Example sentences of "[pron] on as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waved them on as he turned the corner , and began to run . |
| 2 | Its luring me on as of old ; |
| 3 | The whole restaurant cheered me on as I fought my way out into the night . |
| 4 | I think the bullshit 's yours , it 's your , you know , you take somebody on as well . |
| 5 | Now in the same way over the four years when you are in overall control of the Council you suggested that Conservative money , the of council tax to pay for public transport but you never spent all the money on public transport , instead of which you on as you admitted which will be used in other directions but your last budget |
| 6 | ‘ Then they 'd never take you on as better than a labourer . ’ |
| 7 | The unfortunate lady 's dresses were sent to the family home in Foster Place , where a maid was tempted to try one on as she unpacked them — with fatal results . |
| 8 | So let's say now , when we put that one on as well we 're getting eleven amps through . |
| 9 | This wanting teased him on as it happened — contingent naturalism — to murder . |
| 10 | But , by keeping him on as State Secretary , Mr Yeltsin is ensuring that his trusted colleague from his days as Communist Party chief in Sverdlovsk ( now Yekaterinburg ) remains firmly in charge of all presidential structures . |
| 11 | Mr Brown had Labour conference delegates roaring him on as he said : ‘ He is a Prime Minister who watches football on Saturday , watches cricket on Sunday , watches the pound on Wednesday . |
| 12 | Robinson , 28 , has found other counties unwilling to take him on as they are allowed only one such signing every five years . |
| 13 | Intrigued , and a little afraid of the gyrating shadows that loomed like feathery figures on the walls beside them , the boy kept close to the bent figure , curiosity alive in him , and a strange excitement driving him on as it always did when he was with the old man . |
| 14 | Ducrocq , recognising perhaps Jack 's engineering ability and flying enthusiasm , took him on as his full time mechanic and at the same time began teaching Jack to fly . |
| 15 | We were friends at school , then I took her on as my personal assistant when my singing career began to take off . |
| 16 | No wonder he 'd been so eager to sign her on as Anna 's companion . |
| 17 | He pulled a small tape-recorder out of his pocket and put it on his lap , switching it on as he did so . |
| 18 | His horse , like Sharpe 's , had been slowed by the plough furrows in the rye field , but the Frenchman rowelled it on as he got close to Sharpe . |
| 19 | Cardiff took another torch from the wooden plinth as they descended the stairs into the basement , shoving it into his jacket pocket ; taking another and switching it on as they descended . |
| 20 | So I 'll have to get it set up ready for when I meet you from school and then we can switch it on as soon as we get home . |