Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 2 | We 've had the speakers up here saying that they 're going out , they 're knocking on doors , so you know , it 's not just about money , but I tell you what if they go on in the way they 're going on there 's no way Joe Bloggs is going out quite tonight on a vote night saying come out and give us your vote . |
| 3 | Montag is astonished to find that they too burn books , however they destroy only the cases which contain the words , the ideas can never be destroyed while they live on inside the people , to be written out once more to give joy after the ‘ Dark Age ’ has passed . |
| 4 | High-density lipoproteins ( HDLs ) are ‘ good ’ since they latch on to the LDLs and absorb them through the artery walls to be disposed of by other organs in the body . |
| 5 | Gone are the days when professionals left the business of fees , commissions , variation charges , reimbursables and the rest to underlings whilst they got on with the interesting work . |
| 6 | Before they got on to the subject of the commune they had been discussing which item of Hilbert 's former property they should sell next . |
| 7 | The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway . |
| 8 | How much more suffering and waste will there be before they move on to the human victims of their research ? |
| 9 | But the wards are staffed twenty four hours a day , nursing staff are always about , we have dedicated security staff who can be called at a minute 's notice , and staff are obviously aware on kid 's wards how sensitive security is , and will be challenging people when they come on to the wards . |
| 10 | Vitor suggested , when they emerged on to the cobbled streets again . |
| 11 | All the same , they both felt rather squashed as they walked on to the farmhouse . |
| 12 | As they rolled on to the pound meadowland , Gabriel climbed down inside the cart so as to stay hidden until the right dramatic moment . |
| 13 | There have been well documented delays to SuperSparc and Sun has apparently built two crystals into its Mbus motherboards so that customers can upgrade their processor modules with higher clock-rate parts as they trickle on to the market , without having to dicker with clock timing and synchronisation . |
| 14 | Rachel said bitterly as they shot on to the main road . |
| 15 | As they stepped on to the landing he signalled her to go ahead while he hung back so they should not be seen arriving in the newsroom together . |
| 16 | ‘ Where did you leave your car ? ’ he asked as they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 17 | So as they continued on through the trees to the fort at Ballingolin , with the blackbirds chittering and the smoke from turf fires coming from the farmhouse inside the castle walls , Gerald Hussey broke the news to his daughter that she would be leaving Ireland . |
| 18 | Yet as they continued on through the shallows so birds wheeled about them in alarm , and creatures shifted in the undergrowth . |
| 19 | The movement continued to grow and develop and to absorb new media as they came on to the market . |
| 20 | But it quickly vanished as they got on with the morning 's proceedings . |
| 21 | They were certainly too much for a dismal Everton outfit and Chelsea should have had more goals as they eased on to the heels of the leading Premier League pack . |
| 22 | On Wednesday , 30th August , 1950 , the miners in the workings concerned blasted out coal and rock as they tunnelled on towards the surface . |
| 23 | The Sergeant was driving , and the windscreen wipers were waving crescents of slush away from the glass as they headed on into the teeth of the storm . |
| 24 | ‘ So , you 've gone to the top , ’ Buckmaster commented as they turned on to the Okehampton road . |
| 25 | Marie-Christine bit her lip as they turned on to the road leading up to the château . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 've been lumbered with running me back , ’ Ashley said crisply , as they turned on to the road . |