Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A housewarming was impulsively decided on to mark the arrival of the new Alfoxden tenants , and on about 17 July Coleridge , seeking ‘ change of air ’ , arrived from Stowey in anticipation of the event . |
| 2 | Perhaps moved on to vex some other unfortunate priest . |
| 3 | Sandrock took the lead early in the game when Cox 's long clearance was brilliantly touched on by McQuilken into the path of Nick Leishman , who volleyed home emphatically . |
| 4 | It was clear then that Noriega only held on to power by two threads — popular apathy and the loyalty of the Panama Defence Force . |
| 5 | Even though my children 's reading has long since moved on to Roald Dahl , C S Lewis and Judy Blume , the story ‘ template ’ is there , the dubious role models of their best-loved tales are firmly entrenched and I 'm beginning to wonder if they are there for life . |
| 6 | Fortunately the couple had had a telephone number for the party Lori had left with , and a telephone call this morning had vouchsafed the unwelcome information that Lori had already flown on to Medellín . |
| 7 | Black gravel shows the fish 's colours well , but has not caught on in Britain as much as in Europe . |
| 8 | Societal expectations are changing in Britain and the fat toddler is no longer looked on with affection , but some cultural minority groups still feel that the young child should be fed and pampered . |
| 9 | Smith claimed that , although Coleman invited medical men to attend the College with the promise of an early diploma , these educated people were not looked on with favour , for they were able to see through Coleman 's ‘ shallow and fatuous system ’ . |
| 10 | Sunflowers have already caught on in France and now a handful of farmers are trying their luck with the new crop here . |
| 11 | The second thing to note is that each offence carries its own scale of penalties , and penalties for one offence are not added on to penalties imposed for a different offence . |
| 12 | He was , was he just moved on from time to time , or were they voluntary moves ? |
| 13 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 14 | Flames and smoke from nearby chestnut-sellers and the bare-chested fire-eaters flickered and drifted into the dark grey sky , and Meredith just hung on to Lucenzo , lost for words , overwhelmed by the volume of sound , the bustle , the glamour , as they walked along beneath the arched walkway of the Procuratie Nuove . |
| 15 | You are not logged on to LIFESPAN |
| 16 | ‘ He 'd not got on at Didcot , though . |
| 17 | I was more or less resigned to the way things had turned out and just got on with life . |
| 18 | They had to face reality and did not pine for what was not possible just got on with life as best they could . |
| 19 | From the point of view of the tenant , he has the security of the rents payable by the subtenants , and is not called on to find income from other resources . |
| 20 | Many Christians today , especially in the Western world , are not called on to bear suffering , rejection and death in their discipleship . |
| 21 | The people are generally called on to elect a special constituent assembly mandated to draft a constitution , though this may not always be the case — as in General de Gaulle 's constitution for the Fifth Republic . |
| 22 | ‘ We have a tail already locked on to Tweed . |
| 23 | Remark If in 1.11.3 we adopt the notation finally settled on in Section 1.8 , that is we drop the bars , we obtain the remainder theorem in its usual guise . |
| 24 | In addition , Newton 's theory could explain phenomena not touched on by Aristotle 's theory , such as correlations between the tides and the location of the moon , and the variation in the force of gravity with height above the seabed . |
| 25 | Their case began in an industrial tribunal in 1986 , went to the European Court and was finally ruled on in April 1991 . |
| 26 | That baggage you 've just taken on to help in the bedroom wears one like that and ties her apron right up under her breasts till they nearly pop out , beggin' your pardon , Mr Timothy . |
| 27 | He could also play a variety of instruments ( and passed on this ability to his children ) and knew songs and melodies which had never been written down — just passed on from ear to ear via generations of Dalesmen . |
| 28 | If indirect taxes are levied on goods with highly inelastic demand curves , then the indirect taxes will be largely passed on to consumers as higher prices . |
| 29 | Thirdly , when patients are funded privately in NHS pay beds data are collected by regional health authorities as part of their NHS monitoring , but the information is not passed on to purchasers since it is not covered by contracts . |
| 30 | The firm was not taken on to implement the proposals . |