Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter .
2 With my burdens lying against the brickwork of the bridge , I walk on along the same narrow path that now begins to climb the side of a rather bald looking hill .
3 But as I read on about the growing disharmony between Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , Trollope rose in my estimation and count him among my favourite authors .
4 Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck .
5 As I burst on to the empty platform , the train starts to pull away .
6 Before I move on to a fuller description of helicopter radios , let's summarise the above :
7 If things go badly , I move on to the next thing and do n't beat myself up
8 And although I move on in the final chapter to consider some of the policy implications of the analysis , the main aim will be to clarify rather than prescribe .
9 Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own .
10 This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level .
11 See how you get on with the following questions : if you answer " yes ' to one or more , then we have some further work to do in this area !
12 And then you get on to the chemical properties of it .
13 But if you look at the sixty five and add on the twelve , it 's er seventy seven and of course if you go on to the actuarial figures actually get better as you get older in terms of actual lifespan .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Once you go past the end you go on to the red and if you win it
17 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 .
18 When all the blocks have gone you move on to the next level , sound easy ?
19 Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ?
20 ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business .
21 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 .
22 it 's all because of this change of money you see and then when we get on to the new
23 and I do n't know if we want to agree to that straightaway in which case we get on to the next item .
24 Life is very crude , and bonnie Princes Street a dream , but we soldier on with a good grace .
25 Chairman I I wonder whether I could just make a sort of general statement from the department 's view before we go on to a particular issue if I may .
26 Now we go on to the second one .
27 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 .
28 I do believe that er we go on into the nineties the European Parliament will play an increasingly important role , but this will be because countries and peoples will be asking for it to play , to control the European Commission in Brussels , to push forward the policies which people are looking for and it is after all , I think we should recall , that it is the Germans now who are calling for strength and institutions , including increased powers for the European Parliament .
29 We carry on to the old Jewish quarter ( Josefov ) and continue around to the E through the former Jewish ghetto , skirting the Old Town Square .
30 This way of thinking is not reasonable , yet we carry on in the same way , generation after generation , never learning by our past mistakes .
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