Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 2 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 3 | You 've got to try and hold on to so much information that something eventually has to drop . |
| 4 | But if you 're in a situation where that 's not possible then you 'll do the very best you can , but you 're always going to be on the look out for the priorities as they change , cos once the person stops breathing they become unconscious , they stop breathing , their heart stops , then everything else has to wait and you have to try and get on with that , okay ? |
| 5 | For some of us , meeting people is difficult but you do not have to be an outgoing , free and easy character in order to learn to meet and get on with new people . |
| 6 | Any reader is entitled to ask what purpose such national anthologies serve ; their best justification is making art more accessible , enabling those living artists represented to find and hold on to audiences for their work . |
| 7 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 8 | The almost incredible hotchpotch of superstitions , beliefs and ‘ gods ’ which are promoted by the hierarchies of all the great organised religions in their ceaseless struggle to obtain and hold on to adherents , leaves the earnest seeker after a true spiritual haven bewildered and unsatisfied . |
| 9 | Each month students will explore a different aspect of garden design , beginning by establishing the different functions which a garden is to fulfil and moving on to study access routes and boundaries , changes in level , colour theory , designing for seasonal variation , and the use of water and architectural features . |
| 10 | In spite of the obvious gains in recent years — and no one could be more grateful than I to Robert Runcie and all he achieved — we now need a period of calmness , of peace , to grow and get on with the real work of caring for others and serving Christ in and through others . |
| 11 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 12 | Now that I 'm here , though , do you want me to stay and get on with some work ? ’ |
| 13 | But here we 've got the equipment and you can get the knowledge to learn and go on to university and learn it yourself really . ’ |
| 14 | Right how much should we take out of this just to learn and concentrate on for all of next week ? |
| 15 | However , assuming that you have timed your hook correctly , the opponent will find no support for his descending weight , so he will be obliged to twist and fall on to his side . |
| 16 | After just a minute or so , especially if we were handling metal , we would need to stop and huff on to frozen fingers , standing around with pained expressions while circulation returned . |
| 17 | Also , I learned to appreciate that as a critic you say what you have to say and go on to the next thing in LA you never go on to the next thing . ’ |
| 18 | And , as I say above , we are paid to adapt and to get on with what we 've got ; we are not going to waste energy on futile complaint . |