Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
2 | And as everything slipped away she could only hold on to the thought that somehow her murderer knew who she was . |
3 | So I think for this run I 'd better press on with the book . ’ |
4 | ‘ We 'd better go on to the farm and buy … ’ |
5 | That 's reach a common understanding which reflects the realities of a relationship we enjoy at the present day so that we can all get on with the task of serving our members and forming a Labour government . |
6 | If that could be added that would achieve my objectives and we can all get on to the debate about V A T on . |
7 | ‘ Then you 'd better get on with the job quickly . ’ |
8 | Mrs. Mott had better get on with the job of cancelling them . |
9 | Joan I think I 'd better box on with the webbing here love , I have n't got enough |
10 | I 'll bo I 'd better box on with the webbing on the back . |
11 | Secondly , in dry summers the L3 are retained within the crusted faecal pat and can not migrate on to the pasture until sufficient rainfall occurs to moisten the pat . |
12 | Tell her you know how she feels , but do n't give in to her demands , as she 'll soon latch on to the idea that throwing a tantrum gets her what she wants . |
13 | They may not catch on in the north-east ! |
14 | ‘ You did n't exactly carry on like a pacifist yourself , ’ she retorted evasively , mouth reproachful . |
15 | They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name . |
16 | We could easily move on to a project exploring other aspects of Victorian England . |
17 | I will not go on about the statistics . |
18 | On it were the words : ‘ Do not go on to the moor . |
19 | Ron said that I should not go on to the track and kill myself because I might pull a hamstring . |
20 | It was burning , fraying at the edges , riddled with violent cancers of nationalism , spite and greed that could not go on without a climax for much longer . |
21 | The same realization came to the King , pushed towards his precipice by Hardinge harshly telling him that he could not go on without a decision . |
22 | However , for the third time this season , Wantage could not hold on to a lead given them in the last five minutes , and allowed Andy Martin to shoot home for the equaliser for Bicester . |
23 | Do not hold on to the interviewer 's hand for too long as this signals overfamiliarity . |
24 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
25 | Now though I 've got to just get on with the rest of my life |
26 | ‘ People are n't allowing us to just get on with the job . |
27 | ‘ We have not got a lot of money and we have got to just get on with the job of trying to sort things out on the field . |
28 | driving along , keep to the left except when road signals or markings indicate otherwise or when you intend to overtake , or turn right , or when you have to pass stationery vehicles or pedestrians in the road , allow others to overtake you if they want you , you must not drive on by the side of the road . |
29 | In the absence of more detailed evidence we can only speculate whether the more vocationally , or instrumentally , motivated applicants are , the less willing they will be to consider other , alternative courses and institutions if they do not get on to the course they wanted . |
30 | Although you have found that you can not get on with the latch tool method of casting off , this too can become quite automatic once you have the knack . |