Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why we 'd better move on without any delay . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps for the moment we 'd better get on with this search . ’ |
| 3 | By this time I was feeling very friendly towards them and I might have said something to the effect : " If you will just mosey on down this trail ( meaning the main road between Cambridge and Huntingdon ) you will come to Alconbury , some 15 to 16 miles away . " |
| 4 | Few would have dared to predict in the late 1960s that duvets would ever catch on in this country , but today it would be hard to find a British household that does n't have one . |
| 5 | ‘ Do they always carry on in this fashion ? ’ |
| 6 | This is certainly the most useful , easily accessible and up-to-date compilation of figures , and it is the one I shall mainly rely on in this book . |
| 7 | Let me now go on from this point to comment on the so-called death of biblical fundamentalism . |
| 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 . |