Example sentences of "[verb] on [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the claims of its opponents that SWAPO was motivated by ideological extremism , the pragmatism it showed on coming to power , exemplified by the inclusion of non-SWAPO members in the government ( notably the white Finance Minister , Otto Herrigel ) was reflected in cautious economic policies and a policy of national reconciliation . |
| 2 | Having reached this agreement , he allowed the king to take his time , and he did not even insist on returning to England , but renamed at Bec until a settlement had been reached . |
| 3 | This leaflet tries to answer some of the questions you might have on giving to ACET by covenant . |
| 4 | This leaflet tries to answer some of the questions you might have on giving to ACET through the Gift Aid scheme . |
| 5 | When subjects are interrupted on going to sleep and asked to report any mental activity whatsoever they usually have something to say about what was going on in their minds . |
| 6 | It has been calculated that in 1922 an average of 38 minutes would be spent on going to work and coming back , with a working day of between 14 and 15 hours in the warmer months . |
| 7 | Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week . |
| 8 | But Wolfgang was set on going to Munich , armed with two new arias for Aloysia . |
| 9 | The problem with device drivers is that they have to be installed in your CONFIG.SYS file , and it is usually helpful to have an install routine guide you through the process — lord knows , just about every other program you come across these days insists on writing to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT . |
| 10 | Where the Sales Department insists on selling to people we would n't want to touch with a barge pole ! |
| 11 | Joyce 's drawling nasal delivery ( the result of a broken nose in his schooldays ) attracted widespread interest in Britain , where no restrictions were placed on listening to enemy broadcasts , and he was quickly dubbed ‘ Lord Haw-Haw ’ , a kind of malign Bertie Wooster ( see Sir P. G. Wodehouse , q.v. ) , whose opinions were a subject only for entertainment . |
| 12 | In the context of the reports that subjects make on going to sleep it is clear that much dreamlike activity goes on which is not associated with the syndrome of EEG , EOG and EMG activity defining REM sleep . |
| 13 | The next day , Baldwin , having shocked Hankey by insisting on retiring to Chequers for the weekend , again sought the solace of Jones 's chiding but comforting company . |
| 14 | If he insisted on going to Romania then she was coming too . |
| 15 | The same problem did not exist , however , in the case of the West Indian communities , as the majority of these were members of churches in their home countries , but lapsed on migrating to Britain . |
| 16 | In the meantime , Christian activity is mainly focussed on responding to emergencies . |
| 17 | It has also beefed up debt collection by the simple expedient of using the phone instead of relying on writing to people for all its credit control . |
| 18 | I 'd rather planned on going to bed tonight aching with the satisfaction of revenge , not laughter . ’ |
| 19 | Thirdly , the defendant complains , the judge failed to deal with the problem which the jury indicated they had on returning to court after an hour 's deliberation . |
| 20 | My father had helped Margaret during the early years , but directly Dickie had been old enough to board at his preparatory school Margaret had insisted on returning to nursing and becoming sole breadwinner . |
| 21 | Braggarts can help themselves by working on responding to signals that other people use , looking and listening . |
| 22 | I 'm not planning on going to bed yet . ’ |