Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they already have some practical knowledge they will be itching to get on to the floor ! |
| 2 | Post-war interviews carried out by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey , confirmed such impressions : one out of three Germans indicated that his morale was affected by bombing more than any other single factor ; nine in ten of those interviewed mentioned bombing as the greatest hardship they had to suffer in the war ; three in five admitted to war-weariness on account of the bombing , and the percentage not wanting to go on with the war was significantly higher in heavily bombed than unbombed towns ; more than two-fifths said they lost hope in German victory when the raids did not stop ; and the percentage of people with confidence in the leadership was fourteen per cent lower in heavily bombed than in unbombed towns . |
| 3 | The argument put forward by the member states mentioned above is tantamount to seeking to graft on to the derogation from the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality a second derogation as regards fishing vessels relating to the nationality of the owners or operators of such vessels . |
| 4 | Authorship is identity in the textual sphere , and hence gay people , like all marginal groups , have , at present , a political stake in wanting to hold on to the Author despite her/his expulsion from prevailing postmodernist theories . |
| 5 | They saw themselves as wanting to get on with the teaching of their subject . |
| 6 | How long are you going to go on with the farce of keeping this bloody lot in business ? " |
| 7 | We 're going to go on to the effects of chilling and what damage does that do ? |
| 8 | I 'm not going to go on to the things of the brain because we are going to do them further down the list . |
| 9 | It also made me think that perhaps I had more control over the whole presentation generally which is my biggest concern so get up there and just do some and therefore it 's going to go on to the confidence side of it . |
| 10 | We 're just at the beginning of it and this is going to go on till the end of April or May now , it 'll be like this . |
| 11 | So presenting the centre line and okay we 're going to come on to the eye contact as well in a moment , presenting the centre line with eye contact means that it feels much more positive for the audience in terms of the delivery . |
| 12 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 13 | He is beginning to move on from the subjects which have dominated the last couple of years , feeling that he has gleaned all the experience he can from them . |
| 14 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 15 | ‘ I have nearly been killed through having to walk on to the road to see whether it is clear , ’ he said . |
| 16 | But there it was , The Cottage , its porch right over the pavement to the gutter , red reflectors for night traffic on its corners , pedestrians having to detour on to the road before regaining the pavement again . |
| 17 | One , from a McKeever header , was particularly outstanding , the Duns keeper throwing himself to his right and managing to hold on to the ball . |
| 18 | But I 'd seen Dick Cleave and Les Petherbridge , good men both of them , choosing to hang on at the Gazette for ever . |
| 19 | Among the bidders was a landlady fighting to hold on to the country inn she 's run for the past eight years.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 20 | We should be fighting to hold on to the playgrounds we have , so our children have a safe environment in which to play . |
| 21 | It rained solidly every single day in fact , and it did n't stop as we were queuing to drive on to the ferry . |
| 22 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 23 | Soon she was joined by a peasant woman dressed in black who told her that she was trying to get on to the hospital in Toulon for news of her son . |
| 24 | We staged with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat , and Salalah , and I can recall one evening a hit of a commotion , when one of the Wapiti crews of No 55 Squadron caused an uproar by trying to get on to the roof . |
| 25 | Speedie was just trying to get on with the game . |
| 26 | One minute he was full of longing to get on with the things that swam into his mind : sorting his stamps , cleaning his sports gear , starting his diary , writing his play . |