Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 2 | Take that form literally and there is only one winner on Saturday as Bonanza Boy is bound to have come on for the outing . |
| 3 | Everything seemed to have moved on to a level of fantasy . |
| 4 | Penelope Huntley , who would very much have liked to have gone on with the discussion , found herself swept out of the office , and walked slowly down the road , flushed with a mixture of disappointment and excitement . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 … |
| 6 | She sought to discover where he had obtained the information he was supposed to have passed on to a Sunday newspaper . |
| 7 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
| 8 | 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 . |