Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 . |
2 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
3 | Yeah , try those for and er , I mean there , but there , they 'll go on to a similar any way , but just keeping up the enjoyment side and er |
4 | Salvation came from without : the development of some de facto secondary work in the higher ‘ standards ’ or years of Board schools , the improvements in the older grammar schools , the use of various ‘ institutes ’ dedicated to helping working men get more education , the creation of new , civic universities like Owens in Manchester , and the expansion of London University , gave men who wanted a basic education beyond primary school new opportunities , after which they could go on to a denominational college which was now more able to concentrate on theology . |
5 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
6 | The list could go on for a long time . |
7 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
8 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
9 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
10 | ‘ If we could get a decent job , have somewhere settled to live , then we could get on with a proper life . |
11 | Another one of his tricks was to lurk behind the counter at the Turk 's Head so customers would think there was no one there , and then , when they were thinking of leaving or helping themselves to the jam doughnuts , he 'd leap on to a wooden box to bring his large dome head just above the level of the counter and say , ‘ Can I help you ? ’ in a very loud voice . |
12 | The gayer , shorter girls would come on for a general dance to the Gavotte . |
13 | You want to be very careful er , Mr Chairman , how we put out erm , information , I mean , let's face it , you know , you start sort of raising a lot of hairs if you 're not careful and if , if , even if it 's totally irrelevant people will latch on to a particular com comment and make it their own . |
14 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
15 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
16 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
17 | Your point is well taken that a percentage of those will go on to a transmural infarct , but I have difficulty in understanding these figures in relation to an expected mortality for sub-endocardial infarction of around 5–6% . |
18 | ‘ BR will switch on to a commercial footing and something will have to go . ’ |
19 | If the paddler builds up speed and then stops paddling , the boat will drift on in a straight line . |
20 | The managing director of Oxford United said the club will fight on for a new stadium , despite planning problems . |
21 | Denis McCullough is also involved but perhaps Reid , who was successful at the Dundrod meeting as well as Temple and Mid-Antrim , will push on into a useful lead . |
22 | If you 've been here long enough , you can move on to a progressive prison ; to a C cat , or even D cat . |
23 | A detailed kinematic understanding is thus available and this can lead on to a comprehensive dynamic and performance analysis if so desired . |
24 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
25 | The controls are pure joy , though you can be surprised at the ease with which g can pile on in a sixty-degree banked turn at 230 knots . |