Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , much research goes on in institutions of higher education . |
| 2 | The transcript goes on for pages and pages , and not a single word was said about any of those increases being phased in . |
| 3 | The process which had begun with Lavoisier 's study of respiration and continued with Prout 's work on digestion led on to studies of proteins and fats . |
| 4 | The Special Squads were the Nazis ' ‘ most demonic crime ’ , representing ‘ an attempt to shift on to others — specifically the victims — the burden of guilt , so that they were deprived even of the solace of innocence ’ . |
| 5 | This tension led on to attempts to fuse the government parties in 1920 , to the failure of almost every government policy , and to complete deadlock by 1921 . |
| 6 | The roads were becoming a pleasure to travel on after centuries of neglect . |
| 7 | And on the M forty between junctions one and one A , that 's the stretch between Denham and the M twenty five , the outside lane is closed in both directions , there also is some repair work going on between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame , where it 's down to one lane in both directions . |
| 8 | to have something that indicates how the youngster gets on with others , I 'm sure that 's one of the general skills and ability . |
| 9 | No orange tips , but the same green dappling on under wings . |
| 10 | The manager and staff of the pub get on with things in the background , behind screens , during the service . |
| 11 | This means that in larger groups most of the interactions and mutual grooming go on between members of female pairs while the male only grooms with one or two of them . |
| 12 | It may help your child to hold on to memories of the past and to begin to think about changes in the future by painting pictures , making a tape recording or keeping a scrapbook of family events . |
| 13 | This sport went on for hours , well into the evening . |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of hacking goes on inside companies by employees trying to find easier ways of doing their jobs . |
| 15 | It is important to realise that the complexity of the business carried on by solicitors in partnership is such as to make the adoption of a standard draft risky and unsatisfactory . |
| 16 | The current plan is for single pricing , in place of offer and bid prices , with the initial charge added on for buyers . |
| 17 | With this kind of warfare going on between nests , the ants need to be able to distinguish their own nestmates from members of other nests . |
| 18 | Laziness , a desire to hold on to salaries and to stay with families , accounts for much afrancesado collaboration . |
| 19 | The war dragged on for decades . |
| 20 | Even moderate Muslims agree that Mr Azam 's question will become increasingly difficult to answer if the war drags on for months and if the allies damage some of the holy sites of Shia Islam in Iraq . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman goes on about conspiracies against the working class , but I gather that in his constituency the working class conspired against him . |
| 22 | Then he and his three uninjured crew scrambled on to life-rafts — and were themselves rescued by helicopter . |
| 23 | Difficulties were encountered both in finding small mammal bone to work on in caves , and in identifying , with sufficient precision , the processes acting on the bone . |
| 24 | Each battery is in a separate compartment and the tray slides into the machine on runners ; contact is made by a multi-socket pushing on to pins . |
| 25 | The researches into medical education going on at places like Southampton and Dundee confirm that smaller adjustments to medical courses can have useful effects on how students learn . |
| 26 | ‘ Sorry to interrupt , but there seems to be some kind of disturbance going on around Police HQ . |
| 27 | The motorway slashed on through fields and villages without regard for either , and after a while the villages flowed together and became towns , and the towns joined and merged to take on the appearance of a city . |
| 28 | During the fever brought on by wounds , forced marches , wet and cold he had dreamed many odd and discomforting things , but never anything like this . |
| 29 | A short half-landing gave on to passageways to different parts of the house . |
| 30 | Thus Ward ( 1979 ) uses the term geographical hydrology to connote the hydrology worked on by geographers and noted that : |