Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have a modem you can log on to a bulletin board and download it . |
| 2 | He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 . |
| 3 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
| 5 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 6 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 7 | He can stay on as a sort of pensioner up at Framwell . ’ |
| 8 | His departure is described as amicable and he will stay on as a consultant . |
| 9 | He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job . |
| 10 | You want to be very careful er , Mr Chairman , how we put out erm , information , I mean , let's face it , you know , you start sort of raising a lot of hairs if you 're not careful and if , if , even if it 's totally irrelevant people will latch on to a particular com comment and make it their own . |
| 11 | At the Passover Eve meal the stories of the plagues are recited , and with each one a finger is dipped in a glass of wine and a drop of the wine let fall on to a plate . |
| 12 | While I agree that worm watching will probably never catch on as a mass pursuit , something well known here in Cornwall is to observe seagulls tap dancing on the lawn after rain . |
| 13 | Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’ |
| 14 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 15 | You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable . |
| 16 | A company employing ten workers might lay off two in bad times ; ten self-employed workers would probably carry on with a 20% reduction in their turnover rather than voluntarily go on the dole . |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't exactly carry on like a pacifist yourself , ’ she retorted evasively , mouth reproachful . |
| 18 | Though she found it hard to judge his age , he had a look of unabashed power that only years of experience could brand on to a man 's face . |
| 19 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly . |
| 21 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
| 22 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
| 23 | 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley . |
| 24 | We could easily move on to a project exploring other aspects of Victorian England . |
| 25 | Let's move on to a recap of tonight 's main stories . |
| 26 | If you 've been here long enough , you can move on to a progressive prison ; to a C cat , or even D cat . |
| 27 | But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency . |
| 28 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 29 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 30 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |