Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] that " in BNC.
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1 | And it got on from that you see . |
2 | She ca n't keep goin' on like that fer ever . |
3 | They have n't put repeat on for that . |
4 | But Mum goes on about that wretched place as though he was chief jailer at Broadmoor . |
5 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
6 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |
7 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
8 | Something goes on in that room on a Monday and a Wednesday . |
9 | Right : The Eradicator gets no prizes for good looks , but it 's what goes on inside that justifies the price . |
10 | ‘ I 'm just interested to know what goes on beneath that hostile little shell you present to the world , Virginia . |
11 | I do n't bother to answer him back when he goes on like that . |
12 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
13 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
14 | You do n't need any further underwriting to carry on at that level , but you can do . |
15 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
16 | And then erm the lads in both they had decided they were gon na go on the go slow , but they were told if you go go on the on the go slow system , you 're gon na go home , he said , I 'm not prepared to carry on with that , he said , the manager there , that 's brother that is . |
17 | Erm would you like to carry on with that ? |
18 | Contrary to her firm intention of not breakfasting with Ven , however , since he was standing by the table which was set for two when she again entered the sitting-room , she thought it would be infantile in the extreme to carry on with that intention . |
19 | He used to carry on with that |
20 | ‘ I thought Mum was much too old to carry on like that . ’ |
21 | Well he 's going to carry on like that is n't he ? |
22 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
23 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
24 | When news was brought to the hotel that the general had , ‘ passed on to that great trout loch in the sky ’ , people were genuinely saddened because the general had been a much-respected member of the community . |
25 | But he speaks the , the wo A Ann was her name , she said that he speaks too softly to go on to that . |
26 | It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that . |
27 | You know , telling us everything about the Tories , what they 've done wrong and to go on from that , not telling us anything about how you 're gon na put it right . |
28 | ‘ Why does he always have to go on like that ? ’ |
29 | but I ca n't afford to go on like that you see |
30 | I found myself hanging on to that spirit , first at the office of Policia de Investigationes del Peru ( motto : ‘ Honor y Lealtad ’ ) where it was never the same man on my case . |