Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will get over it and I am getting on with the work in hand . ’ |
| 2 | I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm sorry , I 'm moving on to the next paper . |
| 4 | ‘ I told them I was prepared to answer emergencies for no pay and I 'm staying on until the end of my shift . |
| 5 | I 'm turned on by the thought of making love to women . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean facts that relate to the story I 'm working on at the time . |
| 7 | " And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm going on to the worst problem of the lot — Willis 's financial position … |
| 8 | About the papers in the portmanteau and Molly and how I 'm going on to the monastery next . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm going on to the monastery . |
| 10 | I 'm driving on to the train 's roar beat , |
| 11 | The surprising thing about this debate is its relative neglect of the administrative dimension of corporatism ( Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 63–73 ) , especially since the relationships between state and economy which compel a corporatist interpretation of modern capitalism manifest themselves through institutions which are grafted on to the administrative system . |
| 12 | Well those are some of the things which are going on around the showground … |
| 13 | Sir Geoffrey is also required to examine the basis on which share deals which are carried on outside the Exchange can be handled by the new clearing house . |
| 14 | ‘ I see you 're getting on with the boots for Edward Morris 's nephew , doing a good job too by the look of it . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah so we get one and the you 're going on to the next one . |
| 16 | They were the sorts of contacts that you have when you 're signing on at the Employment Benefits Office , when you 're going to a job interview erm and often these are very negative because the experience of signing on is n't a very pleasant experience at all ; most job interviews , unfortunately , end with a rejection erm so a lot of these non-routine contacts were quite negatives ones for people . |
| 17 | Sunday night rounds the event off with a bizarre juxtaposing of gigs : downstairs in the main hall it 's Mayhem Central , where the venue 's somewhat implausible design means that unless you 're stuffed on to the raised dancefloor you can see bugger all of the bands . |
| 18 | Pack some clothes , and whatever you need to finish the illustrations you 're working on at the moment , then we 'll leave . ’ |
| 19 | Right , erh what I 'd like to do then is er I say could you just introduce yourself or what you 're working on at the moment where you work and then the sort of presentations that you make er and then give us one of your objectives so that by the time we 've got right round the room we 'll er hopefully have everybody . |
| 20 | Still , I suppose you would have to develop a certain detachment , otherwise you 'd never be able to carry on with what you 're working on at the moment . ’ |
| 21 | But we accept that there is not a customer for this work and we are getting on with the job of ensuring that the business as a whole continues to develop positively . |
| 22 | We are moving on with the medical services . |
| 23 | We 're moving to Shanghai with mixed feelings , as we 've heard we 'll be staying in the Peace Hotel , in the noisy centre of the city , but it 's nice to feel now that we are moving on to the home stretch . |
| 24 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 25 | I believe I told you that we are to move on to the Astors ? ’ |
| 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 | We need to sort out the EC 's finances if we are to get on with the community 's enlargement . |
| 28 | ‘ We are carrying on with the wedding as planned . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ In fact , we 're staying on at the end of this trip to do the world cruise . ’ |
| 30 | It 's all to do with GCSE coursework and see how we 're getting on during the two weeks and we get experience for us when we leave school and go to work . |