Example sentences of "on [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth . |
| 2 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 3 | Kevin Brown , the reigning North-East half marathon champion , was troubled by a stitch but battled on gamely to finish in 33rd position in 67.11 . |
| 4 | Given a more positive ride on her previous outing - again at Newmarket - she stayed on gamely to fend off the well-handicapped Kiveton Kabooz . |
| 5 | Žižka went on successfully to defend Bohemia from the crusades which were preached against the Hussites who , by this time , had acquired a thoroughly democratic and Protestant cast . |
| 6 | Two of the few consultants lost were Michel Carre and Georges Orban , who went on successfully to form their own firm , Carre Orban . |
| 7 | I quite like sitting on especially to eat . |
| 8 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 9 | They have removed the attack on our conference and at last we can now get on together to build a better union . |
| 10 | Well I 'm , I 'm the Chairman carry on so to carry on . |
| 11 | So I just put it on just to tick |
| 12 | I wanted to go on just to say , to address one other subject and that 's traffic calming , traffic calming is a very important aspect in our rural areas and indeed in our towns . |
| 13 | We can buff them until they shine , or you can have just a natural erm base coat on just to give it a shine . |
| 14 | I I just appealing for MPs and I know you have the radio on just to see if I 'm being rude about you , and of course I never am because I 'm a I 'm a nice person . |
| 15 | Just a microphone taking erm ju just I just have it on just to have conversations with people . |
| 16 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 17 | But it turns me on just to hear you say it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But , ’ she ploughed on nevertheless to protest , ‘ this is your holiday ! |
| 19 | Settlements are not , however , permanent since the Zande are shifting cultivators , scratching a living in one place and then , when the soil is exhausted , moving on elsewhere to open new gardens and fields . |
| 20 | Their functional link severed , Co-operation and trade unionism went on separately to join the system they could not defeat . |
| 21 | If as a result of that provision the trustees or the majority of them are deemed , in relation to the trust , not to be resident in the United Kingdom , the provision goes on further to provide that the general administration of the trust shall be treated as ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | PEST exterminator Frank Murray was called on yesterday to SAVE a swarm of wasps . |
| 23 | Trial , by contrast , is reserved for cases where the factual issues are straightforward ( most often road traffic accidents ) , and the jury is asked simply to answer the question of fault with a ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ answer , going on thereafter to assess damages . |
| 24 | A daughter ( or more rarely a son ) who has never left the parental home , or who has returned after widowhood or divorce to stay on indefinitely to care for an elderly parent or parents , does not make this choice automatically . |
| 25 | Click on Close to complete the operation . |
| 26 | But the humidistat will come on automatically to regulate the damp in the air . ’ |
| 27 | Gon na go on now to talk about a severe condition which may start out that with a minor skin rash like this , this is called a petechial skin rash they later progress to rather more generalised rash and in it 's most severe form it 's mucrotic |
| 28 | Work is going on now to develop service specifications for nursing home care , and for residential care for each of the user groups . |
| 29 | Let's move on now to consider a very important type of infection such as meningitis . |
| 30 | We go on now to look at the importance of the dialogue , and the problems which can occur when communication breaks down . |