Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 2 | When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate . |
| 3 | Next year , I want to carry on with the course , and do my Highers as well . ’ |
| 4 | But I want to hold on to the role . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Let's face it , the Olympics are only once every four years and I want to stay on until the end . ’ |
| 6 | So I decided to go on to the council . |
| 7 | Dazed as I was , I managed to roll on to the floor and crawl under the table as people crowded over to watch what they thought was a fight . |
| 8 | Once I 'd accomplished the first stages of training , getting her to sit still on my fist , I had to move on to the next stage : getting her to feed there . |
| 9 | I had to go on to the usual horror . |
| 10 | But , nevertheless , for me eternity was not now , and I had to go on into the future and in this world . |
| 11 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 12 | I wanted a second mate 's ticket ; I wanted to get on to the bridge and do things . |
| 13 | They took things that I wanted to pass on to the children |
| 14 | ‘ Do you want to go on with the lesson , or stand about talking all day long ? ’ |
| 15 | Mind you , she asks a lot of questions which tend to drive you insane when you want to get on with the job , and sometimes I used words not heard in the best society . |
| 16 | Alison Rubenstein discovered at an early age that if you want to get on in the world and have a good career , hard work is not enough — qualifications can also be a great help . |
| 17 | When she tried to hang on to the cash one man punched her in the face and they both escaped . |
| 18 | She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood . |
| 19 | How long are you going to go on with the farce of keeping this bloody lot in business ? " |
| 20 | Listen , have you got to stay on at the track , or is it possible for you to leave and come back to the hotel ? ’ |
| 21 | And he said , well would you like to carry on with the contract ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you dare presume to tell me what I need ! ’ she spat , trembling as she began to clamber on to the quayside . |
| 23 | My er my sister worked in the grenade shop and erm after she ca she 'd been working at , on the manor , do you know the manor at Willenhall and then er she decided to go on with the war work and she was courting the man named , John and his father was the timekeeper , later H & T Hornes , but erm it fizzled out and anyway the romance did but erm |
| 24 | Two questions — how did you manage to get on with the people in this house ? |
| 25 | She meant to get on in the world . |
| 26 | If you start to go on to the other p , side of the page , start again . |
| 27 | This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene . |
| 28 | If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she 'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions . |
| 29 | Thank you , erm before we go to the vote er Mr will you accept that er the third line down from the second resolution er made for the national licensing of all registration scheme will cover the amendment you wanted to put on to the labour resolution . |
| 30 | Not exactly the sort of thought you wanted to pass on to the police at a time when two boys ' bodies had been found . |