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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] on [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1	THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
2	Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
3	Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage .
4	I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach .
5	I tried boxing when I was fifteen and won a bout against an opponent who was smaller than me and who normally wore thick glasses ; I went on to the second round of the competition and was beaten flat in thirty seconds by a demon midget who hammered me onto the ropes and kept hitting me until the referee stopped the bout before I suffered permanent damage .
6	I went on to the next level to see Midnight Run .
7	If things go badly , I move on to the next thing and do n't beat myself up
8	Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column .
9	She passed on to the next sheet .
10	Then you went on to the next thing you all done the same thing over and over again .
11	Practise each one until you are familiar with it — and , if you can resist the temptation to turn the page too quickly , do this before you go on to the next chapter .
12	Unless you are enormously determined , it is far better to make small changes and build upon them , tackling one area at a time before you go on to the next rather than trying to lose weight , give up smoking , avoid alcohol and set yourself a punishing exercise regime all at once .
13	She went on to the next cubicle , a simple fractured thumb that even Joe Reynolds had managed to diagnose and set without too much trouble .
14	You 'll also need help if you move on to the next step on the savings and investment ladder — direct investment in unit or investment trusts .
15	When all the blocks have gone you move on to the next level , sound easy ?
16	Okay I know we moved on to the next piece last week we will start again on that tomorrow .
17	Shall we move on to the next mill ? ’
18	Good can we move on to the next one ?
19	Ladies and gentlemen , we just before we get on with the second part of the meeting when erm , meeting erm I think I ought to tell you that erm one of our committee members died a very short while back .
20	and I do n't know if we want to agree to that straightaway in which case we get on to the next item .
21	Shall we go on to the next thing ?
22	Now we go on to the second one .
23	I will give back give back the books that have been signed and I want you in the the section of I just want to point out one or two things before we go on to the next .
24	Well , we really got on well together , and when the bell rang for the first round we went on to the first tee and an official is there to check out which clubs and what type of ball Butch is using .
25	For the time being , we move on to the second of our theoretical perspectives , the ethogenic approach .
26	As we move on to the fifteenth century , it is hard to judge the extent or the severity of individual outbreaks of plague or of other diseases , but it is probable that some of the epidemics which occurred in urban centres , where plague was most common , were on a sufficient scale to outweigh any natural increase in the population .
27	‘ No one has any more to say on that point , so I suggest we move on to the next one . ’
28	‘ Now we move on to the next step of our plan .
29	Before we move on to the next agenda , could we find some more seats for the people , six more chairs , get them together , say if you want to stand .
30	This section looks at the range of techniques you can choose from before we move on in the next chapter to examine different ways video can be related to the rest of the language programme .