Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [art] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 2 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 3 | It was looked on as a very serious offence . |
| 4 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 5 | There 's a lot going on at a very fast speed . |
| 6 | Mr Kinnock 's voice was choked with emotion as , refusing to concede defeat , he said : ‘ Even now as the recounts are going on in a very large number of seats the results of this election is not decided . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , letters like that are just a laugh , are n't they ? ’ she rushed on with a very poor effort at bravado . |
| 8 | You 're talking about some forms of abuse which went on for a very very long time indeed to pull the average up like that . |
| 9 | It happened when I was forced on to a very low fat diet for health reasons ( I had a gall bladder that grumbled very painfully when I ate fatty food ) . |
| 10 | But now it 's all divorce and even the married ones carry on in a very odd way . |