunnel between France and the UK [ see p. 35469 ] , announced on May 28 , 1990 , that it had secured additional finance from the European Investment Bank , which had agreed to an increase in the project 's borrowing commitment from £1,000 million to £1,300 million , and that the majority of the 210 international banks supporting the tunnel project had agreed to allow the project to continue to borrow on its prevailing £5,000 million funding capacity . |
| 10 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 11 | Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know why Judith did n't want to go on the boat . |
| 13 | possibly also they might not want to go on national television |
| 14 | She only hoped that he was enjoying it too , even though he did n't want to go on anything . |
| 15 | The dogs were fat and strong , and they did n't want to go on the ship . |
| 16 | So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? " |
| 17 | He said she could come with him if she did n't want to go on her own and she did n't know how to say no . |
| 18 | Currently we are reviewing the number of staff needed for Stage 2 , but this will almost certainly be a significantly smaller number , and I anticipate quite a number of the existing A Station staff will want to go on SVS : quite a number have already indicated a wish to do so . |
| 19 | Did you want to go on this side ? |
| 20 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 21 | I do n't want to go on the challenge . |
| 22 | I do n't really want to go on a Saturday . |
| 23 | You do n't want to go on your chair ? |
| 24 | Do you want to go on your potty ? |
| 25 | And so she said oh I want to see that , d' ya mind if I come with you cos I do n't want to go on me own , so and then we arrived , mum arrived first and , I said you do n't mind Naomi coming do you ? |
| 26 | Or do you want to go on your own so you do n't have to get a sitter ? |
| 27 | To build up his pot , because he might have a bad month , or he might want to go on holiday . |
| 28 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 29 | The quadripartite Allied government sought to agree on how to control , in the most detailed way , every facet of the running and administration of Germany , a country where , at that time , there had been a complete collapse of the economy , the agricultural system and everything else without our ‘ help and interpretation ’ . |
| 30 | Meanwhile member countries sought to agree on measures to introduce a single internal market within the EC by Jan. 1 , 1993 , as agreed under the Single European Act which had been effective since July 1987 [ see pp. 35534 ; 34107-08 for terms ] . |