Example sentences of "[vb infin] on at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't catch on at first . |
| 2 | In the first place , the mass media are ‘ so deeply embedded in the [ political ] system that without them political activity in its contemporary forms could hardly carry on at all ’ . |
| 3 | If it comes to less than three hundred and sixty you 're gon na have a little bit left over that you did n't spend on at all . |
| 4 | How many p people d di did he take on at that time then , when he first took over ? |
| 5 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
| 6 | Supposing that the essential words conferring the primacy on all successive archbishops of Canterbury were in fact in the letters which Lanfranc mentioned , why did he go on at such length about the facts drawn from Bede , when a single quotation from one of the passages granting the primacy in perpetuity to the archbishops of Canterbury would have been worth all the rest of his argument put together ? |
| 7 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
| 8 | It is , then , because he is explaining differences and resemblances as he is that Darwin , in 1838 , needs a theory of purely opportunistic adaptive change in changing conditions , a theory making no developmentalist assumption as to a preferred direction that life will take provided it can go on at all . |
| 9 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 10 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 11 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 12 | From the fact that a mental process does not appear in introspection one can not infer that it does not go on at non-conscious levels of the mind . |
| 13 | they 're racing against the clock at Prescott Hill climb in Gloucestershire this weekend … as the Midland Championship reaches the half way stage … practice gets underway in the morning … the green light for the competition runs will go on at 10 on Sunday … |
| 14 | I reckon Wright will come on at some stage unless England are actually winning . |
| 15 | Different parts of the lighting system can come on at different times . |
| 16 | We did n't get on at all . ’ |
| 17 | How did you get on at that wedding ? |
| 18 | It 's rather like a trip on the Circle Line ; you can get on at any point really , and you 'll get to the fridge , or the move , or the school fees sooner or later and then back to the beginning again . |