Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 2 | While she was looking at the pictures , Griselda , Anna 's mother 's cat , came in and jumped on to the cat woman 's lap . |
| 3 | Quadrant Park is a great , glitzy three- storeyed chasm of a club in Bootle , which on Saturday nights becomes a suffocating fleshpit of 2,500 north-western ravers tuned in and turned on to the house sound of Merseyside . |
| 4 | One of the men waved in his direction and he waved back , kept his head down and hurtled on down the track . |
| 5 | The inguinal swelling ( or ‘ bubo ’ ) continues to enlarge and eventually forms abscesses which break down and discharge on to the shin . |
| 6 | Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor . |
| 7 | There , it seemed , commentary was powerless and pointless ; he would simply read the text aloud and move on to the next poem . |
| 8 | If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter . |
| 9 | Cement the four chimney sides together and secure on to the roof . |
| 10 | Mix all the sauce ingredients together and brush on to the skewers filled with the chicken and vegetables . |
| 11 | The curtain went up on the second act to reveal the face from this image lying on the ground where it was walked over and trampled on by the cast . |
| 12 | And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night . |
| 13 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
| 14 | The doctor switched it off and carried on with the work in hand . |
| 15 | Fierce Eyes went out into the storm and returned with the grandmother 's grizzled skull , the hair frozen into spikes which he broke off and cast on to the fire , where they sizzled , cooled , then flared . |
| 16 | Or — and something came apart in his stomach and turned a revolution and plummeted downwards — were they all politely and patiently waiting with well-controlled longing because it would not be too long now before they could get home and carry on with the lives they preferred without him ? |
| 17 | Governor Wilson ordered withdrawal of the last National Guard units on May 18 , declaring that it was " time to bring the troops home and get on with the task of rebuilding Los Angeles " . |
| 18 | Some species of these single-celled creatures even select and collect tiny grains of sand which , rather than being used in the ‘ parent 's ’ outer shell are collected together internally and passed on to the ‘ offspring ’ when the single-celled organism divides . |
| 19 | The driver revved up enthusiastically and turned on to the October Bidge . |
| 20 | Then he walked past and went on down the stairs . |
| 21 | Two ambulances whiz past and hurtle on towards the scene of the crisis . |
| 22 | Er in the morning he would be in before any of them , sort of thing , getting a fire lit getting the rivets heat up before they come on the job and ah the the quicker he could the the rivets heat up and passed on to the the squad , then okay the more they could put in so , if he were a good rivet boy you could maybe get a good wage , but again that was up to the squad up to the riveter . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh shut up and get on with the game . ’ |
| 24 | Of these CorelDRAW is a good bet if your drawing needs are ( or may become ) fairly sophisticated ; Graphics Works is ideal for first time users , because they can pick it up and get on with the job from scratch with the minimum of fuss ; and if you want good page layout software to support your images , The Publisher 's Treasure Chest is a good choice . |
| 25 | In the end , of course , we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job . |
| 26 | Alfred put his book in his wallet , slung his bow , and with pipe in one hand and flask in the other , stood up and walked on beside the friar . |
| 27 | I need more people like my detective sergeant who rolls his sleeves up and gets on with the job . ’ |
| 28 | The story of some of these presses is a fascinating one to follow , as the printers surreptitiously pull off their pamphlets and broadsides in some kitchen or remote country house , load up and press on to the next location , with an eye ever over their shoulder for the pursuers . |
| 29 | WALL AFTER WALL of raging water rose up and thundered on to the strange craft intent on destroying it and the frail humans clinging to it for their lives . |
| 30 | He shuddered involuntarily and walked on towards the printing works . |