Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you have a modem you can log on to a bulletin board and download it .
2 After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children .
3 Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off
4 His departure is described as amicable and he will stay on as a consultant .
5 He can stay on as a sort of pensioner up at Framwell . ’
6 He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job .
7 At the Passover Eve meal the stories of the plagues are recited , and with each one a finger is dipped in a glass of wine and a drop of the wine let fall on to a plate .
8 You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable .
9 ‘ You did n't exactly carry on like a pacifist yourself , ’ she retorted evasively , mouth reproachful .
10 Though she found it hard to judge his age , he had a look of unabashed power that only years of experience could brand on to a man 's face .
11 Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck .
12 ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly .
13 Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance .
14 We could easily move on to a project exploring other aspects of Victorian England .
15 Let's move on to a recap of tonight 's main stories .
16 We 'll now move on to an amendment standing in the name of Councillor .
17 I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further .
18 Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons .
19 This means it could hold on with a couple of limbs whilst feeding with the others .
20 Graham Taylor 's battling heroes could not quite hold on for a win that would have allowed the beleaguered England manager to say ‘ Nuts ’ to his critics .
21 However , for the third time this season , Wantage could not hold on to a lead given them in the last five minutes , and allowed Andy Martin to shoot home for the equaliser for Bicester .
22 Time is a great healer so , rather than press on with a manoeuvre that is repeatedly failing , leave it for a while and come back to it later .
23 ‘ We could go on to a nightclub afterwards . ’
24 Then we could go on to a dance in our local Labour Hall ?
25 ‘ You ca n't go on to a talk show and talk about the plots of the books .
26 Few of Camille 's schoolmates , even had they been able to read and write , would go on to a career in the sciences , since the chemistry lab had been the first to succumb , years back , when the rules had just been relaxed and attitudes to education liberalized .
27 This Bulletin will be paper-based initially , but should go on to an e-mail bulletin board as soon as this is available .
28 It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree .
29 That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two .
30 ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’
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