Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arizona , according to one columnist , E.J. Montini , ‘ is like the kid who stole his parents ' car and is out careering on to other people 's lawns , crashing into garbage cans and running red lights . ’ |
| 2 | Burrows and Hunter 's research indicates that many landlords are trying to force pre-1988 tenants out of their properties so that they can either move in new tenants , sell with vacant possession or sell on to other landlords . |
| 3 | Unenamoured of either , he rejected both in favour of the career of a scribe here his own account goes on to other things becoming a clerk to the imperial divan in 922/1516 , and rising thence through the office of private secretary to two Grand Vezirs and that of to become nisanci in 941/1534 . |
| 4 | We are all curious to know what really goes on in other families and all equally determined to preserve the privacy of our own family life . |
| 5 | The idea is that when an instruction that is meant for a coprocessor is encountered , the coprocessor handles it leaving the main processor to carry on with other jobs . |
| 6 | But there has been an additional image barrier : the CAB as a generalist advice agency was often labelled a ‘ signposting ’ service whereby clients will simply be referred on to other organisations . |
| 7 | A similar course held at the beginning of the year in Brasov , attended by sixty people including teachers , nurses and doctors , was particularly encouraging as much of the material was , in turn , passed on to other colleagues for their use . |
| 8 | The other kind of sex I learned about was the meaning of the four-letter words the boys chalked up on the playground wall , though the explanations were inadequate and puzzling , passed on by other children and received with incredulity . |
| 9 | It was wound up in 1950 , as Europe moved on to other things . |
| 10 | People smiled , and the conversation moved on to other things . |
| 11 | Ali Cemali , who had in the years between 888 and 891 moved on to other posts , was the first appointee to the new medrese and , though his salary is not specified , the course of his career to this point suggests that it can not have been less than 50 akce a day . |
| 12 | Within four months , however , work had stopped on the reaction and the project moved on to other reactions . |
| 13 | They withdrew their support and Fawcett , whom they had seconded to the project , moved on to other research . |
| 14 | It is also a procedure that is beginning to catch on in other areas of a solicitor 's work . |
| 15 | They gradually caught on at other establishments , although not on such a substantial scale . |
| 16 | I have a tip to pass on to other readers . |
| 17 | We 'd like to hear from anyone who has an interesting story or tip to pass on to other readers . |
| 18 | Civil War conditions lingered on in other ways . |
| 19 | Sales manager Graham Cooper says : ‘ The introduction of video printing techniques means that images can now be ‘ grabbed ’ and transferred on to other materials such as T-shirts , mugs , key-rings and baseball hats . |
| 20 | The news broadcast had moved on to other matters now ; the loss of contact between Earth Central and a Space Fleet flotilla which had been on its way to intercept a supposed alien fleet near Epsilon Eridani . |
| 21 | Kenamun clearly hoped to reap the rewards of a quick and flashy double solution , and to have moved on to other work before the murders recommenced . |
| 22 | All the happening was going on for other people miles away . |
| 23 | No she does to you though cos she 's always going on about other people talking about other people . |
| 24 | okay , anybody got any other reasons why they think that maybe we ought to know what 's going on in other countries , why , why would we be interested in the roots in Kenya , India , why would we be interested in those countries ? |
| 25 | When they get to Italy the teacher decides it 's all a bit cosy : there 's a lot of good work going on in other curriculum areas , and the children are enjoying it , but where 's the drama ? ! |
| 26 | A feature of the in-service programme at Codsall Comprehensive School , for instance , was a guided tour of the school , the Director of Resources showing teachers what was actually going on in other departments . |
| 27 | The first fruits of their mental endeavour are a sobering awareness of the likely complexities of the post-war Middle East and an unease about the meagre quantity of strategic thinking going on in other European and Arab capitals . |
| 28 | She believes her children made up the allegations that sexual abuse was going on in other families because of the constant questioning . |
| 29 | That is a quite legitimate interest , but surely what is going on in other parts of the country should be of interest to all of us . |
| 30 | The interest shown by so many ninth-century chroniclers , wherever they were based , in what was going on in other parts of that world , and specifically , in what kings did , reflects a persisting reality . |