Example sentences of "and [vb -s] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , external links with , and influences on , domestic societies are extensive , although unevenly distributed within and between states . |
| 2 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 3 | Then the van rolls forward , gathers speed , and drifts on by . |
| 4 | The lovely scenery continues as the walk travels along woodland paths to reach the little lake of Tarn Hows and goes on past Elterwater to Dungeon Ghyll . |
| 5 | Um , he says , and goes on to explain that in Norway a small , useless knife sometimes seen about the person of hunters and campers who have little idea is known as a ‘ mouse castrator ’ . |
| 6 | The cowboy , by contrast , stays faithful to his British films , however limited their ambition , becomes a director and goes on to make serious pictures . |
| 7 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 8 | In Los Angeles workers joke that the rush hour begins at 5.30am and goes on to 8.30pm . |
| 9 | The narrator ( of the Morgans ) is called Arthur and it is Arthur who survives the death of Philip and goes on to become a writer of some undefined kind on the model of David Copperfield and Great Expectations . |
| 10 | The chapter on molecular modelling dismisses much of three dimensional molecular visualisation with the comment , ‘ Besides the trivial operation of rotating the whole structure or selected substructures around a given bond ’ , and goes on to discuss comparison of molecular structures . |
| 11 | He asserts cautiously that there is a ‘ possibility that both genetic and environmental influences , and interactions between them , may be important in the causation of mental processes , including awareness ’ and goes on to say that awareness probably has survival value because it enables animals to respond to the complexities of the world in which they behave . |
| 12 | ( Beckett 1959 and 1979 : 9 ) , while Flann O'Brien 's narrator comments , ‘ one beginning and one ending for a book was a thing I did not agree with ’ and goes on to offer ‘ three openings entirely dissimilar ’ ( O'Brien 1939 and 1975 : 9 ) . |
| 13 | Very rarely , a newborn infant contracts herpes simplex and goes on to develop an acute viral infection of the brain , which is almost invariably fatal . |
| 14 | The embryo proper comes from some of the cells on the inside — the inner cell mass — and goes on to gastrulate . |
| 15 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 16 | A major work in the field remains A Dictionary of British Surnames by P.H. Reaney , in which the relevant entry reads , ‘ Fursey , Fussey , Fuzzey , Forsey ’ , and goes on to instance John Forshay 1431 ( Dorset ) and Roger Fursey 1583 ( Surrey ) . |
| 17 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 18 | A LETTER reproves me for singling out rotten spelling in other places , notably The Guardian , and goes on to point out that this magazine is not immune . |
| 19 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 20 | He allows himself a carefully selected smile , humorous , equal to equal , and goes on , the ease of his words belied by the hurry of his delivery and the force of his grip on her arm . |
| 21 | She inhales deeply and goes on . |
| 22 | She takes a deep drag and goes on . |
| 23 | Rick points out that the Manson features a compound radius fingerboard , and goes on to say what an excellent idea this is and that it is a pity that only custom builders are able to implement this feature properly . |
| 24 | A benefit concert is a two-hour show that begins at 7.30pm and goes on till dawn when members of the audience are either asleep or drunk . |
| 25 | The Committee 's 23rd report refers to the failure of the experiment of accepting the services of a young Dutchman , Mr Vincent van Gogh , and goes on to cite his spirit of self-sacrifice , his admirable qualities in aiding the sick and wounded , and his devotion , ‘ of which he gave many proofs ’ . |
| 26 | Consultative paper 66 , Draft Guidance on Proper Trades and Proper Markets in Relation to On-exchange Derivatives , price £5 , identifies what , in the SIB 's view , is a proper trade and goes on to consider proper markets . |
| 27 | The emotional and mental link tying the child to its mother is usually very powerful , and goes on well after the physical birth itself . |
| 28 | Liam Hudson suggests that ‘ it may be that a single system of values embraces the individual 's perceptions of academic institutions ; his perception of himself and his demonstrable behaviour ’ , and goes on to say that , |
| 29 | If Edberg wins and goes on to win the final , the London-based Swede will regain the top spot Courier has held for all but six weeks of this year . |
| 30 | Act One opens with three trios for the men , followed by a duet for the sisters , and goes on to include two quintets ( one of which is the heavenly ‘ Di scrivermi ogni giorno ’ , during which the lovers bid farewell while Don Alfonso comments cynically in the background , and the exquisitely beautiful trio for the two girls and Don Alfonso , ‘ Soave sia il vento ’ ( featured in the film Sunday , Bloody Sunday ) . |