Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken this long to get over it and , as many good athletes have discovered to their cost , the temptation has always been to carry on training . |
| 2 | Those of us who have criticised the Government 's and western nations ' lack of urgency in providing appropriate assistance to the Soviet Union will also welcome the new steps and the energy that is being shown in this area If , as the Prime Minister rightly says , the protection of non-proliferation is the absolute key to world peace , why are the Government seeking to increase the number of nuclear warheads that are carried on Trident , when they have the option of keeping the number the same , at a time when the rest of the world is decreasing them ? |
| 3 | We are carried on feathers . |
| 4 | The domes are carried on pendentives and below are rectangular piers without capitals . |
| 5 | These domes are carried on pendentives and are each 40 feet in diameter . |
| 6 | Full details of what promise to be uplifting and enjoyable celebrations are carried on page 4 and the back cover . |
| 7 | come on , right time is nearly twenty past , now sit down and get on with it what ? there are come on Deana you get on you 're |
| 8 | Much more common in tile roofing — as it was in the cheapest form of slated roof — was ‘ open batten ’ construction in which the tiles are hung on battens fixed directly to the top surfaces of the rafters without any intermediate boarding . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh no , ’ Steve groaned , ‘ they 're bringing on Steven . |
| 10 | It 's the tiles are copies of ones found in the foundations and they 're hung on hand split oak lathes . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're putting on weight , ’ said the manager , picking up Arthur 's belt and looking at the notches . |
| 12 | This was taken as proof of his innocence , especially when the case had been brought on suspicion . |
| 13 | A statement in its memorandum of association that the company 's object shall be to carry on business as a general commercial company shall mean that its object is to carry on any trade or business whatsoever , and in such a case the company has power to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of any trade or business by it . |
| 14 | Up to 2,200lb of bombs could be carried on underwing racks . |
| 15 | CAMEO is designed to be carried on emergency vehicles and has undergone successful on-scene field trials with the Seattle Fire Department . |
| 16 | To avoid damage , Gyproc cove should be carried on edge , whether singly or in a bundle . |
| 17 | Few people nowadays prefer to walk to their objective if they can be carried on wheels , and Fell End Clouds is so remote from centres of population that visitors invariably arrive by car . |
| 18 | It will be about twice as long as the goods brake and , as Colin 's article states , it will be carried on No. 5 's bogies and used as a mobile shop/ticket office/refreshment car . |
| 19 | These from the castle will be more powerful , with longer range than any that can be carried on shipboard . |
| 20 | Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework . |
| 21 | Ideally , gates should be hung on study posts , set well into the ground . |
| 22 | Keepin and Kats were responsible for a calculation which has been taken up and treated with biblical reverence by the anti-nuclear lobby : for nuclear power to displace coal from the energy mix in a high energy scenario 8000 large reactors would have to be brought on line worldwide at the rate of one every one-and-a-half days . |
| 23 | The bird will be brought on stage by Arthur Johnson , marketing editor of the Echo , and Brian Hall , PR Executive of Liverpool FC . |
| 24 | By the way I 'm taking on homeworkers . ’ |
| 25 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 26 | Myeloski was beginning to realize that he could be taking on forces that encompassed the very people who ran the Soviet Union , the powermasters who employed him to keep the peace as a police officer . |
| 27 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |
| 28 | Spooner 's idea came from an invitation by his actor-neighbour , Jim Dale , to visit the set of the latest Carry On … film at Pinewood — which just happened to be Carry On Cleo . |
| 29 | There was also going to be Carry On Dallas , a parody on the TV series . |
| 30 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |