Example sentences of "on [prep] the [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 2 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 3 | Sebastian went on in the same vein for quite some minutes . |
| 4 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 5 | Earlier on in the same piece of writing , in the same letter to the Philippians he had said that for him to die was gain . |
| 6 | I carried on at the same point in the book and you did not seem to notice . |
| 7 | Even if we stopped using all CFCs today , depletion of the ozone layer — the earth 's barrier against cancer-causing ultra violet radiation — would carry on at the same rate for the next 50 years . |