Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play tottered on like this for a quarter of an hour . |
| 2 | A number of significant changes have occurred in British society since 1979 , and the one centred on in this book has been the emergence of an underclass . |
| 3 | She burbled on like this , feeling dismally she was not helping herself , while Mrs Whitfield sat , eyes lowered , pricking out a pattern with the tip of her ballpoint on the top left-hand corner of Alice 's form . |
| 4 | Now we got on to this the other day does anybody remember that ? |
| 5 | So what they says is that I , I got on at this wall , jumped across onto this other wall , shinned up the outside of this other wall , stood on top of this the first floor wall and jumped up and caught hold of the top of the second floor wall and he reckon in the la about fucking twenty odd seconds , I was up and over and in , they , they , they fucking kill yourself , get down , I ca n't remember none of it . |
| 6 | ‘ I must n't keep rattling on like this ! ’ |
| 7 | Many builders of smaller houses in the Cotswolds clung on to this much-loved style which they had so perfected . |
| 8 | On rehearsal , when our cue came through , we heard him say ‘ I am a sea-gull at the Port of Vancouver ’ instead of the ‘ Fitzpatrick Travelogue ’ script agreed on for this part of the show . |
| 9 | I bought a copy in of last weeks Daily Telegraph because interestingly enough , the press seems to be latching on to this er not playing by the rules . |
| 10 | Carpet cleaning needs no chemicals ; handle fits on to heat shield , and steam hose clips on to this |
| 11 | ‘ You do not know what goes on at this school , ’ said Rafiq . |
| 12 | ‘ Aberdeen crematorium is well run and efficient and it seemed natural to open our doors and explain to the public exactly what goes on during this most important ceremony . ’ |
| 13 | Also , the local MP has taken it upon himself to look personally into what goes on in this prison . ’ |
| 14 | Hey , what goes on in this one , though ? |
| 15 | I know he talks to you about what goes on in this office , but I get a feedback about you . ’ |
| 16 | We 're supposed to know what goes on in this country , and the PM 's health is a national asset , so … |
| 17 | ‘ I ought to have found this out before , especially as I usually know everything that goes on in this village , but they 've managed to keep it secret . |
| 18 | This centre looks like a huge barracks in the hills and no one knows what goes on in this place . |
| 19 | What if he goes on like this for ever ? |
| 20 | I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ said Julia with feeling , ‘ if he goes on like this , I should think someone will break his neck . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Of course he goes on like this because he 's jealous , ’ said John , when he and Ianthe were alone . |
| 23 | On March 1st a French listening post overheard a German remark on the telephone : ‘ if it goes on like this we sha n't have a man left after the war ’ . |
| 24 | We can therefore interpret our findings as evidence that what the community agrees on in this case is a pattern of stable differentiation over two generations between male and female usage . |
| 25 | ‘ I applaud Myra 's loyalty , but it 's stupid to carry on with this charade of twins . ’ |
| 26 | And there was lots of the we came to an end and if we were going to carry on with this further we the everybody was getting a bit fed up with it . |
| 27 | ‘ And try to carry on with this truce ? ’ |
| 28 | I know I do have the confidence of the backbenchers to carry on with this particular job as well as the confidence of the leader and the shadow Chancellor . |
| 29 | We decide to carry on past this bawdy nightmarish jewel . |
| 30 | Robert wondered how this particular breakaway section of a breakaway section of the Nizari Ismailis had managed to carry on like this in Wimbledon for the last seventy years . |