Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 2 | Do you , do you wish to , hang on a minute Hughie . |
| 3 | Er can you hang on a minute Simon ? |
| 4 | Er can you hang on a minute ? |
| 5 | Can you hang on a minute ? |
| 6 | Can you hang on a minute , Bedge ? |
| 7 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 8 | If you 'd like to just hang on a second I want to this little . |
| 9 | A successful tour is the priority — the icing on the cake would come if wife , Wendy , could hang on a week or so for the birth of their second child due a month before the end of the tour . ‘ |
| 10 | The formation of a government can literally hang on the defection of one of these religious leaders to one party or the other . |
| 11 | Bang & Olufsen 's latest launch , the Beosystem 2500 — combining compact disc , cassette player and radio , with two ultra-slim speakers — has broken the industry 's conventional vertical configuration for such systems ; instead you have a sleek sculptural object you can hang on the wall . |
| 12 | The fate of UK telecommunications equipment manufacturers may also hang on the decision : if the UK market deemed to be open to US suppliers , the US government could decide to waive its penalties against UK suppliers . |
| 13 | He said he had taken Kurlovich to Barcelona aware of the positive test and fearful disclosure might bring on a dope scandal similar to the Bulgarian one which shook the 1988 Games . |
| 14 | For many people , the mere fact of entering a Home can bring on a bout of incontinence . |
| 15 | However , these two activites tend to be associated with addictions and personality difficulties in the patient and to require them to give up these things can often be counterproductive , since compliance may well bring on a withdrawal syndrome , and failure can lead to anxiety and guilt . |
| 16 | While the formation of this ugly , bumpy skin condition is closely related to the hormonal system , which is in turn adversely affected by stress , Danielle maintains that ‘ nervousness , tension , frustration , shock , anger and so forth can all bring on a cellulite condition . |
| 17 | ‘ I want to get three or four more experienced lads in their mid-20s to help bring on the youngsters but I do n't want players who are 30 . ’ |
| 18 | Insufficient knowledge or experience of an industry or of business generally ( ie breakeven points , profit margins , cash flow , VAT , tax , PAYE etc ) can quickly bring on the end . |
| 19 | ‘ An out-party sometimes forgets that the power it exercises as an opposition is to some extent in the hands of journalists ’ ; the more supportive the press is of the opposition party , the more pressure it can bring on the party in power . |
| 20 | Dry sore throat with the thirst but cold drinks may bring on the cough and pains . |
| 21 | Her mother feared the trauma of being snatched from her could bring on an attack , and ran around frantically trying to find both the inhaler and the child 's tablets . |
| 22 | An amendment to the MMPA in November 1988 created the requirement that : ‘ During the 1989 and subsequent fishing seasons , each certificated vessel shall carry on every fishing trip an official observer . ’ |
| 23 | I might carry on a bit tomorrow . |
| 24 | Role-play might carry on a topic begun through the use of stories . |
| 25 | Everything is made to change just in the nick of time , and even the return letter office suspends its laws that Jane Eyre may carry on a tale with effect . |
| 26 | Three conditions must be satisfied before a charge to tax can arise under section 14 : ( 1 ) the taxpayer must carry on a trade , profession or business in Hong Kong ; ( 2 ) the profits to be charged must be ‘ from such trade , profession or business , ’ which their Lordships construe to mean from the trade , profession or business carried on by the taxpayer in Hong Kong ; ( 3 ) the profits must be ‘ profits arising in or derived from ’ Hong Kong . |
| 27 | A SOCIAL worker urged a boy of 14 to steal a car so they could carry on an affair , a court heard yesterday . |
| 28 | The Consultation Draft which preceded the issue of the COB Rules explained that in order to carry on investment business of the same description ( and so qualify as a market counterparty ) , the putative market counterparty must carry on an activity in relation to a description of investment which both fall in the same paragraphs of Sched 1 to the FSA as the activity and investments of the firm . |
| 29 | It 's much farther but there we can carry on the fight . |
| 30 | ‘ We shall carry on the fight for individual airlines in this complaint to the EC , ’ he said . |