Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Kohl has decided to go on with a fast-breeder reactor in Kalkar on the Rhine , although development costs have quadrupled to 6–5 billion DM .
2 I refer instead to my pet rat , who I have decided to pass on to a new owner due to our having a cat .
3 In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’
4 A visitor to a public house who is asked to stay on for a private party by the landlord will remain a visitor .
5 Palace experienced that at Liverpool on Tuesday , when Mike Marsh was allowed to stay on after a professional foul on George Ndah .
6 And its been a day of tumbling wickets — with Worcestershire forced to follow on after a disastrous morning at the crease …
7 A few other media met the conditions of technology , but simply failed to catch on with a mass audience .
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