Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't want to go on about the amount or work — everybody works hard . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you want to go on with the lesson , or stand about talking all day long ? ’ |
| 4 | and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as |
| 5 | When at the top he was disappointed to find no flag , but with some cautious experimentation discovered that he did not need to hold on to the pole — he could float . |
| 6 | I just could n't wait to get on with the athletics . |
| 7 | In recent years IBM has introduced four-year ' term contracts ' for some graduate entrants , like a commission in the service , to give fine training and work experience to people who will expect to move on at the end . |
| 8 | Martha , who had decided to stop thinking about the inconvenience they were causing , asked Woodie not to stop at the boats ; they would like to go on to the New King 's Road . |
| 9 | And he said , well would you like to carry on with the contract ? |
| 10 | However , I would like to hang on to the notion of homology in a qualified sense . |
| 11 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 12 | So we will er if we may er not ask you to introduce your document we we 'd like to get on with the questioning . |
| 13 | Lucy had no intention of reverting to the former subject , so she said in a determined voice , ‘ I would like to get on with the job . |
| 14 | And the traditional Conservative chairman 's bash at Central Office may have to go on without the chairman : Chris Patten , busy in Bath , may not get back in time to drink with his team . |
| 15 | We 'll have to carry on with the Week of the Lion tour if only to give there good people something to do . |
| 16 | But I 'm thinking , I 'm think I 've got this terrible feeling I 'd have to come on with the princess , if we 've just got married |
| 17 | ‘ Besides , the fans did n't have to run on to the pitch . |
| 18 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 19 | How she missed that time — those few weeks , which now she would have to live on for the rest of her life . |
| 20 | The truth was that Mr Wolski was sad with himself , for he did not wish to stay on at the Zoo any longer . |
| 21 | I shall allow questions to continue until 4.30 , after which we shall have to move on to the debate . |
| 22 | NORTHANTS might just struggle to hold on to the NatWest trophy they won on Sunday . |
| 23 | Two questions — how did you manage to get on with the people in this house ? |
| 24 | ‘ Now that has been reached , he will only want to get on with the future . ’ |
| 25 | He could afford to hang on to the house until the market quickened . |
| 26 | Low house prices here mean that even though Northern Ireland is bottom of the UK salary league with an annual average of £15,012 , people can still afford to get on to the housing ladder . |
| 27 | Embryos will attach to the culture dish within 24 h and outgrowths of polyploid TE will start to spread on to the substratum within the next day ( Figure 2 , panel 12 ) . |