Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true that more people are hanging on to their cars and strangel ; y not paying for their servicing . |
| 2 | She was wearing a tight sort of dress in shiny , slippery silk , which looked as if it had been painted on to her body . |
| 3 | BELVILLE : Let me see how you are come on in your writing . |
| 4 | In December of that year Dr. Yeats again wrote to Whitbread on this subject , saying that since his previous letter ‘ a paper war has been carried on between my opponents and myself … |
| 5 | Subsequent work by David Foulkes and others , showed that the very striking differences between experience during REM bursts and REM quiescence was not as great when subjects were questioned at any length , rather than being allowed to make spontaneous reports of what had been going on in their minds . |
| 6 | What had been going on in her cabin could only have led to one thing , and that was something that must never happen again . |
| 7 | Listen , too much has been going on in my head of late . |
| 8 | ‘ Has something been going on in my kitchen ? |
| 9 | Can anyone give me a brief update on what exactly has been going on in my absence , i.e. who is being sold and why ? |
| 10 | He was uneasy about what had been going on in his absence , which had lasted for some months . |
| 11 | Arms akimbo , her face still white under her heavy makeup , she snarled : ‘ Will one of you please explain what 's been going on behind my back ? ’ |
| 12 | In the end she proved , and many women police officers are proving , that it is now the men who are holding on to their apron strings . |
| 13 | IT 'S terrifying that the Tories are blundering on with their policy of no hope in education . |
| 14 | Everything had been laid on for their comfort . |
| 15 | And please let them be hanging on to their gossip and porter . |
| 16 | He will be on the wing for Oxford this afternoon and will be cheered on by his father Malcolm , the last South African to win an Olympic medal before isolation ( the 400m bronze in Rome in 1960 ) . |
| 17 | She was going her own sweet way , totally unconcerned about what might be going on in her wake . |
| 18 | But one of the most persistent and pernicious myths we 've inherited from Descartes is that mentality is essentially conscious , so that anything we ca n't introspect ca n't really be going on in our mind . |
| 19 | ‘ It was such a cold day , ’ said Ianthe , ‘ and you 're not allowed to eat in the Public Record Office , so I thought just for once … = ’ She stopped , feeling that too much attention was being drawn to her and that they ought to be getting on with their work , especially as the Ash Wednesday service had made them late coming back from lunch . |
| 20 | Suddenly , a wave of tiredness swept through her and she closed her eyes for a moment , during which the girl remained quiet , but visibly agitated and eager to be getting on with her work . |
| 21 | NOW THAT Lord Cholmondeley has sold the Holbein to the National Gallery , he will be getting on with his film career , I am told . |
| 22 | My subject is still colour changer but this month I 'm moving on to its use in double bed knitting , in particular for double jacquard which is easier than you may think . |
| 23 | The names and addresses of every volunteer had to be entered on to our computer . |
| 24 | The most important job for Mr Hallman will be to get on with his chairman , Mr Gates . |
| 25 | This is because employers may be more willing to concede worker demands and grant trade union recognition when any resultant higher labour costs can be passed on to their customers in the form of price increases . |
| 26 | Just because they spend thousands of pounds on equipment , this does not mean the cost of this should be passed on to their fans . |
| 27 | Where any action needs to be taken , make a note in the margin ; eg when the replies contain information that should be passed on to your client , put a marginal note " Buyer " ; when the reply indicates that there is an error in the abstract supplied to you , mark it " Abstract " ; and tick these marginal notes as you take the necessary action , for example , when you write to the buyer , or amend your abstract . |
| 28 | It 's important to establish the invariable habit of going through replies to all your searches ( the same principle applies to the practical enquiries and requisitions on title ) , ticking each one after you have considered it and found it satisfactory ; if the contrary is the case , or if , for example , some information is disclosed that ought to be passed on to your client , mark it accordingly , and thereafter tick it when you " ve dealt suitably with the item . |
| 29 | Your details should not be passed on without your permission . |
| 30 | I have heard her called a professional invalid , but I think by the time she retired to bed she must have been genuinely worn out , and duty done , how seductive must have been the temptation to escape into that room at the end of the house , with its garden door , and warm fire ; to write poetry , like Elizabeth Barrett Browning , and to be waited on by her daughter ( ‘ Coming , Mother ! ’ ) who would , and did , cope with the house and the shop and even my grandfather . |