Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb past] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fund accounting explicitly recognizes the political , economic and legal differences that exist between the services provided , and the activities carried on , within public sector organizations . |
| 2 | For the next half hour the rehearsals took on a sudden lift and everyone began to dare to try things out without feeling foolish . |
| 3 | Having ordered a seafood salad , she sipped a glass of dry white wine and listened to the orchestra playing Neapolitan love-songs while the sun set and the lanterns came on , glowing a weird purple in the warm blue dusk . |
| 4 | The last time in Norwich about six years ago , and then there were five Magistrates out , and the sittings went on , for between two and three days . |
| 5 | The birds went on singing . |
| 6 | The word Olympic was never used , and the contests dragged on throughout the summer and autumn . |
| 7 | ( They were not amused ; he was ordered to leave the premises at once , and the guardians went on to celebrate one or other event in their own way by providing extra diet for the inmates . |
| 8 | The Maggot , Ellen insisted , was an untoilet-trained redneck jerk whose only expertise was as a player of the most brutal and mindless sport to be devised since the lions took on the Christians . |
| 9 | As the hours wore on , the sun became increasing hot , and the wind died to little more than a murmur . |
| 10 | Miles signalled , and the hunters drove on . |
| 11 | The gas-masks hung on their pegs in the narrow hall . |
| 12 | The snag was , everything had seemed perfectly fine and reasonable written down in black and white — but the book had omitted to mention that on snow the skis took on a life all of their own . |
| 13 | To one side of the main building is Llanthony Yard where you will find a forge , Engine House and workshops , with regular demonstrations of the skills needed on and around the waterways . |
| 14 | This was manned by a number of highly professional officers skilled and experienced in the technicalities of flying , and they put into practical effect the policies decided on by the member States to standardise procedures , facilities and levels of safety throughout the world . |
| 15 | A parody of this , a pseudo-democracy , is a situation in which the decision-makers put on a show of consulting those whom their decisions affect when in fact the crucial decisions have already been taken and the policies decided on . |
| 16 | Phoebe knew when she had reached the lump , but the fingers went on circling , and then probing her armpit . |
| 17 | ‘ All right , let's party ! ’ shouted BCCI official Sibte Hassan as the handcuffs snapped on . |
| 18 | The only trouble was this : the sepoys kept on bravely coming forward , while he and his men kept on retreating . |
| 19 | The couriers signed on for courses at two language schools in order to get visas , but were caught when one had his baggage searched at Heathrow . |
| 20 | The festivities went on for days . |
| 21 | Still the spears came on , forcing them step by step into the sea , till they were almost knee deep . |
| 22 | Whether the world could continue to support its present ‘ uncontrolled economic growth ’ in the face of diminishing resources and pollution was a question on which all the candidates latched on to the latter issue . |
| 23 | The bagladies stared on , stonily now . |
| 24 | As the brakes came on and the flurry of activity again took in more passengers and luggage the old lady stood up and moved to the door . |
| 25 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 26 | But the pilgrimages went on , and have never ceased ; and there is another element of continuity between the tenth and the twelfth centuries : Rome was a city of turbulence and riots . |
| 27 | Even this was in quite a congested area and from 25 October 1944 , the cars carried on , out of service to the Coombe Road crossover and reversed there . |
| 28 | The shops took on a new lease of life , the street-sellers , with their lemonade and nougat , ostrich feathers , mummy-beads and scarabs , carnations and roses , and the street-artists , with their boa-constrictors and baboons , took new heart , and the city in general resumed its normal manic rhythm . |
| 29 | This paper trail can be attributed to the demands made on electronically stored information by local and national governments , companies , charities , service providers ( e.g. medical staff ) , and individuals . |
| 30 | He thought of Merymose , and wondered how he was progressing , with time running out as the embalmers pressed on with their task . |