Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without thinking , she drank deeply from her glass , all the time her eyes riveted on to those early leaders as the brandy burnt its way down her throat . |
| 2 | She might have stumbled on to some big-time drug smugglers for example . ’ |
| 3 | It showed a little girl with a garland around her neck , and a grass skirt , on an island , being spied on by this little boy through a telescope . |
| 4 | At the time of Leathart 's survey , Taylor 's Level had been carried on for some 210 fathoms , and was then about 35 fathoms short of being below the deepening sump in the floor of Fleming 's . |
| 5 | Education in art and design is carried on in many different institutions ranging from polytechnics and colleges of higher education through specialist colleges of art to colleges of further education and technical colleges . |
| 6 | It was also carried on in some few villages : fulling mills operated at East Hendred , near Wantage , Brimpton and Colthorp , as well as one at Bagnor owned by no less than Jack of Newbury himself . |
| 7 | I think we owe it to people like or at least to give them another crack at the whip to see if they 've come on in that interim period cos it 's a good six months since we interviewed |
| 8 | This rarest of distinctions in surgery is decided on by all three Royal colleges of surgeons in the United Kingdom and was a great source of pride to Prof Gibson . |
| 9 | Effective measurement requires detailed knowledge of the properties of phenomena which are to be reflected or mapped on to some mathematical system . |
| 10 | Mapped on to this functional domain is the geometric domain . |
| 11 | Candidates from both the UK and overseas are accepted on to this full-time programme . |
| 12 | But she and John had moved on to some other vantage point . |
| 13 | But Americans had already moved on to another massive and distinctively North American style , the station as office block . |
| 14 | In particular the government forces encountered problems in maintaining control of a town once rebel forces had been defeated ; when armed units moved on to another troubled area , rebels could regain control . |
| 15 | an used to be called metermarism and I say , it 's not a word it 's not a term I 've seen on for many many years and you do n't seen it many erm modern organic texts . |
| 16 | How does Kohlberg 's theory of gender identity development , drawn on by many feminist theorists , fit with feminist social learning and psychoanalytic models of gender identity ? |
| 17 | It seemed to be locked on to some invisible beam that was projecting from out of June 's vagina . |
| 18 | And they were egged on by some Labour MPs and councillors who refused to comply with the law themselves . |
| 19 | His actions were ‘ brought on by all three incidents running together , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I had learned by now that an upsurge in Mr Singh 's libido was usually brought on by some other outside circumstance . |
| 21 | There are several inland cliffs , but these are too far from the sea for auks and gulls , and so the whole , and large , sea bird population of this part of Iceland is concentrated on to this one cliff . |
| 22 | Her subconscious had registered and clung on to those unfortunate comments made during the course of the operation . |
| 23 | Now 22 , Debbie 's guitar collection has progressed on from that all-important first guitar . |
| 24 | It was our second chance and we were spurred on by some great support . |
| 25 | We we need n't worry too much that thought but erm the Greek revolt itself in eighteen twenty to one to round about eighteen twenty five had gone on without any European intervention . |
| 26 | Daily assessment has gone on for all these years , with tests occasionally being undertaken — that is a reality . |
| 27 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 28 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 29 | However , in the Braniel a young male fieldworker found ( for rather obvious reasons ) that he was not passed on to any young women of a similar age to himself . |
| 30 | The extent to which personality characteristics are passed on in this genetic way is less certain . |