Example sentences of "[verb] on [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the three of them got on and Fred explained that ‘ we desperately wanted to turn into a dance band but did n't know how ’ . |
| 2 | We can not be complacent , for progress marches on and inflation eats at our financing , but we can be proud of the Institution — and extend again our heartfelt thanks to the voluntary fund raisers and crews without whom it could not exist in any form . |
| 3 | I mean , twenty years ago when the volume of work was n't so high as it now , then erm every police officer was doing that , but because time has marched on and problems have become more an more , erm we we tend to have left the traditional way of policing behind . |
| 4 | Even though time has marched on and Danes and Vikings have invaded it , Catholic , Anglican and Methodist religion have influenced it , nothing has really changed its basic aura and raison d'etre . |
| 5 | Life goes on and Will was busier than ever . |
| 6 | Nothing will last forever but will fade as time goes on and seasons move into the cold of winter . |
| 7 | Because there is a way forward , it is about negotiation , it is about hunt the hunting community , it is about sharing ideas and looking for a way forward , going forward from here , well to turn a blind eye to what goes on and vote for that amendment is very similar to what Hitler did in Germany fifty years ago . |
| 8 | Guscott passed on and Underwood did the business from 70 metres . |
| 9 | Druid 's Bottom was a fine house once , though it 's run down since Mr Gotobed passed on and Dilys took bad . |
| 10 | He passed on and Charlie Hatton sniggered . |
| 11 | We had no official contacts with any of the new Cuban leaders and therefore nothing to go on but rumours . |
| 12 | So , you know , we expect erm , Penguin and A W er , Penguin U S certainly to go on and Longman to carry on as they are , improving . |
| 13 | Life had to go on and music was presumably as important to ordinary people trying to survive in Berlin as it was for the people who crowded into the National Gallery in London to hear Myra Hess 's lunchtime recitals . |
| 14 | Omegamon II for SMS is the result , building on and interfacing to DF/SMS . |
| 15 | I think this is why they ca n't sell cos they keep building on and people are going in the newer ones and not buying the ones that are lived in . |
| 16 | ‘ The first criterion is that you have to be big : once you 're big there is something to work on and mobility , strength , athleticism , agility , determination and not least pride can be developed . |
| 17 | Tickets priced £2 are available from Sheila Glew on or Mal Heath on . |
| 18 | The idea of boiler inspections caught on and boiler explosion rates plummeted . |
| 19 | These amenities include a swimming pool with ample sun terraces for relaxing and sunbathing on and bar service . |
| 20 | Weekend retreats were decided on and Courtfield was the obvious venue for the South West . |
| 21 | I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things . |
| 22 | The ship that the Queen sailed on and Princess Elizabeth |
| 23 | The room light came on and Nurse Bodkin and Doctor O'Connor-Crowley stood in the doorway . |
| 24 | Then the red lights came on and L Detachment sprang out into the pitch-black night , unsure of exactly where they were . |
| 25 | Fernando drove on and Ruth lapsed into a silence of awe . |
| 26 | Others cling on and hope . |
| 27 | Pigs which are kept in a fairly barren environment , except for the presence of other pigs , want to chew things , they want to root , but there is nothing to chew on or root so they chew on the tails of other pigs . |
| 28 | ‘ There were none left , ’ he protested but Mum had moved on and Linda Paterson was grinning all over her face . |
| 29 | The drunks were moved on and John and his friends were followed all the way home . |
| 30 | New Stewards came in early 1983 but have since moved on and Tony and Cheryl Wright started in December 1985 . |