Example sentences of "[prep] go on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 100 porters who help carry the luggage of VIP passengers at Heathrow airport were sacked after going on strike demanding the right to be represented by a union . |
| 2 | Finally , the late eighties saw the launch of satellite TV services , initially by Sky and then by the ill-fated BSB , which was taken over by Sky to form BSkyB when BSB succumbed to financial difficulties less than two years after going on air , in late 1990 . |
| 3 | John Spearman , Classic FM chief executive , said : ‘ We are very pleased to have been presented with this prestigious award just six months after going on air . |
| 4 | In fact we had a letter did n't we from the neighbourhood watch co-ordinator saying that she sort of goes on patrol when she takes the dog a walk |
| 5 | If you are considering going on secondment during term time it is obviously important to minimise disruption to the teaching programme . |
| 6 | Staff are not allowed to anticipate paid leave beyond what has accrued to them at the rate shown on the annual leave slip at the time of going on leave . |
| 7 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 8 | It is reported that in a large printing office in the city [ which can only be R. & R. Clark ] where there are about 100 females employed , more than 70 handed in notices to strike yesterday , while correspondingly large proportions of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike , failing a settlement . |
| 9 | There were other alleged cases when guards were playing scrabble instead of going on patrol and one was said to be unfit for work through drink . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't wear a great deal for work , ’ she explained , ‘ and I have no intention of going on air looking like a tart , so forget it . ’ |
| 11 | They seem incapable of going on holiday without a ) general mayhem breaking out and b ) losing wee Kevin . |
| 12 | We would n't dream of going on holiday in May , when it flowers . |
| 13 | Ca n't think of going on holiday |
| 14 | Had enough of going on trips . |
| 15 | These stories are commonplace , although those involved are wary of going on record . |
| 16 | ALL 32 homes on a new housing development in Middlesbrough have been reserved within four months of going on sale . |
| 17 | They are the darlings of young theatregoers in Japan , and their tickets always sell out completely within hours of going on sale ! |
| 18 | ‘ Of going on stage tonight . ’ |
| 19 | Adam had viewed with near-incredulity his mother 's preparations in the past for going on holiday , the way everything in the house seemed to get washed , the way she and his father wore their worst clothes for days beforehand because the best ones were packed , the phone calls she made , the notes she left for tradesmen . |
| 20 | Earlier , two Labour MPs , Brian Sedgemore and Tony Banks , were escorted from the hotel by police in an attempt to prevent them presenting a petition on behalf of 23 Pergamon Press workers sacked for going on strike . |
| 21 | On the other hand , an employer who dismisses a redundant employee for going on strike during his notice period will still have to make him a redundancy payment unless he serves a ‘ notice of extension ’ in accordance with the Consolidation Act requiring him to make up the time lost through the strike . |
| 22 | When 343 workers were sacked last February for going on strike over lay-offs and cuts in benefits ( 80% were women , some with 35 years of service ) , 270 others rushed to take their jobs . |
| 23 | Music Week reports that session men are receiving a miserly £30 or £40 for performing on demo records and about £500 a week for going on tour , though the figure rises sharply on big stadium tours . |
| 24 | No I 'm not bothered about going on holiday , I suppose I 'm all worked up about getting bedroom sorted , ha |
| 25 | here you are Scott my mother just killed his ear , ear lobes about going on holiday , mother works |
| 26 | They were talking about going on strike over it , about it anyway . |
| 27 | Although he had once thought about going on stage he has opted instead for directing . |
| 28 | I thought about going on Monday . |
| 29 | During the war Well while the war as going on nationalization was brought up in the buffets by what we would term now , the activist or militant Labour people . |
| 30 | Research shows that where older disabled people have high incomes they are not so restricted and are able to participate in activities — such as going on summer holidays and having evenings out — that are enjoyed by younger non-disabled people . |