Example sentences of "[verb] on in the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place .
2 This poem is about the death of one of Wilfred Owen 's fellow soldiers and this is focused on in the first stanza .
3 He toured Namibia with Ireland two seasons ago , coming on in the First Test as a replacement for Simon Geoghegan .
4 ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play .
5 It was also based on the even worse assumption that the actual level of income support in April 1990 was sufficient for people to live on in the first place .
6 for learning to gallop on in the first size
7 Dyspnoea ; they wake from sleep with a sense of suffocation , a sense of choking which can come on in the first sleep , a sense of strangulation when lying and especially when anything is around the neck ; neck is very sensitive to touch .
8 Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place .
9 They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place .
10 They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place .
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