Example sentences of "have [vb pp] on [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could almost imagine oneself back into the Middle Ages but for the fact that technology has marched on through the centuries to replace rough-hewn bows of Yew with fibreglass ones , equipped with very advanced sights . |
| 2 | Verily , the game has moved on from the days when Bobby Locke could , for instance , win seven tournaments in his baptismal year on the US circuit , and four Open Championships on this side of the Atlantic , and yet virtually never feel the need to depart from his habitual draw . |
| 3 | On the evening of Thursday 1 August , The Royal Academy will open its doors for Country Living readers to view the exhibition that has become on of the highlights of the London Season . |
| 4 | The former England winger said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . ’ |
| 6 | He repeated the information he 'd passed on to the Abigails and to Mr Plant : that George Joseph Smith had bought fish for the late Miss Munday , and eggs for Mrs Burnham and Miss Lofty . |
| 7 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 8 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 9 | Sponge-fishing may also have gone on from the ports , though there is no direct evidence of it . |
| 10 | ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed … |
| 11 | The field is led by Miró with a rise of 1090% one of the few artists to have held on to the gains of the 1988–90 period . |
| 12 | The lid had collapsed on to the remains , the sides had fallen outwards , but the two end pieces remained upright . |
| 13 | Some injuries had apparently been caused by the explosion dislodging flooring and equipment on the overhead jigs which had crashed on to the men working on the shop-floor . |
| 14 | All but he wanted to know how Stephen had got on with the police . |
| 15 | He found a ‘ poor fishing town ’ which had retreated on to the cliffs to avoid the winter storms ; but it was far better situated than Daniel Defoe allowed when he visited the coast in the 1720s . |
| 16 | They each had totally different stories , totally different perceptions of what had gone on in the meetings . |
| 17 | She turned down the heat quicKly but some of the fat had splashed on to the flames and the blue smoke increased in density . |
| 18 | A new face had tagged on to the Pistols party . |
| 19 | And er , as I say , observing this and watching Hector 's work and how things have gone on over the years , er as you know , there 's been a tremendous revival of interest in driving , so many people have er , restored carts or had new ones built and erm the young farriers who 've never had the experience with driving horses , they have run into problems with erm , keeping them going soundly and overcoming problems which crop up when horses are driven on the road a lot . |
| 20 | The majority of the law lords seemed to regard the interests of the state as coterminous with the interests of the government of the day ; executive-minded comments to that effect have lingered on in the textbooks ever since , an unwanted legal legacy from this period of popular protest . |