Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his visit to Du Pont , Sir Patrick was due to go on to Magherafelt , much of which was destroyed by a bomb explosion yesterday . |
| 2 | This entirely new production , due to go on to the Royal National Theatre in London , remains true to the essence of Lorca 's play , and as vibrant as the heat and colours of ‘ the land of sun and shadow ’ . |
| 3 | Their questions are due to go on throughout Wednesday with other objecting organisations and individuals starting their cross-examination on Thursday . |
| 4 | As he waxed into an eloquent period , he would realize the absurdity of his situation or the humbug of his pleading and be overcome with internal laughter , a laughter so vast that on occasion it left him too weak to go on with the speech . |
| 5 | It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry to go on about it , squire , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry to go on about this BBC thing but it does seem important to me . ’ |
| 8 | Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 9 | And then erm the lads in both they had decided they were gon na go on the go slow , but they were told if you go go on the on the go slow system , you 're gon na go home , he said , I 'm not prepared to carry on with that , he said , the manager there , that 's brother that is . |
| 10 | But erm I du n no there 's some of them were n't prepared to carry on with it , you know these youngsters , there was a lot of 'em they would n't , anyway everybody 's not hundred percent you 're not going to get anywhere with anything . |
| 11 | Picnickers explain that they are prepared to carry on in spite of the odds . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought Mum was much too old to carry on like that . ’ |
| 13 | If your conscience allows you to say that you really are stuck at some point do n't be afraid to pass on to the next paragraph . |
| 14 | So do not be afraid to hold on to impressions that logically seem to cancel one another out . |
| 15 | is willing to stay on until September in a ‘ handing over ’ mode . |
| 16 | ‘ Since you 're having Suzie 's trail pursued with such vigour , perhaps it would be sensible to stay on until my hotel reservation lapses . ’ |
| 17 | The good news is that Don is prepared to stay on as a board member . ’ |
| 18 | Possibly the most trouble-free and profitable course in the first year is to grass-let part of the farm , on your own terms , thereby keeping the farm in work whilst leaving you free to get on with your development plans . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 20 | In this way the haulier spends as little time as possible on the matter and is free to get on with what he does best — haulage . |
| 21 | He leaves me free to get on with it and I like that . |
| 22 | Beneath this is a system which takes charge of managing computing parameters , leaving each application free to get on with its job . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , you are free to get on with your lives , ’ Ruth told him quietly . |
| 24 | One joke had a candidate for the Waffen-SS being asked at the muster whether he was willing to sign on for the duration of the war ; to which , he replied : ‘ No , at first only for twelve years . ’ |
| 25 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 26 | If it is absolutely impossible to carry on with one 's own job or profession in spite of all possible adjustments and adaptations which can be made , there are two possibilities : ( 1 ) to use one 's skills and experience through a different channel , or ( 2 ) to retrain for something quite different . |
| 27 | But evolution ploughed on remorselessly , enabling only the most adaptable to go on to the next stage . |
| 28 | He cleaned up his act , quit taking uppers and downers with the help of his wife and the Betty Ford Clinic , and now looks set to go on for another 40 years . |
| 29 | Mr Major looks set to soldier on as if nothing has happened , trusting that the improvement in the economy will restore his own , and his party 's , sagging popularity . |
| 30 | Impetigo is n't nearly as easy to pass on as chicken pox . |