Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practical terms this means The Fix can be placed in a horizontal crack with a large proportion of the stem sticking out and fallen on in the knowledge that the device has been specifically designed to give an increased safety margin . |
| 2 | This is available as a white powder which is mixed with water and painted on to the concrete . |
| 3 | Caspar took no notice of him and carried on through the wood towards the field . |
| 4 | When there were no sounds of activity she heaved a great sigh of relief and carried on through the living-room towards the front door . |
| 5 | They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane . |
| 6 | Under the current electoral law , parliament could have dissolved itself immediately and carried on until the election in a caretaker role . |
| 7 | The " furniture " was then to be arranged into a design for the room and drawn on to the grid . |
| 8 | Marks appear weighty and assertive if driven on to the canvas with a painting knife . |
| 9 | ‘ As soon as we see the scripts , we start planning , look in our nasty books or ask Peter Salt our nursing advisor , ’ says Jan. skin for stitching scenes is made from a gelatine based substance which is coloured and moulded on to the actor . |
| 10 | It was a rule they later applied also ( in the face of considerable opposition ) to the guests whom a member signed for in the Visitors Book and introduced on to the floor of the Baltic Exchange . |
| 11 | Notes written on a transparency and projected on to a screen by an overhead projector . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Although in adults it exhibits flu like symptoms , it can be disastrous if passed on to a baby . |
| 14 | Charles had been wounded in the fighting but had recovered and signed on as a regular at the end of the war . |
| 15 | They did and I was dragged out and thrown on to the grass . |
| 16 | She said nothing directly in answer to this , but carried on into the house , saying , ‘ I 'll have to tell her she 's gone somewhere . ’ |
| 17 | Newton replaced Galileo 's law of circular inertia with his own law of linear inertia , according to which bodies continue to move in straight lines at uniform speed unless acted on by a force . |
| 18 | Thus , cases such as Expro Services Ltd v Smith [ 1991 ] IRLR 156 , involving the contracting out by the Ministry of Defence of its catering function , should not fail in the future on the grounds that the catering operation , as carried on by the Ministry , was not in the nature of a commercial venture . |
| 19 | Nor are they as turned on by a woman 's dress sense . |
| 20 | The burgesses of the ‘ husband town ’ allocated such divisions on behalf of the Crown , the arable land being measured to assess its user 's liability for military service : a ‘ husbandland ’ was the area of ploughland sufficient to provide a man with a living that could afford him a horse and harness when called on in a Border emergency . |