Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the policy review will be endorsed by the conference , giving Neil Kinnock the freedom to go on to the offensive against the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election , there are a number of areas of potential conflict . |
| 2 | Bishop Harris , who has welcomed me so warmly , has expressed his willingness to continue on until the end of the year whilst I complete my own duties in Westminster diocese . |
| 3 | Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ? |
| 4 | The contract required the buyer to pass on to the seller all the buyer 's rights under the sub-sales contracts . |
| 5 | She turned them inside out , returned them to Dot to put on with the insides now on the outside . |
| 6 | Christie , a private in the Ulster Defence Regiment , nearly decapitated her victim in the attack — a desperate bid to hang on to the affections of dashing Royal Signals officer Captain Duncan McAllister . |
| 7 | Miltiades ' last operation ( in 489 ) against the island of Paros , in the Cyclades , can be seen as an attempt to move on to the offensive against Persia after the defensive stand at Marathon . |
| 8 | Hugo was smoking a thin cigarette through a long cloisonné holder which he now began to wave about , causing highly aromatic ash to fall on to the sleeve of his green velvet jacket . |
| 9 | Mr Tim Devlin 's surprise victory for the Conservatives in Stockton South to hold on to the seat he won narrowly in 1987 from the prominent SDP man ( now Sir ) Ian Wrigglesworth was a classic example of the collapse of the centre vote working against Labour . |
| 10 | No need to go on about the band in this preamble . |
| 11 | This phenomenon , which we call ‘ cognitive trial-and-error ’ , requires a deductive process to go on inside the mind of the animal without its actually trying different behaviours . |
| 12 | You know people who 's coming in from o the outside to come on to the flats , they 're the people at risk . |
| 13 | Think about it , Aurora — decide whether your desire to hang on to the club really is for his sake — or yours . ’ |
| 14 | Indeed there is now an incentive to hold on to the assets because if such assets are retained until death they receive a capital gains tax-free uplift ( TCGA 1992 , s62(1) ) . |
| 15 | It is important to set a figure for these advance payments which is realistic for the band to live on throughout the period of the contract . |
| 16 | They rightly sensed that there was a mass audience waiting to be entertained and so they were given every incentive to hang on to the goose that was laying the golden eggs . |
| 17 | Doer — urging the team to get on with the task in hand . |
| 18 | Have you got a spare T'shirt to put on at the end if it gets cold ? |
| 19 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 20 | Is there a handy dustbin or a down-spout that will assist the thief to climb on to the roof ? |
| 21 | You mugs — IM ) we make a gap in the crowd , allowing the nasty person to dive on to the floor . |
| 22 | I took that to be a quiet word of warning and an instruction to get on with the game . |
| 23 | As Hassan 's comment half-implies , it may in some areas be time for criticism to move on from the task of defining postmodernism in relation to its antecedents . |
| 24 | The Ferret was never happy when anyone other than himself was examining a scene of crime and it seemed to Dalgliesh that his impatience to get on with the job came through the wall as a palpable force . |
| 25 | All the strained confusions of the night are over , all the sleepless impatience to get on with the job . |
| 26 | We would also like to ask permission to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks to aid viewing . |
| 27 | As new services develop , health and social services should agree between them how they are going to allocate the responsibility for ensuring that every mentally disordered person has sufficient income to live on without the fear of poverty . |
| 28 | Usually , a band or artist will have only a short working life in which to earn sufficient money to live on for the rest of their lives . |
| 29 | He was shaken , slightly concussed and in no state to carry on with the show . |
| 30 | Jilinski , however , seemed oblivious to Samsonov 's ever more perilous situation , and as late as 26 August — when the hapless Samsonov was just about to be engulfed from all sides — he commanded Rennenkampf to employ two corps for the investment of Königsberg and with the rest of his army to press on to the Vistula . |