Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the weather does not normally stop you getting to work , playing golf , or getting on with the rest of your life . |
| 2 | Dr Edwin Pugh , director of public health medicine , said : ‘ Most accidents occur when children are in the street or straying on to the road as parents we must be completely vigilant . ’ |
| 3 | Cyclists should take particular care entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 4 | Cyclists should take particular care when entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 5 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 6 | I wanted to put that in , rather than going on about the deprivation and the tragedy of divorce and broken families . ’ |
| 7 | He 's sort of waving one arm and hanging on with the other . |
| 8 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 9 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 10 | In all this , he was backed by Lavinia although her main interest lay in trying to keep their heads above water and hanging on to the estate . |
| 11 | A pool was contained under a miniature cliff , broken half-way up its face by the route the path took in looping round and pressing on down the valley . |
| 12 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 13 | In a flash , I have her up off her skirt-covered backside and steaming on to the dancefloor . |
| 14 | ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence . |
| 15 | The reason for the preserving and passing on of the traditions in this way was that they were used primarily by the early Church in its teaching of the community . |
| 16 | And going on to the corn , the er time when it was ripe , was there a test that the farmer would use to see that his corn was ripe for cutting ? |
| 17 | And er then I would see the two two or three cleaners coming out and going on to the coach and cleaning them , and I would say to them , What are they for ? |
| 18 | 3 The children 's parents tell their version of the story , starting at the moment when they see the stains on Lollo 's gear , and going on to the point where they realise they ( or their children ) have discovered super penicillin . |
| 19 | But er the these production investment activities are associated really with production engineering , er very closely aligned with development and erm unless you can do those between now and the end of nineteen ninety five , when we start the P I phase in nineteen ninety six before you can really make any progress you would then have to do a further year and a half of production engineering so in the new quotations Eurofighter are making a case for what they term a development assurance phase , some advance production engineering work starting later this year and going on until the end of ninety five but when we start P I in ninety six , we can start with a bang and make fast progress . |
| 20 | ‘ There they are , innocent , uncomplicated and trusting , accepting the world for what it is and getting on with the business of enjoying it . |
| 21 | And if it was important , to us and the country , why in the world were n't we snuffing out all those niggling grievances and getting on with the job of winning ? |
| 22 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |
| 23 | With toes pointed , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 1 5cm ) , leaning over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front . |
| 24 | She was slurring her words and holding on to the bar-top for support . |
| 25 | Not only that , it 's a full-fledged endangered species ( see ‘ Pigs in distress ’ ) , having disappeared entirely from the islands of Masbate , Bohol , Cebu , Guimaras and Sequijor , and holding on by the skin of its tusks only on Negros and Panay . |
| 26 | Drinking off the last of the wine and moving on to the coffee he finally managed to confront himself with the question of why he had been so slow to begin . |
| 27 | It has also , however , benefited from the success of another show , ‘ Moore Intime ’ , in the private art gallery , Galerie Didier Imbert until 24 July ( see The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , p.22 ) and moving on to the Sezon museum , Tokyo , for three weeks in September as part of a four-museum tour . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , plenty of new flats are being built and coming on to the market : developers have rushed to get their projects completed in the hope of selling before demand dried up . |
| 29 | He nodded at her now , and again said , ‘ By ! ’ before turning and running on to the stage . |
| 30 | They got down awkwardly , hanging on to the edge of the sill and dropping on to the road . |