Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I says er , I want to go on as yard foreman next week . |
| 2 | It seems that you all want to hurry on to item three A , erm as far as the timetable is concerned |
| 3 | The gap seems to be widening between Serbs who want to fight on for Greater Serbia , now , and those who think that goal must be postponed . |
| 4 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 5 | For the most part people just want to get on with life as best they can . |
| 6 | When businesses just want to get on with doing business , ‘ to be told you can take out a summons but then must allow three to four months for the other side to put forward defences , then allow more time for adjustments of claims and defences , and then , subject to the availability of a judge , you 'll get a hearing on it in 18 months ’ time , is less than satisfactory ’ , said , senior partner with Dorman Jeffrey . |
| 7 | Seem to put on in jail or in the . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to get on with things , but Brando likes to discuss every scene , every line for hours . |
| 9 | Of course we all like to get on with people at work , but our relationships are based on our skills , our expertise or our functional roles , not on friendship . |
| 10 | Carers vow to fight on after town hall protest |
| 11 | We try to get on with people , to be friendly with them and all we get is trouble . |
| 12 | The referee , however , allowed play to go on with Everton prostrate and protesting and when the cross came over the defence seemed to use less than legal means to stop Chapman reaching it . |
| 13 | According to the Training and Employment Agency , some 44pc of fifth-formers now choose to stay on at school . |
| 14 | ‘ He and Elise are travelling around India and after they 've been everywhere there they plan to go on to Thailand and … ’ |
| 15 | In this way , protected by a structure created by a skilled therapist , we can cower in fear , howl with anger , weep with panic , rend our clothes in guilt and let go any need to hold on to feelings which belong to our past rather than our present lives . |
| 16 | For some elderly people who have no family or who ( quite reasonably ) do not feel that they need to hang on to capital to pass on to relatives who are themselves well provided for , the purchase of an annuity can be an advantage . |
| 17 | We have 16 other good players here and you just have to get on with things if someone is ruled out . |
| 18 | As well as recognising the fact that we need to get on with landowners , we realise that a strong relationship with local authorities is critical . |