Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am well aware of the anxiety of people in Plymouth to get on with the whole business of the release and development of Ministry of Defence land . |
| 2 | Gesturing with their blasters , the androids encouraged the Doctor , Bernice , Francis and Elaine to step on to the platform beside the TARDIS . |
| 3 | For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron . |
| 4 | But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team . |
| 5 | He says it must have been a little before the sixth hour when Aldhelm parted from him at Preston to go on to the ferry . |
| 6 | Next morning I was a new woman , quite revitalised and waiting contritely for JTR who I had summoned back up from Edinburgh to get on with the Lewis Ramble . |
| 7 | He persuaded General Electric to waste millions developing a rotary compressor , almost persuaded Utah to jump on to the cold-fusion bandwagon , and failed to rescue Wang laboratories from bankruptcy . |