Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 2 | A symbiotically mute pair then sectioned each of these into eight translucent oblongs , flouring them and stacking them delicately to sell on to the baklava and bougatsa makers round the corner . |
| 3 | The decision whether or not to come on to the Tour is not an easy one for a young black pro to take . |
| 4 | For a moment he stood gazing balefully at the Corsican 's back as he turned away to pass on down the line . |
| 5 | So at the end of their dancing career many tried desperately to hang on to the fringes of the theatre world as did matron Daisy Woodworth . |
| 6 | And you 've got ta be careful as well at night not to hang on to the tail lights of the thing in from of you |
| 7 | Ace also felt a twinge of sadness for the Colonel , but felt it best to get on with the job in hand . |
| 8 | And you know in one week , but I 'm quite willing you know just to get on with the handicraft , but I just ca n't be committed . |
| 9 | At a conference in Munich , Germany , on Nov. 18-20 ministers from the 13 member countries of the European Space Agency ( ESA ) decided not to move on from the research to the development phase of the key Hermes spacecraft and the Columbus space laboratory projects . |
| 10 | Like my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth ( Mr. Tredinnick ) , I have personal views about some of those matters , but we should await the report , when we will have a little more to go on about the circumstances and how this could have happened . |
| 11 | LUCKY to be alive skydiver Terry Wakenshaw vowed yesterday to go on with the sport which killed his girlfriend and almost claimed his life . |
| 12 | Even Captain Kirk has stopped pushing back the frontiers of the universe boldly to go on to the streets as a cop with the unlikely name of Hooker , a case of Starsky being put into a hutch . |
| 13 | Like Iris , I was impatient now to get on with the journey south and see the vessel that was to be our home , but when I saw Chanchán … |
| 14 | We have now to get on with the job of saving the plant . ’ |
| 15 | We have now to get on with the job of saving the plant . ’ |
| 16 | These pads are not needed simply to hold on to the female , who remains passive . |
| 17 | Wicket-keeper Fothergill did well to hang on to the ball low to his right , especially as the whole team went up in jubilation before the ball had reached his gloves . |
| 18 | A full-length musical based on the biblical story of Job is about to burst on to the stage in York . |
| 19 | Angel and Patricio were about to ride on to the field . |
| 20 | how to get on to the parish council the other day so I thought was quite formative step yes |
| 21 | Mention of ‘ the dark gods of Mexico ’ signals that we are about to move on to the writer for whom his strongest opprobrium is reserved . |
| 22 | Robert Davies , signal works engineer : ‘ failed completely to get on with the testing instruction ’ . |
| 23 | Each person has never sought an honour or payment for their selfless work , preferring quietly to get on with the job . |