Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A housewarming was impulsively decided on to mark the arrival of the new Alfoxden tenants , and on about 17 July Coleridge , seeking ‘ change of air ’ , arrived from Stowey in anticipation of the event . |
| 2 | Perhaps moved on to vex some other unfortunate priest . |
| 3 | Sandrock took the lead early in the game when Cox 's long clearance was brilliantly touched on by McQuilken into the path of Nick Leishman , who volleyed home emphatically . |
| 4 | It was clear then that Noriega only held on to power by two threads — popular apathy and the loyalty of the Panama Defence Force . |
| 5 | Even though my children 's reading has long since moved on to Roald Dahl , C S Lewis and Judy Blume , the story ‘ template ’ is there , the dubious role models of their best-loved tales are firmly entrenched and I 'm beginning to wonder if they are there for life . |
| 6 | Fortunately the couple had had a telephone number for the party Lori had left with , and a telephone call this morning had vouchsafed the unwelcome information that Lori had already flown on to Medellín . |
| 7 | Societal expectations are changing in Britain and the fat toddler is no longer looked on with affection , but some cultural minority groups still feel that the young child should be fed and pampered . |
| 8 | Sunflowers have already caught on in France and now a handful of farmers are trying their luck with the new crop here . |
| 9 | He was , was he just moved on from time to time , or were they voluntary moves ? |
| 10 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 11 | Flames and smoke from nearby chestnut-sellers and the bare-chested fire-eaters flickered and drifted into the dark grey sky , and Meredith just hung on to Lucenzo , lost for words , overwhelmed by the volume of sound , the bustle , the glamour , as they walked along beneath the arched walkway of the Procuratie Nuove . |
| 12 | I was more or less resigned to the way things had turned out and just got on with life . |
| 13 | They had to face reality and did not pine for what was not possible just got on with life as best they could . |
| 14 | The people are generally called on to elect a special constituent assembly mandated to draft a constitution , though this may not always be the case — as in General de Gaulle 's constitution for the Fifth Republic . |
| 15 | ‘ We have a tail already locked on to Tweed . |
| 16 | Remark If in 1.11.3 we adopt the notation finally settled on in Section 1.8 , that is we drop the bars , we obtain the remainder theorem in its usual guise . |
| 17 | Their case began in an industrial tribunal in 1986 , went to the European Court and was finally ruled on in April 1991 . |
| 18 | That baggage you 've just taken on to help in the bedroom wears one like that and ties her apron right up under her breasts till they nearly pop out , beggin' your pardon , Mr Timothy . |
| 19 | He could also play a variety of instruments ( and passed on this ability to his children ) and knew songs and melodies which had never been written down — just passed on from ear to ear via generations of Dalesmen . |
| 20 | If indirect taxes are levied on goods with highly inelastic demand curves , then the indirect taxes will be largely passed on to consumers as higher prices . |
| 21 | Labels are thus slapped on to people with little regard for accuracy . |
| 22 | Mr Ernie Ross also comfortably held on to Dundee West for Labour , and Calum MacDonald held the Western Isles . |
| 23 | Many have thus latched on to Oakeshott 's use of tradition to identify him as a Burkean conservative . |
| 24 | You have successfully logged on to LIFESPAN . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) The conditions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above are : ( a ) that the premises of the club are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests of athletic sports or athletic games ; ( b ) that one or more of such sports or games is or are usually carried on out of doors and , when so carried on , can ( unless artificial lighting is used ) only be carried on during hours of daylight ; ( c ) that the said premises are regularly used , or are intended regularly to be used , during the winter period , for providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests , during the hours of daylight , of such a sport or game as is mentioned in paragraph ( ii ) above ; ( d ) that having regard to the time at which the said sport or game is usually carried on by members of the club and their guests , the permitted hours set out in section 53(3) of this Act are not suitable for the supply of alcoholic liquor in the said premises to persons who participate in that sport or game . |
| 26 | However , Rita calmly carried on in spite of this rather inconvenient technical hitch . |
| 27 | And now today she was going to start out as a student , this lovely girl that Emily still looked on with awe . |
| 28 | He took his time ; first cutting the cigar , then heating its tip with a succession of matches that he carelessly and provocatively dropped on to Wavebreaker 's scrubbed deck . |
| 29 | The humiliating financial dependence on his parents , a fact of life ever since he had been dismissed from Goupil 's , was being gradually shifted on to Theo , who would soon find himself shouldering the whole burden . |
| 30 | WHAT music would the Transport Secretary , John MacGregor , choose if he is ever invited on to Desert Island Discs ? |