Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tool called a shack-fork — a fork with curved tines and an iron bow at the shoulder was used to gather the swathes of barley into gavels ready for pitching on to the wagons . |
| 2 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 3 | If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below . |
| 4 | Jonathan Russell , 27 , fell after climbing on to the battlements to take photographs . |
| 5 | And manager Joe Kinnear last night reported that John Fashanu was in agony after pulling his hamstring again after coming on as a substitute even though he was ‘ only about 10 per cent fit . ’ |
| 6 | ( Q : which England player once scored a hat trick for Marske United after coming on as a substitute ? |
| 7 | Ian equalised for the Palace a few minutes after coming on to the field , then put us ahead in extra-time for one of the most telling substitutions in the annals of the great competition |
| 8 | Mansell , accompanied by his wife Roseanne , was in emotional mood after hopping on to the stage at the International Motor Sports Federation 's annual prize-giving . |
| 9 | After clocking on for a night shift they did not start work immediately but went instead to the canteen for a cup of tea . |
| 10 | I keep a pocket diary with me at all times and a calendar with spaces for writing on by the telephone . |
| 11 | Will he further commend the Secretary of State for pushing on with the tests , despite the opposition of the National Union of Teachers , the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 12 | In 1652 they had established a very well-placed port at the Cape of Good Hope as a supply depot , but the Dutch East India Company was always a little worried when settlers at the base interpreted their responsibility to provide food for passing ships as a reason for pushing on into the hinterland . |
| 13 | He looked across the table at Meryl , who was giving a good impression of hanging on to every word Lee said . |
| 14 | Pippin , our four-year-old daughter , and Paul , two-and-a-half , were becoming a little cranky and tired of hanging on to the cockpit coamings . |
| 15 | Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot . |
| 16 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |
| 17 | Mungo Stone had the sensation that instead of threading on to the horizon , at any moment the ever-narrowing rails might simply come to a dead end among the trees . |
| 18 | Involvement of the valve of the aorta ( the large main artery , emerging from the heart ) , can cause this valve to become inefficient , so that instead of closing fully after each pumping beat of the heart , it remains partly open , allowing a proportion of the blood to return to the heart instead of passing on round the body . |
| 19 | So why do n't we both get back to work now , instead of nattering on like a couple of housewives over the garden fence ? ’ |
| 20 | If you are thinking of heading on towards the Capital there 's no such problems there , the M4 the M40 and the M25 running quite nicely this evening . |
| 21 | from here but turn down at West Parley , take the right hand turn instead of going on to the airport |
| 22 | Instead of going on to the pillar-box , Auntie hesitated a moment , then took shelter from the rain in the doorway of a gent 's outfitter 's , just by the bus-stop . |
| 23 | The old ways of going on within a discipline may , from time to time , become inadequate ; but finding new ways forward is not totally without direction . |
| 24 | It is right that students be initiated into the conceptual apparatus , skills and ways of going on within the teacher 's own discipline ; and it is right that students therefore acquire the discipline required for the necessary understanding and competencies . |
| 25 | But instead of getting on with the revolution , which Lowe believed was Wilson 's historic duty , Harold had immediately ‘ sold out ’ to the capitalists by adopting right-wing policies approved by NATO and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 26 | Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water , he spent his time on the racecourse and worse . |
| 27 | For them , it is more a question of getting on with the job . |
| 28 | yeah it 's good that they had a fairer chance of getting on to the tables |
| 29 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 30 | However , despite holding on to the Senate for a total of six years and securing further landslides in the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections , the Republicans have not been able to bring about a real realignment — a fundamental reordering of political loyalties extending down through all levels of the political system . |