Example sentences of "[verb] on in [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With currently available equipment we are not able to discover what goes on in detail in the brain when someone is speaking , though we can make guesses based on evidence such as speech errors ( ‘ slips of the tongue ’ ) and the effects on speech production of different sorts of brain damage . |
| 2 | Work by Peter Collett , an Oxford academic , has shown clearly that what goes on in front of the telly is , in practice , virtually anything . |
| 3 | Picnickers explain that they are prepared to carry on in spite of the odds . |
| 4 | Each story was separate and passed on in isolation with the possible exception of the story of the Passion . |
| 5 | Alternatively , s.22(1) of the Alkali , etc. , Works Act 1906 provides for formal complaint to be made to HM Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate via their inspectors , by any local authority or inhabitant of the district , if a process to which the Act applies is being carried on in contravention of the provisions of the Act and a nuisance has arisen . |
| 6 | Jimmy Tarbuck is rabbiting on in front of the tabs , the dancers are in position , stretching their limbs and adjusting their costumes , bathed in the blue of first lighting condition . |
| 7 | The restoration of relations with Senegal was agreed on in principle at a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the two countries in Bissau ( Guinea-Bissau ) on July 18 . |
| 8 | Erm often it 's the father , often the abuse is going on in connection with a whole range of processes whereby that person dominates the climate in that household . |
| 9 | He looked unseeingly at the beautiful face across the table , hearing the echo of his quarrel with Francesca , feeling his mind still chuntering on in justification of the anger that had led him to cut off all possibility of their holiday next week . |
| 10 | This task can only be embarked on in collaboration with the head , preferably with the support of other staff members , and is vital to the whole LMS operation . |
| 11 | Michael sat down and pulled Conker 's reins , but the pony stiffened his neck and hurtled on in pursuit of the grey . |
| 12 | They walked on in silence for a while . |
| 13 | We walked on in silence for a while . |
| 14 | They walked on in silence for a minute or so , then she said : ‘ If you genuinely want to help me , Derek , do n't ask about Emerson McKitrick . ’ |
| 15 | They walked on in silence for a time , and then Hilary said : ‘ I still think your mum 's playing a dirty game , or she 's imagining things . |
| 16 | 3/An unfinished sketch done solely with Faber-Castell crayons and worked on in conjunction with the final , more detailed painting . |
| 17 | The visit to South Africa of several eminent Irish Rugby Football Union officers and their wives — among them the president , Ronnie Dawson — triggered off an acrimonious debate which looks likely to run on in spite of an IRFU statement regretting the safari . |
| 18 | St Johnstone , sponsored by a local whisky company ‘ The Famous Grouse ’ , and dismissed by the Dundee fans as ‘ grousebeaters ’ , looked on in delight as the big estate along the road fell on hard times . |
| 19 | His team-mates , dominant in a thrilling second half , completed the job as he looked on in agony from the dug-out . |
| 20 | Manson was , and remains to this day , America 's number one bogeyman and is regularly pilloried and looked on in fascination by a world that still ca n't believe such things happened . |
| 21 | A militia spokesman rambled on in Arabic about the need for resistance , the nobility of the struggle against isolationism and the potentialities of the revolution . |
| 22 | He was acutely aware of everything that had gone on in front of the then roaring fire . |
| 23 | Your letter of 7 November to the Director of Highways has been passed on in respect of the bus stop issues although the remaining matters will be dealt with directly . |
| 24 | But we 've been involved with two specific projects that we 've worked on in conjunction with the tenants ' association , |
| 25 | Have heater switched on in cockpit for a prescribed period . |
| 26 | The tags are put on in front of the mother and she is asked to confirm that the name is right . |
| 27 | Two of my players were kicked and one stamped on in front of the referee — and he did nothing . ’ |
| 28 | But after two years , the frustrations of the job led Selina to move on in search of a new challenge . |