Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 3 | Firstly , CACI can build on to the shopping centres additional information relating to those outlets in a particular retail sector — this might be in terms of floorspace allocations , number of outlets or other attractiveness measures . |
| 4 | Secondly , in dry summers the L3 are retained within the crusted faecal pat and can not migrate on to the pasture until sufficient rainfall occurs to moisten the pat . |
| 5 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 6 | Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ? |
| 7 | He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate . |
| 8 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 9 | He would stay on through the night although the local doctor had said it was probably useless . |
| 10 | I very much hope that both you and your husband will stay on for the wedding . |
| 11 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 14 | Mr Pierre Mauroy , an ex-prime minister and party workhorse , will stay on as the party 's first secretary . |
| 15 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 16 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 17 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 18 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 19 | He said he would stay on until the vacation . |
| 20 | Tell her you know how she feels , but do n't give in to her demands , as she 'll soon latch on to the idea that throwing a tantrum gets her what she wants . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And , as consolation Marje , you really can hang on to the hope that as he was the secret true love of your life , perhaps you were the secret true love of his . |
| 23 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 24 | You ca n't hang on to the past . ’ |
| 25 | Asked if he would hang on to the tot , he replied : ‘ No way — no , no . ’ |
| 26 | The story only waned in popularity when Mandela was released : why hang on to the book , if it existed , at the time when it was most likely to sell ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Could n't you hang on till the end of the season ? ’ |
| 29 | Or should they hang on in the hope that these assets will soon be worth serious money ? |
| 30 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |