Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 21 July 1876 , accompanied by his friends Emmanuel Mohn and Knut Lykken , he attacked the mountain up the steep glacier later known as the Slingsbybrae , reaching the col under the final rock pillar ; there the Norwegians refused to go on , considering the peak inaccessible . |
| 2 | It concluded that the best graduates in these subjects tended to stay on at university rather than go into industry or teaching . |
| 3 | This was rescinded however , and the miners willed to carry on , but on the 9th June 1599 , Cecil , still not satisfied with the position regarding these northern operations , urged Thomas , 10th Lord Scrope , at Carlisle , to have an investigation made into them . |
| 4 | Prior to these changes , Wigston was typical of many Tudor and Stuart parishes where smallholders managed to hang on to their property for generation after generation . |
| 5 | David Plange added another try for the home side but Widnes fought back with further scores from Bobby Goulding and Stuart Spruce but the Eagles managed to hold on for victory . |
| 6 | Moreover , while the engineers tended to work on or near the shop-floor , today 's scientific and technical professionals are just as likely to be located far from actual production . |
| 7 | And she said you 'll never guess Angie how we had two fellas tried to latch on to us . |
| 8 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 9 | Most western European governments decided to hang on to the state monopoly in telecommunications networks ; their deregulatory ventures were to be very modest indeed — for example in allowing greater flexibility in renting or buying telephone handsets and other terminal equipment . |
| 10 | After the management fired the union leadership , initially 86 per cent of workers voted to go on with the strike , but eventually they were cajoled into a ‘ second union ’ started by white collar staff who wanted to cooperate with the company ( and many of whom were to receive rapid promotions from the grateful management — see also chapter 16 ) . |
| 11 | Despite the military superiority of the government forces , the rebels continued to hold on to territory in the south . |
| 12 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |
| 13 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 14 | Lights began to go on all over Princedale Road . |
| 15 | The lights began to flicker on and off . |
| 16 | As the sun began to set over Auckland they took a short flight on a tiny seaplane , and the gold light enhanced the aerial view of Auckland as the lights began to come on in white wood houses , skyscrapers , hotels . |
| 17 | Now , about this little job — ’ A siren sounded and the room lights began to flash on and off . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact , it was only after some debate that the organisers decided to carry on with the event , and some changes had to be made to the canoe course to make it easier for the rescue boats to assist competitors . |
| 19 | Hayden Phillips , smooth , urbane , the kind of establishment figure that the Thatcherites liked to take on , he has had a brilliant career which started in the Home Office , took him to Brussels as chef de cabinet to Roy Jenkins and then to the Treasury as Deputy Secretary . |
| 20 | The difficulty for the Company in England was that establishing someone who had crossed to North America took an initial investment equal to about a year 's wages , so the investors had to keep on providing supplies without seeing any sign of how the colony would repay them . |
| 21 | ‘ In no way will there be enough teams left to carry on in the age groups concerned . |
| 22 | It was a piece of exuberant fun which the audience and , one suspects , the dancers wanted to go on for much longer . |
| 23 | Only four officers and eighteen other ranks survived to fight on . |
| 24 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 25 | This is in sharp contrast to the pattern at the last observation in hospital , where activity levels tended to peak on only three occasions ( breakfast , lunch , and tea ) . |
| 26 | Attention focused chiefly on strengthening the " European pillar " of the military alliance , although members failed to agree on how precisely this was to be achieved . |
| 27 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 28 | As she spoke the pens of the newspaper reporters seemed to take on a frantic life of their own , skipping across the lines of their notebooks . |
| 29 | A Washington Post report said that both men strove to put on a reassuring front when asked about opinion polls which continued to show a majority of voters in both republics against separation . |
| 30 | The children began to clamber on to her , calling for games , demanding she be a lion too this time , begging that they could all be mounted police , even the baby . |