Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have then had a verbal exchange with your next in line , but bar that you were expected to get on with the work . |
| 2 | Erm , that this is a merely transient and accidental something that erm somehow as it were has stuck on to us , rather like some disagreeable substance on the sole of one 's shoe . |
| 3 | And there was lots of the we came to an end and if we were going to carry on with this further we the everybody was getting a bit fed up with it . |
| 4 | it 's Wednesday today all day I thought you were going to get on with your painting ? |
| 5 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 6 | There is literally no limit to the abuses which might creep in if such a practice were allowed to go on without restriction . |
| 7 | In an attempt to make good the teacher shortage schoolchildren were encouraged to stay on at school to do teacher training by circular No. 1654 in 1947 . |
| 8 | Both the industry and the Group Organisers would benefit if the Organisers were left to get on with what they were happiest and most able to do , namely , organising . |
| 9 | Adds Lt Watts : ‘ What often made situations all the more tragic was the fact that these poor From here is single col for page 7 people were trying to carry on with their lives . |
| 10 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 11 | The possession of Tours , the city of St Martin , an important market and a vital communications centre , gave the Angevins a tremendous strategic advantage ; and the building of the great castles of Chinon , Loches and Loudun showed that they were determined to hold on to it . |
| 12 | If they were determined to hang on to their culture then they were to do so quietly , without bothering others . |
| 13 | Mainz Cathedral is immense and was altered in later periods when the crossing towers were rebuilt in different styles and houses were constructed abutting on to and becoming part of the cathedral flanks . |
| 14 | It rained solidly every single day in fact , and it did n't stop as we were queuing to drive on to the ferry . |
| 15 | Nothing eventful occurred that night , and as Hugh had not returned , and as a careful search discovered no trace of Marian and Allen , it was decided to move on with every precaution into territory which with every yard became potentially more hostile . |
| 16 | After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner . |
| 17 | Since it was essential that the moment I awoke each morning , the first words , sentences , if possible , paragraphs came readily to mind , last thing at night , instead of my prayers , my mind was instructed to grind on with the pages . |
| 18 | However , after a lively meeting with directors , Reg was persuaded to carry on as coach by three men in a hearse who asked to meet him outside during a beer break . |
| 19 | ‘ The first time ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ I poured half a tin of Golden Syrup on to the seat of the chair the Trunchbull was going to sit on at prayers . |
| 20 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
| 21 | I suddenly had the sense that this was going to go on for ever and the conversation became an argument . |
| 22 | Now that she was going to stay on in France for a while and not go back to her old school , she 'd already let go of those friends . |
| 23 | But I now felt the time was coming to move on to another department . |
| 24 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 25 | Gulliver wanted to step down in August because of business commitments but was asked to carry on by chairman Wallace Mercer until the club had made a decision about a new stadium . |
| 26 | A general election was called for May and Chandra Shekhar was asked to stay on as caretaker Prime Minister . |
| 27 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 28 | Net trading surpluses , from which funds were allocated , evaporated ; for most of 1921 and 1922 the LCS Political Committee was forced to carry on without a grant . |
| 29 | The crimson rope-lights still held him , so that he was forced to go on down the slope until they stood before the terrible dwelling place of the necromancer . |
| 30 | She was allowed to talk about herself if he was allowed to rave on about black men . |