Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] a [noun] " 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 | His departure is described as amicable and he will stay on as a consultant . |
| 4 | He can stay on as a sort of pensioner up at Framwell . ’ |
| 5 | He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable . |
| 8 | A company employing ten workers might lay off two in bad times ; ten self-employed workers would probably carry on with a 20% reduction in their turnover rather than voluntarily go on the dole . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This means it could hold on with a couple of limbs whilst feeding with the others . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ We could go on to a nightclub afterwards . ’ |
| 23 | Then we could go on to a dance in our local Labour Hall ? |
| 24 | ‘ You ca n't go on to a talk show and talk about the plots of the books . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 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 | It may stop after one or two drinks or it may go on into a spree . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’ |
| 30 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |