Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses of the same family or the same breed are more likely to be empathic , and so to get on together the best . |
| 2 | Well she 's waiting for Home and Away to come on as well . |
| 3 | Fidel Castro Smith fought hard and bravely to hang on to his title , losing only by 118 to 117 1/2 points |
| 4 | Just to run to the end of his endurance — and then to go on . |
| 5 | IBM has got to the point where it has baptised the concept of the RS/6000 Cluster Service Offering , but a twist in DEC 's plan is to enable alien workstations to be included in the cluster — according to Electronic News , it conceives of creating clusters of Alpha-based workstations within one to two years and then to move on to embracing alien machines , with the benefit that stations could be used as stand-alone units when no parallel work was running . |
| 6 | And they were very , very prepared to look at different department 's needs , and to have a very wide-ranging staff discussion on what the curriculum needs were , and to buy the books accordingly , and then to move on to how they should use them . |
| 7 | When the trade unions established the Labour Party as a parliamentary voice for organised labour , they likewise established the ‘ duty to win ’ — to achieve power in Parliament and then to hang on to that power come what may , or put more bluntly , regardless of socialist principle . |
| 8 | If a limitation period has just been missed , one useful argument is the fact that it is possible to issue proceedings one day before limitation expires and then to hang on to them for four months before they are served . |
| 9 | ‘ I want my breakfast and then to get on with my job . ’ |
| 10 | It was agreed that only ten people should tramp round the tiny cottage at a time ; the remainder were forced to mingle with the morning shoppers and then to walk on to the old St Mary 's Chapel , which once had held the shrine of Our Lady of Bradstow and to which passing ships would lower their sails in honour . |
| 11 | He sensed her bewilderment and became a shoulder for her to lean on and sometimes to cry on during this painful period . |
| 12 | However , because fatty foods contain lots of calories in a small space , it is easy to eat such foods quickly , and potentially to put on weight . |
| 13 | Not a lot , but enough to manage on if I 'm careful . ’ |
| 14 | One day , in the dim and distant future , I expect that I shall want to move into different arenas , but I imagine that I shall continue as an NCT member , not just to receive my favourite journal , New Generation but also to carry on contributing to my favourite charity . |
| 15 | The answer follows through : it is , as a minimum , to provide the graduates of higher education with the capacity not merely to go on learning , but also to go on being critical of all they encounter in thought and action . |