Example sentences of "on [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , in The Sense of Order , my book on decoration , I say somewhere that the shepherd boy who cut a twig from a willow tree and made a little pipe to play a tune on may have been a great genius but we can not tell . |
| 2 | At a different point in life , a move on might feel right . |
| 3 | Spreading the word about music ( ? ) or alternatively , with the poor quality of the paper used , on might assume that it is ‘ environmentally friendly ’ . |
| 4 | So on would go the self mocking Uncle Basil , punctuating everything with a high pitched giggle that was so appealing I remember deliberately trying to adopt it as a young adult . |
| 5 | Of course to have it put back on would cost another £9 extra . |
| 6 | On would come the dungarees at the weekend . |
| 7 | Stephen thought it a curious place to leave one 's car , blocking , or partly blocking , the northbound roadway , while taking it a farther ten yards on would have enabled its driver to pull in onto the bridlepath that traversed the Vale as far as the Reeve 's way . |
| 8 | Which row you change colour on will affect the results . |
| 9 | An extra pair of hands from here on will make work that much easier |
| 10 | This has traditionally been held in the spring but as from 1993 on will take place in December . |
| 11 | The person you depend on can lose his or her nerve about something which seems straightforward , like presenting a bunch of flowers or offering a cup of tea . |