Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | If you have a modem you can log on to a bulletin board and download it . |
| 3 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 4 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 5 | ’ We ca n't attend their committee meetings which is where all the real decisions are made , and we ca n't get information about what goes on in a committee meeting . |
| 6 | Further , a family member may find it difficult to " let go " of the primary sufferer while he or she is in treatment and may still want to find out everything that goes on in a treatment centre on a day-to-day basis and there by continue to " fix " by proxy . |
| 7 | Or , though the process or institution may be , so to speak , on the doorstep , its accessibility may be limited : what goes on inside a defence research establishment or a Masonic Lodge are obvious examples . |
| 8 | The path , waymarked and cleared , led on through a boulder field . |
| 9 | Mellor told Mr Major he felt unable to carry on in a phone call early yesterday morning . |
| 10 | He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job . |
| 11 | A case involving a murder charge would be referred on to a Crown court . |
| 12 | At Holy Trinity , Brompton , all four priests are Old Etonians , one of the churchwardens is a former private secretary of Margaret Thatcher 's , and it is not unknown for members of the congregation to go on to a wedding reception in St James 's Palace . |
| 13 | It then accepted a new structure in which a minimum standard of English and arithmetic qualified a child to go on to an intelligence test to measure its ‘ capacity ’ . |
| 14 | Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore . |
| 15 | Some of the borders are designed to be cut out and appliquéd on to a host fabric , while others are an integral part of a plain background material . |
| 16 | She limped into the air-conditioned hall of the hotel like an awkward seal plunging into a pool , and sank on to a leather sofa . |
| 17 | The former Cambridge United striker was completely on his own when he moved on to a Billy Clark lob . |
| 18 | Sew a ring in the centre of the band to slip on to a cup hook . |
| 19 | So the weaver rocks from side to side in the float as it is transported down the road , the cribber latches on to a fence post between mouthfuls of food , and the wind-sucker , out in a large paddock with other horses , may prefer to swallow air rather than eat the grass . |
| 20 | If Dire Straits had n't been so successful , would you have carried on as a circuit band , or would you have gone back to teaching or journalism ? |
| 21 | " Regulated business " is defined by the COB Rules to mean either of the following : ( 1 ) Investment business carried on from a UK office ( of the firm or of an appointed representative ) ; this is the case even if the customer is a non-UK client and even if an account officer goes overseas to meet him ; or ( 2 ) Investment business carried on from a non-UK office with or for customers in the UK , except where that business would not be treated as carried on in the UK ( and so would not require FSA authorisation ) if the non-UK office had been a separate person ; this exception , in effect , provides the " foreign business carve-out " from the COB Rules for business with UK customers ( see page 40 below ) ; certain marketing rules are , however , brought back in ( see page 42 below ) . |
| 22 | This includes all business carried on from a UK office , even with non-UK customers . |
| 23 | This is because investment business is not regulated business unless : ( 1 ) It is carried on from a UK office ; or ( 2 ) Where relevant , it is carried on with or for customers in the UK and is within the FSA 's territorial scope ( see page 39 above ) . |
| 24 | " Regulated business " is defined by the COB Rules to mean either of the following : ( 1 ) Investment business carried on from a UK office ( of the firm or of an appointed representative ) ; this is the case even if the customer is a non-UK client and even if an account officer goes overseas to meet him ; or ( 2 ) Investment business carried on from a non-UK office with or for customers in the UK , except where that business would not be treated as carried on in the UK ( and so would not require FSA authorisation ) if the non-UK office had been a separate person ; this exception , in effect , provides the " foreign business carve-out " from the COB Rules for business with UK customers ( see page 40 below ) ; certain marketing rules are , however , brought back in ( see page 42 below ) . |
| 25 | In addition , even if it does not have a UK office , a non-UK firm nonetheless needs to be authorised for investment business carried on from a non-UK office with customers or counterparties in the UK on a services basis unless the FSA 's overseas person exemption applies ; this indeed also applies to UK firms ( see page 43 below ) . |
| 26 | The element is first placed on the stripping machine where the contaminated cladding is cut away , then dropped on to a conveyor belt to be stored under water in concrete storage silos . |
| 27 | Because we do send people erm er sorry send , we ask people to come on to a training course which we fully expense . |
| 28 | Is the paper so glossy that it is difficult to write on with a highlighting pen ? |
| 29 | Bruce shows how he holds on with a metal clip … |
| 30 | ELSIE TANNER , Coronation Street 's tart with a heart , may be dead , but her memory lives on in a Derbyshire pub . |