Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice . |
| 2 | He was speaking from a mind full of ideas and images , which all offered insight in varying ways , which he sought to reflect on over several years . |
| 3 | Yet Gloria herself never seemed to hold on to more than the bare essentials that they had in their two paper carriers . |
| 4 | However , Mrs Thompson vowed to fight on for other landlords even if time ran out for she and her husband . |
| 5 | By the mid-Eighties we were singing in English too , and we began to catch on in English-speaking countries . |
| 6 | As the sun began to set over Auckland they took a short flight on a tiny seaplane , and the gold light enhanced the aerial view of Auckland as the lights began to come on in white wood houses , skyscrapers , hotels . |
| 7 | Hugo glanced at his watch , and decided to press on for another half-hour . |
| 8 | The doctors said they did n't know how I managed to carry on in such pain . ’ |
| 9 | Is love meant to glow on like this for a while after the set has been switched off ? |
| 10 | Nirvana , like eternal life in the teaching of Jesus , can be attained in this life , as it was in the case of the Buddha who consented to stay on in this world for the sake of men , rather than move on at once to Para-nirvana , the final and highest heaven . |
| 11 | Business was so good a new home had to be found when the Comedy had to go on to other previously arranged bookings . |
| 12 | Mother had to struggle on with nine children making a terrible din , and almost drowning out her powers of concentration . |
| 13 | I spoke later to Jackie , lifeboat secretary , and asked him how many of a crew he had to call on at any time . |
| 14 | In the meantime , though , she had to get on with some work . |
| 15 | But anyway , reprimanded for that , did n't get sack but er had to move on to other things and that meant to me decided |