Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mum goes on about that wretched place as though he was chief jailer at Broadmoor . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what goes on in that head of yours . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 5 | Something goes on in that room on a Monday and a Wednesday . |
| 6 | Right : The Eradicator gets no prizes for good looks , but it 's what goes on inside that justifies the price . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just interested to know what goes on beneath that hostile little shell you present to the world , Virginia . |
| 8 | I do n't bother to answer him back when he goes on like that . |
| 9 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
| 10 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 11 | Oh I think so , yeah you would n't purchase the land that it stands on for that now |
| 12 | some bike ride is n't it … we 'll let you know how Jamie gets on in that race … we 're racing off to our action round up now and first stop for Mark Kiff is the British Horse Trials Championship at Gatcombe Park |
| 13 | Whether he stays on beyond that point is open to conjecture , but for the moment Roxburgh is very much the man in charge of a Scottish team who produced one of their better performances at Aberdeen . |
| 14 | This research follows on from that reported in Deregulating Telecoms : Competition and Control in the United States , Japan and Britain ( Frances Pinter , 1986 ) where the processes of liberalisation and privatisation of domestic and international telecommunications were compared . |
| 15 | Big Tommy is now on Premier Division wages following Newcastle 's promotion ; he 's hoping his own personal promotion to first choice goalkeeper follows on from that . |
| 16 | It follows on from that question , it comes , you 've got a line B Sky B er , you 've got a line B Sky B in the T V er , division so it presumably , that loan interest is coming in that division , is that right , rather than net if off against interest ? |
| 17 | Do you think this er really goes back to the fundamental issue which the Good Committee did n't really address which was the issue of ownership of the pension funds and assets and that whilst pensioners and to an extent employers these days regard the pension fund as deferred pay and pensions payments as deferred pay , the ownership of those funds is still left erm neither still er an argument about wh wh who owns the funds and er a lot of this follows on from that . |
| 18 | The amp switches on with that disconcerting ‘ plop ’ that you get from most tranny machines and would certainly not expect from a hi-fi costing half as much . |
| 19 | The door comes on to that and erm |
| 20 | I wonder if she carries on like that in London ? ’ |
| 21 | Carroll , whose continuing achilles injury has resulted in Gallagher stepping in as his deputy in recent games , admitted : ‘ Mick was brilliant , and if he carries on like that I might not be able to get my place back . ’ |
| 22 | If she carries on like that with her kids and all they 're going to be like her . |