Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] [det] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 2 | It has the same effect as the fake burglar alarm box — the intruder will think twice and move on to another house that does not present any problems . |
| 3 | All of this involved taking both parents ’ sex cells with their half-complement of DNA signals in the chromosomes , and bringing them together so that the cells could clamp on to each other and start dividing and growing . |
| 4 | For example , she uses Let's go on to another topic where a literal translation of the Hebrew would be ‘ Perhaps we shall/should go on to another topic ’ and Let's begin with the question of defence policy where the Hebrew is literally ‘ Perhaps we shall start with the question of defence policy ’ . |
| 5 | If they handle it , they 'll go on to another wing and that 's when the hard work begins . |
| 6 | Perhaps I had better not go on in this way or things will get too mushy and pastoral after all . |
| 7 | It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them |
| 8 | The matter will therefore drag on for another month until the next management committee meeting , while Ferguson has to continue his return to the first team under awkward circumstances . |
| 9 | I reckon Wright will come on at some stage unless England are actually winning . |
| 10 | She could quite happily spend a few days here , just remembering her own childhood : the train set , the beautifully designed doll 's house , the football game … it made her sad that she had no children of her own so that she could cling on to that childhood that she so often missed . |