Example sentences of "and [verb] on [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's sort of waving one arm and hanging on with the other . |
| 2 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 3 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 4 | In all this , he was backed by Lavinia although her main interest lay in trying to keep their heads above water and hanging on to the estate . |
| 5 | Willie blushed and clung on to the top of the blankets . |
| 6 | ‘ You will load your aeroplanes with T.N.T. , ’ he said , ‘ fly in line-astern to Corps H.Q. , and crash on to the roof of the Corps commander 's chateau , in alphabetical order . ’ |
| 7 | And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night . |
| 8 | In practical terms this means The Fix can be placed in a horizontal crack with a large proportion of the stem sticking out and fallen on in the knowledge that the device has been specifically designed to give an increased safety margin . |
| 9 | Jan Indian-striped my cheek with lipstick and hopped on to the platform , turning to shout : ‘ They 'll think I 'm one too , Monica ! |
| 10 | All the cans of food and money , which came to more than £50 , has been collected and passed on to the County Durham Kostroma Appeal . |
| 11 | They both chuckled and passed on down the road . |
| 12 | I waved to him and passed on into the lecture room . ’ |
| 13 | The wind parted imperturbably around the cottage and passed on up the valley . |
| 14 | The first is the period of oral tradition when the stories of Jesus were used and passed on by the Church . |
| 15 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 16 | I have to say that if some of those born again modernizers had supported us then , we could have settled these issues long ago , and got on with the business of winning elections , which I thought was what party politics was about . |
| 17 | Having blown his lunch , he then strolled back on set and got on with the matter in hand . |
| 18 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 19 | In the end , of course , we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job . |
| 20 | And Graham acknowledged : ‘ He accepted what was said , and got on with the job . |
| 21 | PIETER Muller read the messages of hate , shrugged and got on with the job of becoming one of the best centres in the world . |
| 22 | Watching Silas , the answer evaded her because his face remained expressionless , so she pushed the question away from her and got on with the job . |
| 23 | The Hercules has been there with the RAF and got on with the job . |
| 24 | This is available as a white powder which is mixed with water and painted on to the concrete . |
| 25 | Companies ' interim and preliminary statements should be reviewed and reported on by the auditor before publication . |
| 26 | Droplets of blood ran over his fingers and dripped on to the floor . |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher , who returned from the United States last night , said : ‘ Everything we have done in the last 13 years will be conserved and built on into the future . |
| 28 | He went by the window , without a glance , and moved on into the night . |
| 29 | They were stopped at a sentry post to have passes checked and moved on through the wool of the fog , traffic sounds muted , an anguished cry from the Thames as a ship sounded its foghorn on the way down to the sea . |
| 30 | Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom . |