Example sentences of "[verb] on with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secure the long bullrush leaves around the pond , sticking on with a little fondant . |
| 2 | Sticking on with a little royal icing or glue , wrap the strip carefully around the edge of the roof , scalloped edge upwards . |
| 3 | Well George got on with a lot of people like that but of course , he was a Mason you see . |
| 4 | On the contrary , it was precisely the excessive femininity , laid on with a trowel as it were , that created the effect of someone pretending to be a woman , someone in fact rather desperately hoping to be taken for one . |
| 5 | To mitigate his appearance , he had grown a beard — though it was so fine , to conform with custom , that it might have been painted on with a kohl-brush , an impression reinforced by the methodical severity with which the rest of the face had been shaved . |
| 6 | Kohl has decided to go on with a fast-breeder reactor in Kalkar on the Rhine , although development costs have quadrupled to 6–5 billion DM . |
| 7 | My dear Theo , I wrote to you already early this morning , then I went away to go on with a picture of a garden in the sunshine . |
| 8 | Raisins were first included in American cookies only six years ago , but the idea has caught on with a vengeance . |
| 9 | The end of power-sharing had left a vacuum , which the constitutional convention had failed to fill , and Ulster staggered on with a vicious IRA campaign , tit-for-tat assassinations , unconvincing direct rule , and no obvious sense of direction . |
| 10 | For instance , judo flyweight Karen Briggs grappling on with a dislocated shoulder shoved back in its socket . |
| 11 | Before signing on with an agency : |
| 12 | Black is the usual choice , but a stippled grey/black/green or brown/green/black dabbed on with a sponge gives an interesting effect . |
| 13 | Hounded to her death by a cruel mother-in-law , neglected by her husband … the same husband who 'd carried on with a woman when she was hardly cold in her grave . |
| 14 | A few other media met the conditions of technology , but simply failed to catch on with a mass audience . |
| 15 | At bottom then there was some democratic basis for the Unionist case , for the government was pressing on with a reform that they knew was not backed by the electorate . |
| 16 | As the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) advised everyone in the Financial Times last week , ’ There is nothing to prevent a group of countries pressing on with a separate Treaty The fact is that we can not , even if we wished , stop the others going ahead . ’ |
| 17 | Is the paper so glossy that it is difficult to write on with a highlighting pen ? |
| 18 | Bruce shows how he holds on with a metal clip … |
| 19 | Cut the rich fruit cake in half diagonally and place one half on top of the other to form a triangle , sandwiching on with a little apricot glaze . |
| 20 | This one point alone has almost certainly caused many novice flyers to struggle on with an unmanageable model which could easily be completely transformed by correct adjustment . |
| 21 | West Germany 's defender who played on with a broken collar bone in 1970 ( see taking it too seriously and injuries ) . |
| 22 | Behind her , Nahum was looking on with an unsmiling face . |
| 23 | Soon the door was closed , leaving outside , among the gravestones and round the Cross , a small and growing crowd who lingered on with a sense that the entertainment might not be over . |
| 24 | New Scientist sailed on with a discussion of the Roman Catholic Church 's acceptance of science as long as science accepted miracles and where did that leave both sides . |
| 25 | The Australian trainer came on with a bucket of water to try to revive the apparently comatose Fulton . |
| 26 | You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable . |
| 27 | A company employing ten workers might lay off two in bad times ; ten self-employed workers would probably carry on with a 20% reduction in their turnover rather than voluntarily go on the dole . |
| 28 | This can simply be described as a flat panel display that is written on with a stylus ( pen ) . |
| 29 | The same unfortunate landlord returned a few days later as we were playing forfeits , and made no mention of the fact that one person was in a bra and panties with a colander on his head , another had wellingtons on filled to the brim with curdled milk and the rest of us had false moustaches drawn on with an indelible black magic marker . |
| 30 | Over the last seven months , Lawrence has quietly got on with a rebuilding job at Ayresome Park . |