Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every user of LIFESPAN must log on to the system via a unique user name and password , allocated in this way . |
| 2 | He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 . |
| 3 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 4 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 5 | But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement . |
| 6 | But if a statement such as ‘ John is tall ’ is to be true , then the predicate ‘ is tall ’ must latch on to the world , just as ‘ John ’ does . |
| 7 | His widow , Margaret , said : ‘ Alfred told me that I should carry on with the case if he died , and that is exactly what I will do . ’ |
| 8 | We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night . |
| 9 | When approaching white water you should not have too much speed , sheeting out might be necessary , and the weight should move on to the back foot to encourage the nose to lift over the foam . |
| 10 | The invaders assembled at Stornoway were now divided by a bitter quarrel over whether or not they should move on to the mainland , only ended when one of the Earl Marischal 's supposed subordinates , William Murray , Marquis of Tullibardine , suddenly produced a commission granted to him two years before by James which appointed him Commander-in-Chief of all his forces in Scotland . |
| 11 | He or she would decide whether cases should go on to a Children 's Hearing before the Children 's Panel , or whether to take no further action . |
| 12 | This Bulletin will be paper-based initially , but should go on to an e-mail bulletin board as soon as this is available . |
| 13 | His conclusion , probably acceptable to most parliamentarians , is that Ukraine should ratify START 1 now , but should hold on to the 46 missiles which that treaty does not cover ( though the Lisbon protocol does ) , and delay accession to the NPT . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps we should pass on to the home-made cakes , ’ said Mervyn . |
| 15 | Press relations activities must go on during the exhibition with media who attend or may be interested . |
| 16 | The doctor then told Alexander that he must go on with the treatment . |
| 17 | ‘ You must go on with the preparations as though you were alone . |
| 18 | ‘ I must go on with the post , but I 'll send somebody to help you as soon as I can . |
| 19 | If that is the effect of that tremendous personality on two men occupying the position that we do , and related to each other in the way that Mr Chamberlain and I are , that process must go on throughout the party . |
| 20 | You must hold on to the hurt . |
| 21 | The under sheriff must hold on to the balance for 14 days in case any steps should be taken to make the defendant bankrupt , in which case he would have to pay the money he has recovered to the receiver . |
| 22 | Yet we must hold on to the basic idea that science discovers the truth of how the world works . |
| 23 | Once we have incorporated the Maastricht treaty into our law — presumably , as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said , in the first Session of the new Parliament — we must press on in the second half of 1992 , when we have the presidency of the Community , to set out more clearly our vision of a common European future . |
| 24 | ‘ Until such times as they can do this , Her Majesty 's Government should get on with the task of governing Northern Ireland in a positive fashion , including the alternative means of returning powers to locally-elected representatives . ’ |
| 25 | Envoy Philipp Jenninger and President Kurt Waldheim should get on like a Reichstag on fire |
| 26 | Those who have been successful may carry on with the course , and need to be registered with the BIE . |
| 27 | ‘ You keep the paper , I 'll haud on to the cigars . ’ |
| 28 | That 's why I was thinking I might hang on to the Volvo for another two years until you 've got your own car and then I can buy what I really want . |
| 29 | If she went out into the rue du Bateau her suspicions might latch on to an innocent person coming from one of the other flats . |
| 30 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |