Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 This in effect meant that PFF actually did 45 sorties , but please to remember that few Pathfinder aircrew elected to opt out at the 45 mark and most carried on to the magic 60 , And further take note that over 100 PFF aircrew managed the ton ( 100 sorties ) .
2 Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore .
3 He could see in a three hundred and sixty degree sphere via the pod sensor modules , just as he could feel the ambient temperature , and even smell the lubricant that someone had carelessly leaked on to the floor .
4 With only three minutes remaining in their Sharwood 's Irish Senior Cup semi-final clash against Pegasus , Sinead , who had only come on at the start of the second-half , popped up to score the only goal of the game .
5 Eight minutes later it was 2–0 when Des Aitcheson , scoring from close range after Neil Fullerton 's near post flick , had been brilliantly turned on to a post by the visiting goalkeeper .
6 His return to Eaton Park could scarcely have come at a more opportune moment considering that Gordon Hamilton , Stuart Laing , Norman Robson and Davy Nicholl have all moved on during the close season .
7 Maybe , I thought , Ash would be so turned on by the sounds of frantic coupling emanating from Gav and Aunt Janice in the bedroom that she 'd tear my clothes off .
8 I think was er er erm Mr Thomas , and I think perhaps hinted on by the Senior Inspector as well , er what is , what is Greater York ? to do with Sylvia , erm
9 A gold ring from the port of Mochlos shows a goddess sailing on a boat with a shrine apparently built on to the afterdeck conveying a portable shrine from one coastal site to another .
10 Starting from the simplest and most chaste of forms , rooted in a combination of pioneering vernacular and colonial buildings , the American station swiftly moved on to a riot of revivalist and hybrid styles in a complex process of architectural grafting which mirrored the increasingly diverse origins of its immigrant population .
11 Most of its products blend Microsoft 's software skills with text , pictures , music and speech , all colourfully crammed on to a ‘ multimedia ’ CD-ROM .
12 Yet the substance had only gone on to the Jockey Club 's list of prohibited substances a mere ten months before Aliysa failed her dope test .
13 The San Giorgio case is also of interest for present purposes in that it accepts that Community law does not prevent a national legal system from disallowing repayment of charges where to do so would entail unjust enrichment of the recipient , in particular where the charges have been incorporated into the price of goods and so passed on to the purchaser .
14 Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last .
15 Lewis suddenly wandered on to the stage and started playing , hotly pursued by the band , who had not been tipped off .
16 Polio , apparently passed on from a human epidemic in the region , had already reduced their numbers .
17 A lifestyle involving hard work , charity , abstinence from drink , strict morality , and thrift was deemed absolutely essential , as it was not only insisted on in the Bible , but was also seen as a sign of an individual 's elect status .
18 At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him .
19 I must admit I had no idea how much went on concerning the affairs of the veterans .
20 However , the Cuban leader had eagerly latched on to the dramatic statements made by Khrushchev in June-July 1960 .
21 Work is always just carried on with the dust samples fiddled .
22 He said he just carried on in the same direction .
23 A Dessie Edgar corner was neatly side-footed home in 79 minutes by Victor Welch who had just come on as a sub .
24 Demand is so high that there is bound to be plenty of interest in two new properties in need of some tender loving care which have just come on to the market .
25 Neither of them spoke as Dalgliesh negotiated the track and finally turned on to the higher road .
26 Lewis meanwhile moved on to the Daily Mail , where till 1930 he wrote a column called ‘ At the Sign of the Blue Moon ’ .
27 But when I got there , he 'd already moved on to the Middle East .
28 But first , watching my time , I must run my hands over the edges of the blocks , must do a sun dance on top of one , pee from another , photograph the rest , and send thrilled gibberish to the lookout posts somehow built on to the sheer rock face across the valley .
29 It had been he himself , Lewis , who had finally got on to the man there who was in the process of completing the proofs for the forthcoming seminal opus entitled Pre-Conquest Craftsmanship in Southern Britain , by Theodore S. Kemp , MA , DPhil ; the man who had been closeted with Kemp that fateful morning , and who had confirmed that Kemp had not left the offices until about 12.30 p.m .
30 It was amazing that someone who had won the British Open three times and come second once over the past four years should have to qualify , but the boss just got on with the job .
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