Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes .
2 I wanted to carry on as an airborne soldier , a paratrooper , enjoying the prestige which came from being part of an elite , and also the better pay and training opportunities that were the lot of such units .
3 Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place .
4 Therefore they would have to carry on with the remaining group .
5 Trying to carry on with the normal routine while suffering from depression has been likened to driving a car in top gear with the brakes full on .
6 Great efforts would be needed to restore the party to its strong position of 1914 and to carry on with the fundamental changes that had been under way then , but the war years had done no lasting damage .
7 Those who care for ‘ ordinary ’ old people learn much about the courage and competence which so many display ; they discover that it is their ordinariness which is remarkable — their determination to carry on with the daily business of life , often in the face of considerable difficulties .
8 I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’
9 and erm , it is therefore in those circumstances foolhardy in my opinion to carry on with the British Assessment Programme at the present rate when the effects on our roads are likely to be so drastic
10 Instead of thinking that it is natural for a moving object to carry on in a straight line at a steady speed , and then worrying about how the force of gravity manages to pull all objects — heavy ones and light ones — round in the same orbit , what we ought to be doing is thinking of the path they all follow as being the natural path .
11 There were insufficient funds for a third appointment so that Allan Hayhurst had to carry on in an honourary capacity combining once again the offices of Secretary and Treasurer .
12 After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner .
13 Even then it should not apply where all that the Purchaser does is to carry on in the ordinary course of the business .
14 Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about .
15 If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time .
16 She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home .
17 As might be expected from data reported earlier , positive attitudes as measured by all five factors were significantly associated with willingness to go on to a second round of review and reporting .
18 So you actually had to go on to a smaller boat ?
19 My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek ..
20 I had to go on to the usual horror .
21 Then continue walking at this pace until you feel ready to go on to the 30 day walk back to fitness programme later in this chapter .
22 If he does this then a sociological perspective has been brought to bear on the first idea and the researcher is ready to go on to the next step , which will be one of limiting his ideas to a feasible scheme of work .
23 When you are ready to go on to the next potency , the whole process is repeated with a single poppy seed granule of the desired strength .
24 We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage .
25 But evolution ploughed on remorselessly , enabling only the most adaptable to go on to the next stage .
26 It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance .
27 Kohl has decided to go on with a fast-breeder reactor in Kalkar on the Rhine , although development costs have quadrupled to 6–5 billion DM .
28 To go on with the utter silence or to break the silence , pretending nothing had happened .
29 It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place .
30 With bottle feeding you have some choices after six months ; to go on with the original formula , use a follow-on formula or start boiled cow 's milk .
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