Example sentences of "[verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such fields a double need arises : to harmonise licensing requirements for companies intending to carry on the activities in question , and to establish essential standards for the prudential supervision of companies providing financial services . |
| 2 | Edward Stanton 's elder son , William , who was master mason to the Mint , attempted to carry on the sculptors ' yard , but was declared bankrupt in 1735 . |
| 3 | Does he have the vision and political nous to carry on the changes begun — but certainly not completed — by his predecessor ? |
| 4 | Protesters have vowed to carry on the demonstrations despite the fact the tour has been given tacit approval by the African National Congress . |
| 5 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
| 6 | parents should always arrange if possible for their children to see old people of marked interest in their lives , so as to carry on the links of tradition … |
| 7 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 8 | It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests . |
| 9 | Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump . |
| 10 | Hanging on the hours like heliotropes |
| 11 | Beautiful women , dressed in anything from the flamboyantly obvious to the understatedly elegant , weaved in and out of the crowds , some of them hanging on the arms of men old enough to be their grandfathers . |
| 12 | Leave a crust of blood hanging on the nails |
| 13 | Now they sat in the tiny dressing room , their washing hanging on the radiators , eating health food and tirelessly sending information and soft-focus photographs of themselves to directors , theatres , agents , TV companies and producers . |
| 14 | We left our belongings hanging on the handlebars and |
| 15 | She sees her wig and familiar clothing , dry now , still hanging on the backs of chairs to one side of a dead fire . |
| 16 | He looked at the springy , sharp-edged lawn , the borders of stocks and pansies backed by honeysuckle and late roses , the baskets of purple trailing lobelias , red geraniums and white alyssum hanging on the walls . |
| 17 | We got back home and everything was still hanging on the walls , but there was more missing from the store . |
| 18 | Sedan chair ( linked to three — a tree ) : A blossom tree with sedan chairs hanging on the branches instead of flowers ; |
| 19 | Pretzels , I say , for God 's sake , bring on the pretzels . |
| 20 | ‘ If we 'd put ‘ Bring On The Girls ’ on the A-side and ‘ Impossible Dream ’ on the other side , I wonder if anyone would have moaned about it ? |
| 21 | But it 's the aforementioned ‘ Bring On The Girls ’ which gives the most away . |
| 22 | There is an especially uplifting ‘ GI Blues ’ and a fierce version of ‘ Bring On The Girls ’ . |
| 23 | Contestants will join him in the arena to try to do a Tyrus — and bring on the tears again . |
| 24 | Bring on the men in white coats ! |
| 25 | By nineteen ninety-one sixty-one per cent was being carried on the roads with just seven per cent going by rail — part of the continuing trend of freight away from rail to road . |
| 26 | It 's very nasty vapours and has got a fairly low flashpoint and is unfortunately carried on the motorways every day of the week . ’ |
| 27 | I cut it out of Cosmopolitan magazine : an article entitled ‘ Think Yourself Thin ’ , illustrated by a blonde woman in a bikini being carried on the arms of two grinning , solid young men . |
| 28 | Sometimes xerolas ( vegetables and/or fruits , often in the shape of a gigantic ball and strung on a pole which is carried on the shoulders of two men ) are carried in the procession . |
| 29 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
| 30 | Some cargo is still carried on the waterways , although mainly on the broad canals and rivers . |