Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he progressed over the cobbled stretches of roads that give the race its title ‘ Hell of the North ’ , he was cheered on by police and public alike . |
| 2 | Wear on leather soled shoes was saved by sticking on over soles made from pieces of old tyre inner tubes . |
| 3 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 4 | We got on to dreams because Vern 's interested in them too . |
| 5 | Erm so Elizabeth got on to Aristocrats so what , what happened ? |
| 6 | Did n't you even got on to frogs and rabbits ? |
| 7 | She got on with children and dedicated herself to their wellbeing . |
| 8 | There 's a racket goin' on , Aggie ; but you know as well as me it 's been goin' on for years . |
| 9 | It pays to examine all gutter brackets and clips to ensure no water will drip on to walls . |
| 10 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
| 11 | Her wig is made up of bottle tops , left over from ordinary twentieth-century life , trodden into the dirt underfoot , pressed on to noticeboards . |
| 12 | Startled staff dived for cover as the liquid dung splashed against outside walls , whizzed through windows and splattered on to desks , chairs , computers and carpets . |
| 13 | Californians have a reputation for latching on to fads , and it 's true — yet a lot of what they preach is eminently sensible . |
| 14 | IMPACT : An arrow shows where the stricken Jumbo plunged on to flats in the complex visited by a shocked Queen Beatrix ( inset ) yesterday |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose a lot of that sort of thing goes on with actors and … you know . |
| 16 | Identifying strengths needs to relate to what actually goes on with children and their learning and not to neglected or under used physical resources . |
| 17 | The question is how do you break into the cycle and make that happen , and I think the answer is , as I said , in two ways — one by making teachers more aware during their period of initial training , either at college or at university or polytechnic , and secondly by looking very carefully at the amount and type of in-service training erm that goes on for teachers once they 've left college and are in the schools . |
| 18 | The question is how do you break into the cycle and make that happen , and I think the answer is , as I said , in two ways — one by making teachers more aware during their period of initial training , either at college or at university or polytechnic , and secondly by looking very carefully at the amount and type of in-service training erm that goes on for teachers once they 've left college and are in the schools . |
| 19 | The street goes on for ages , but it 's pretty interesting . |
| 20 | No , I could tell you a really boring joke that goes on for ages . |
| 21 | The search now goes on for cancers over a wider area . |
| 22 | The transcript goes on for pages and pages , and not a single word was said about any of those increases being phased in . |
| 23 | It sometimes cures itself , or sometimes goes on for years . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman goes on about conspiracies against the working class , but I gather that in his constituency the working class conspired against him . |
| 25 | But Puddephat goes on about hermeneutics and ontology , and the master pretends he understands . |
| 26 | But something about your comments worries me a great deal , and that 's the fact that many women tutors , you say , have been looking at this issue , but they have n't looked at the major part of the issue , which is from the students ' perspectives and the problem that goes on between students . |
| 27 | This evaluation highlighted one of the points made in Chapter 2 : what goes on between components is as important as what goes on within any component . |
| 28 | As Carolyn recalls : ‘ It was pretty normal procedure that goes on between girls . |
| 29 | Mhm , so there 's quite a bit of joking goes on between sections about this and . |
| 30 | Well erm there 's a lot of there 's a lot of abuse that goes on between kids of similar ages , often in schools , and we call it things like bullying . |