Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I intend hanging on to junior for a while longer yet , but I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 2 | At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice . |
| 3 | An exceptional shooting accessory that you 'll want to pass on to future generations . |
| 4 | In our case this iteration has gone on at great lengths and I and my colleagues have had to struggle to ensure that we have allocated enough time to deciding the direction in which the company should be going , and the changes that have to be carried out in order to get it there . |
| 5 | In the face of this central problem , the valuable work that has gone on in recent years in narratology , and other aspects of fictional form , is curiously difficult to apply in practice . |
| 6 | DONALD Fothergill has a palpable and daily reminder of the responsibility he has taken on as managing director of Stockton-based Pickerings Lifts . |
| 7 | I was thinking for instance in the context of Sri Lanka , where I was born , that there is n't a straight forward national liberation struggle , there are lots of problems such as militarism which the women 's movement has taken on in various ways and played a major part in combating . |
| 8 | And there 's the added advantage that fretful babies can be soothed when mothers want to get on with other important jobs around the house . |
| 9 | Fortunately the Christian church is not dominated by theologians , but by the praying faithful , and the Divine Drama , although suffering numerous attacks and emendations , has lived on in popular spirituality and liturgy . |
| 10 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 11 | After five successful years , the two stars John Thaw and Kevin Whately have decided to move on to new things . |
| 12 | This is n't a political or geographical question , and I 'm not going to ramble on about environmental issues . |
| 13 | We 'd like to hear from anyone who has an interesting story or tip to pass on to other readers . |
| 14 | However , Mrs Thompson vowed to fight on for other landlords even if time ran out for she and her husband . |
| 15 | JOHN Major keeps banging on about open government . |
| 16 | By the mid-Eighties we were singing in English too , and we began to catch on in English-speaking countries . |
| 17 | It is also a procedure that is beginning to catch on in other areas of a solicitor 's work . |
| 18 | As the sun began to set over Auckland they took a short flight on a tiny seaplane , and the gold light enhanced the aerial view of Auckland as the lights began to come on in white wood houses , skyscrapers , hotels . |
| 19 | But if you do n't mind this cinema verité approach to pornography and you get turned on by freaky-looking people , then the amateur video could introduce you to some interesting new bedtime pals . |
| 20 | So different people want different things and get turned on by different things . |
| 21 | Cor who gets turned on with fucking crocodile bollocks ? |
| 22 | There 's probably some name calling going on with TI retorting , ‘ well , it is your design ’ . |
| 23 | They influence development , and they get passed on to future generations . |
| 24 | So , with Sheringham still unfit , Cascarino will have to soldier on with inexperienced support . |
| 25 | So the delicate gilded furniture and the rococo mirrors had gone from his office ; and in their place were desks and chairs that renaissance princes might have sat on in perfect safety , even if they had weighed three hundredweight . |
| 26 | Bigsun will have come on for High Easter run |
| 27 | I mean , what would you do if you were a lawyer and a boy came in and started yapping on about missing Wills like in some kid 's story ? |
| 28 | erm particularly with planners but there is no doubt , and I , and this is no joking matter , that there are an awful lot of agencies of one sort or another who are finding that they are actually having to get on with other agencies . |
| 29 | Immigration laws inherited from the former East German state , which were due to expire on January 1st , are being allowed to carry on for Soviet Jews arriving in Berlin . |
| 30 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |