Example sentences of "he [vb -s] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Billy were he lives , he lives on by the courts , you know by the Law Centre ? |
| 2 | Many legends are told of Barbarossa ; it is said that he is not dead , that no true Emperor has ruled since his reign , and that he lives on until the Day of Judgement . |
| 3 | He hangs on to the hope that he will work with Almodóvar again , but Hollywood and a coterie of internationally-acclaimed directors are now pounding on the door . |
| 4 | He stays on into the dawn — how quiet |
| 5 | Halvard — Perhaps you could let us know how he gets on in the tour games . |
| 6 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 7 | This week he 's at Queens Club with Sky for the Stella Artois tournament , then he moves on to the Manchester Open on June 14 . |
| 8 | He steps on to the bathroom scales . |
| 9 | The two sets of metaphors have persisted side by side , not only in the West since the ancient Greeks , but in other civilizations as well ( Chinese ming ‘ bright ’ is the ordinary word for the enlightenment of the sage , which is often compared to a mirror reflecting things exactly as they are , while te ‘ get ’ is used of insight ; ‘ I 've got it ! ’ says the disciple to his master as he catches on to the Tao ) . |