Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last Archdeacon of Woodborough , a genial and easy man , had invited all the priests of his eight deaneries to a fork supper laid on with great relish by his wife , a woman whose every fibre rejoiced at being a clergy wife . |
| 2 | Data were downloaded on to magnetic tape for long term storage . |
| 3 | This bad feeling er lived on into old age . |
| 4 | Lived on into old age . |
| 5 | He compares these people with the more conservative of our piscatorial ancestors who , a billion years ago , resisted the temptation to clamber on to dry land and decided to stay where they were . |
| 6 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 7 | William Howitt , in his Rural Life in England , 1838 , wrote of the Dent knitters , ‘ The knitting goes on with unremitting speed … they burn no candle but knit by the light of the peat fire . ’ |
| 8 | It examines the conditions under which a voting equilibrium exists ; and then goes on to representative democracy . |
| 9 | This field , again , is important , since without it , as we shall see , great harm to living creatures could occur as a result of what goes on in outer space . |
| 10 | Well I think really what one must look for now is more detailed research on what actually goes on in mixed ability classrooms . |
| 11 | Well I think really what one must look for now is more detailed research on what actually goes on in mixed ability classrooms . |
| 12 | Fig. 1.2 shows the essentials of the system design process but since feed-back paths are omitted this figure does not indicate either the repetition and iteration which goes on in operational design or the different possible priorities and variability in the order of decision-making . |
| 13 | The mustard goes on like acrylic paint , and the world is not my oyster . |
| 14 | It was discreetly positioned and bore the letters ‘ NR ’ painted on with white paint : NR for ‘ Nature Reserve ’ . |
| 15 | He at once declared his intention to carry on as Prime Minister . |
| 16 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |
| 17 | So , with Sheringham still unfit , Cascarino will have to soldier on with inexperienced support . |
| 18 | The conditions of the fifties meant that it was natural " for praise to be heaped on to democratic politics since it seemed to be doing the job very nicely . |
| 19 | The Troop Staff Sergeant detailed to supervise the construction was insistently calling the rafts into the head of the bridge , where they coupled on with remarkable rapidity . |
| 20 | Curing the deficiency in this area , thirdly , is the necessary base for a much larger proportion of our age groups than at present ( about 15% ) to go on to advanced education — in both academic and especially applied studies . |
| 21 | You skirt Godinton Park to go on to Great Chart . |
| 22 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 23 | Erm and erm I do n't think that on the to go on about affordable housing as I did this morning , I do n't think that in fact the affordable housing targets which the different authorities have and although I 've only quoted four authorities I think , I think the other ones will be very much the same . |
| 24 | The face was grinning , cheekless , with an eye hanging on to bare bone , glistening raw meat where great tooth marks showed clearly it had been half eaten . |
| 25 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 26 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
| 27 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 28 | The Gujerati community is fully aware of cases like that of Mrs X. Scandals such as hers are everybody 's business , but while in India or East Africa such situations would not have been tolerated , and sons would be forced to take their mothers back , in Britain the community looks on in fascinated horror but does nothing . |
| 29 | They withdrew their support and Fawcett , whom they had seconded to the project , moved on to other research . |
| 30 | After two hours of debate the synod voted overwhelmingly to receive the report and moved on to detailed discussion of the legislation . |