Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Californians have a reputation for latching on to fads , and it 's true — yet a lot of what they preach is eminently sensible . |
| 2 | MICHAEL BORLINGHAUS INDICTED FOR TRADING ON INSIDE INFORMATION FROM IBM EXECUTIVE |
| 3 | One other Sunday paper died in the 1960s , after struggling on with subsidies from the Cooperative movement . |
| 4 | After going on to Nettlestead Green you cross the River Medway and River Beult to arrive in Yalding . |
| 5 | I got back to Durham today after staying on in Leeds to watch the Villa match ! |
| 6 | PROUD dad Phil Stancliff lost half his blood after plunging on to church railings before his daughter 's wedding . |
| 7 | Kids ' stuff : Kevin Thomas , Hearts ' 17-year-old debutant , acclaims his goal , scored minutes after coming on at Tynecastle on Saturday . |
| 8 | I feel a resistance to trying to send money to the USA for passing on to Guatemala , and would prefer to send you something to pass on to Bruce , if you agree . |
| 9 | A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last . |
| 10 | Instead of pushing on to Normandy to muster an army and then return to Maine in force , he switched direction and went home to die . |
| 11 | In a stinging attack , Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown mocked Mr Major 's habit of looking on at soccer and cricket matches — and said the Premier did the same when it came to the economy . |
| 12 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 13 | A British youngster from a poor background who gained higher school certificate had at least a chance of going on to university or technical college , with fees and maintenance paid . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , they bloody should then , What 's the use of going on about unions and higher pay and all that — we 're still stuck with the nursery closing at half-past three . |
| 15 | ‘ What 's the good of going on about contraception when you ca n't even get your own head together . ’ |
| 16 | Jarvis was an eccentric and in the opinion of many who knew him a very strange man , but he had a quiet way of getting on with things . |
| 17 | The idea of holding on to goods for four or five weeks is rather surprising . |
| 18 | They offered no alternative strategies , but all believed that encouraging children to enjoy good books freely was the soundest way of holding on to readers and of creating a new generation of them . |
| 19 | Other Commissariats were accused of holding on to rolling-stock that should be handed back now the war was over . |
| 20 | Perhaps we should think about it , instead of drifting on from day to day . |
| 21 | Why does not that rule go in 1992 instead of limping on until April 1993 ? |
| 22 | Contact with employers has enabled many young people to see the value of staying on at school to improve their qualifications . |
| 23 | Apparently it belongs to this boy Svend because it was he who suggested they go to Copenhagen instead of staying on in Roskilde when the pop festival ended . ’ |
| 24 | Anyway , with the Soviet threat on the wane and the Europeans proposing to take on more of the burden that is left , the cost to the United States of staying on in Europe will henceforth be smaller . |
| 25 | ( 20 December 1777 ) So instead of moving on to Paris before the winter set in , the Mozarts remained in Mannheim . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's quite a tradition within the Green Howards , especially , of moving on to St John . |
| 27 | At the risk of harping on about U2 , as the entire legions of the media has recently , I must mention two reports from the Irish Press . |
| 28 | But within twenty-four hours I told Ted that his only chance of carrying on as Leader was if he submitted himself to an early election through the 1922 Committee . |
| 29 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 30 | But she has recently started offering Reiki , an ancient form of laying on of hands . |