Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 3 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 4 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 5 | School students will stay on in the few settlements that will be left and in schools in Cuba , West Africa and other countries . |
| 6 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 7 | It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place . |
| 8 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 9 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 10 | Ordinarily , learning allows us to go on in the same way , to repeat what has been learned , whether it is a matter of fact ( that London is the capital of England ) or an action ( driving a car in familiar circumstances ) . |
| 11 | Fast on its heels came MacPublisher and Ready-Set-Go but somehow neither caught on in the same way . |
| 12 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 13 | The hunt itself moved on after a few minutes , leaving the terrier man to flush out the fox . |
| 14 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 15 | He said he just carried on in the same direction . |
| 16 | A grant from the Theatre Trust should ensure plays put on in the former church now Saltburn 's Community Centre no longer literally bring the house down . |
| 17 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 18 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 19 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 20 | Even if we stopped using all CFCs today , depletion of the ozone layer — the earth 's barrier against cancer-causing ultra violet radiation — would carry on at the same rate for the next 50 years . |
| 21 | But what commits the muscle to this final pathway and what ensures that all the necessary genes are turned on at the same time ? |
| 22 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 23 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | All that memory can provide contributes already to our feeling that in calling this sensation ‘ pain ’ we are going on in the same way , following the rule . |
| 27 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 28 | Position this on the drum , fixing on with a little water . |
| 29 | Once well formed , remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly . |
| 30 | He walked on for a few yards , stooped and picked something up . |