Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 3 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 4 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 6 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 7 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 8 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 9 | But what commits the muscle to this final pathway and what ensures that all the necessary genes are turned on at the same time ? |
| 10 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 12 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 13 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 14 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 15 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |
| 16 | Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time . |
| 17 | One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time . |
| 18 | What 's sort of going on since the last time I interviewed you . |
| 19 | and I thought to myself that blooming cat 's after them and er it kept on for a long time and then , so I opened the window and looked out a big black cat was here where 's the big black cat coming from ? |
| 20 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 21 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 22 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 23 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 24 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 25 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 26 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 27 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 28 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |
| 29 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 30 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |