Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen . |
| 2 | We 'll have a look at decimals because you need to need to know what you 're doing with decimals but decimals are fractions and until you I mean I think you 're very happy with fractions now you 're probably ready to go on to decimals . |
| 3 | Many sixth-formers , of course , left a maintained school to go on to universities , but only 10 per cent of these went to Oxford or Cambridge , compared with nearly half of the university-bound sixth-formers from the Public Schools . |
| 4 | The hearings are likely to go on for months . |
| 5 | Today 's ‘ continuous ’ culture processes are designed to go on for months without completely emptying the fermenter . |
| 6 | And one man who seemed to go on for years was Cecil Dunford or " Slap " as he was known , an active man in all his pursuits in the village . |
| 7 | Luke thought that it was probably a mistake , at this stage , to go on about sonnets . |
| 8 | Er because I do n't have a group of accountants in front of me I 'm not going to go on about debits and credits and so on and so forth . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ I poured half a tin of Golden Syrup on to the seat of the chair the Trunchbull was going to sit on at prayers . |
| 10 | Difficulties were encountered both in finding small mammal bone to work on in caves , and in identifying , with sufficient precision , the processes acting on the bone . |
| 11 | For some elderly people who have no family or who ( quite reasonably ) do not feel that they need to hang on to capital to pass on to relatives who are themselves well provided for , the purchase of an annuity can be an advantage . |
| 12 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 13 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 14 | After a wee dram or two to ward off the winter chill , hardier types venture forth carrying lumps of coal to pass on to others as good luck tokens . |
| 15 | HAVE YOU A FAVOURITE RECIPE , HANDY HINT TO PASS ON TO OTHERS ? |
| 16 | The Bulletin , which gives impartial advice on medicines to doctors , says more GPs and nurses should learn these skills to pass on to patients . |
| 17 | This , of course , is subject to the question of whether the producer should have recalled the furniture if the risk was great , or issued warnings to retailers to pass on to consumers . |
| 18 | What would you advise the new actor or the student to concentrate on in terms of auditioning ? |
| 19 | Over the next five days , events behind the scenes moved at breakneck speed , although with Admiral Thomson keeping the lid screwed down tight on the newspapers , radio and newsreels , the British public had little to feed on except rumours , and snippets not to be trusted but disturbingly suggestive — gleaned from German broadcasts . |
| 20 | In middle age the lens of the eye becomes harder , and we may need glasses to focus on near objects . |
| 21 | The party reacted with unnecessary embarrassment and defensiveness to government attacks on general talks it has been holding with the Greens , and its desire , as part of its traditional Ostpolitik , to press on with contacts with the Communist party in East Berlin despite the sudden surge of open opposition to the government by East German citizens . |
| 22 | The IMF 's Interim Committee urged Russia to press on with reforms , particularly in establishing a rouble currency area , in order to qualify for future loans from the IMF and the World Bank . |
| 23 | But he wants to press on with others despite American misgivings : full implementation of UN sanctions , UN policing of the border between Serbia and Bosnia , peacekeepers for havens in Bosnia and the setting up of a war-crimes court . |
| 24 | The work was not easy — manufacturers , for example , sometimes had to be asked to ease off on an item of plant in a fairly advanced state of completion ( but for which the site was not yet prepared or the boiler installation delayed ) to press on with others at an earlier stage of manufacture which could be installed earlier . |
| 25 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 26 | But the individual members of Lloyd 's , mostly people who were dabbling way over their head in a subject about which they knew little , were often persuaded to hang on for things to improve . |
| 27 | In this way , protected by a structure created by a skilled therapist , we can cower in fear , howl with anger , weep with panic , rend our clothes in guilt and let go any need to hold on to feelings which belong to our past rather than our present lives . |
| 28 | Gloria was always telling Dot she should try to hold on to things so she 'd have them as keepsakes for ever . |
| 29 | Well by the time she 's finished this course she should be confident to hold on to things in the water , you know |
| 30 | It may help your child to hold on to memories of the past and to begin to think about changes in the future by painting pictures , making a tape recording or keeping a scrapbook of family events . |