Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 2 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 3 | Mr Thomas stressed that this is the area that WACC-Asia needs to concentrate on in the months to come . |
| 4 | It would be absurd to adopt a rigidly determinist view of what has gone on in the formation of culturally transmitted marriage laws . |
| 5 | An enormous amount of research has gone on in the last few decades into how and when settlements originated and how they have changed over time . |
| 6 | Alison Rubenstein discovered at an early age that if you want to get on in the world and have a good career , hard work is not enough — qualifications can also be a great help . |
| 7 | After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner . |
| 8 | Obviously there 's a lot of sterilizing going on in the meantime and all this . |
| 9 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 10 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 11 | ‘ Women get turned on in the head first so speaking to them can work wonders . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We ca n't really know what actually goes on in the world , like whether there really is honey : all we really know , and therefore all we can really tell other people , is what we believe goes on in the world . ’ |
| 13 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 14 | Had the Wessex novels been written earlier , when places off the beaten track were inaccessible , or nearer our own time , when we have become sated with effortless mobility , ‘ Wessex ’ might not have caught on in the way that it did . |
| 15 | She could have stayed on in the country , until they found a place of their own , or even permanently , with William coming back at weekends . |
| 16 | Lion Cavern came from last in a race run at a slow early pace , to get up in the finalstrides and score by a head from long-time leader River Falls , with Swing Low a further length away third , and Rodrigo de Triano failing to run on in the final furlong and weakening for fourth . |
| 17 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
| 18 | Old Trung a toughened three-year contract coolie compelled to stay on in the plantation beyond the term because he had no money or clothes to leave , knotted the cord Dong had fetched around the neck of the cadaver with a deftness that betrayed his familiarity with the task . |
| 19 | for learning to gallop on in the first size |
| 20 | She meant to get on in the world . |
| 21 | They had to get back to their dormitories before anyone awoke , but turning round , Endill saw lights had started coming on in the school . |
| 22 | Most probably he got waffling on in the Royal Oak and that . |
| 23 | ‘ In no way will there be enough teams left to carry on in the age groups concerned . |
| 24 | Trevor Williamson , an 82nd minute replacement for Stephen McBride , floated in a corner which was knocked down and McMullan , who had come on in the 64th , hammered it into the net . |
| 25 | The object in question was Franca 's divan bed , the one she had slept on in the upstairs spare room when she had been looking after Patrick . |
| 26 | This was not the moment to tell Ingrid to strain less in her upper registers , or to remind Luiza to allow plenty of time when she had to walk on in the ball scene . |
| 27 | By now , the case of Sumner v. Virgin had dragged on in the law courts for eleven days , with the two parties holding each other up in the centre of the ring like panting heavyweights , while the legal fees gushed forth like blood from the wounds . |
| 28 | They each had totally different stories , totally different perceptions of what had gone on in the meetings . |
| 29 | These were Allen 's and Marian 's guesses as to what had gone on in the darkness but the rest of the story of those two hours before dawn was easily pieced together from Tom All Alone 's account . |
| 30 | They had both planned to stop on in the Sixth , then at the last moment , half way through the summer holidays in fact , Sheila had announced she was getting a job . |