Example sentences of "and [verb] on [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father was a German-Jewish refugee and his mother Welsh , but Wartberg was an aggressive anglophile , given to wearing tweed suits and blathering on about flower growing , law and order , the decline of British standards ( he had just obtained one for his best-selling valve ) , the prohibitive business rate and so on . |
| 2 | But , the morality a and to go on about Christianity and again , tha I feel ashamed sometimes when I think of myself you know , a Christian , that 's not Christianity ! |
| 3 | And to go on in government to succeed , for a chastened Tory party , industrial establishment and media will have no counter-argument . |
| 4 | A major work in the field remains A Dictionary of British Surnames by P.H. Reaney , in which the relevant entry reads , ‘ Fursey , Fussey , Fuzzey , Forsey ’ , and goes on to instance John Forshay 1431 ( Dorset ) and Roger Fursey 1583 ( Surrey ) . |
| 5 | A benefit concert is a two-hour show that begins at 7.30pm and goes on till dawn when members of the audience are either asleep or drunk . |
| 6 | They had been observed by the disciples and passed on by word of mouth . |
| 7 | But it is always verbal and passed on in code from one member to another of various interlocking inner circles of the chattering classes . |
| 8 | Each story was separate and passed on in isolation with the possible exception of the story of the Passion . |
| 9 | If either or both of her sons had decamped to the West , she 'd have shrugged her shoulders and got on with existence . |
| 10 | ‘ This produced a pretty farcical scene really with us both stopped on the track , but I managed to get away and hang on for second . |
| 11 | Brush with water and press on to bottom of cake . |
| 12 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
| 13 | This is then drawn full-size and traced on to acetate film which is put on to a bed of clay covering the board . |
| 14 | Clothes are modelled and tried on at leisure . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh ? ’ he said and drove on in silence again . |
| 16 | When the Greeks begin to use it , it is also part of their interest in mastering the appearance of nature , and leads on to perspective and chiaroscuro , to European painting . |
| 17 | I found myself opening the batting and going on as change bowler with my medium pace . |
| 18 | beginning with their mother and going on until morning |
| 19 | If our English binge had been held in a medieval university we should have had , mixed with the bawdy songs , tragical and even devotional pieces , equally authorless and handed on from mouth to mouth in the same way , with the same individual variations . ’ |
| 20 | Young , wealthy , good-looking , gay , and turned on by crime , Nathan and Richard spend their time partying with friends , having sex , reminiscing about arson . |
| 21 | Far more telling is his astute portrayal of the humdrum : ‘ The hospital did not hold its breath and look on in admiration . |
| 22 | Michael sat down and pulled Conker 's reins , but the pony stiffened his neck and hurtled on in pursuit of the grey . |
| 23 | They have survived civil unrests , bank runs , the Cultural Revolution , and soldiered on in silence . |
| 24 | I used little corner blocks to create the corner effect , and each of these is tongue and grooved on for strength . |
| 25 | You may trip over a couple of times on the way but you will be quite capable of picking yourself up and getting on with life until you have achieved your goal . |
| 26 | One senior royal source said : ‘ Instead of simply forgetting Camilla and getting on with life he retreated further into himself . |
| 27 | However , with so many friends wishing me well , sending flowers , gifts , letters , cards and asking after my welfare , getting better and getting on with life has been my priority . |
| 28 | Vincent was sold into private ownership and was reborn as a very luxurious yacht a few years later , often to be seen and remarked on by cutter crews in yachting circles . |
| 29 | NME consists entirely of rude words out of other music papers ( eg. ‘ **** ’ ) and stuck on with earwax . |
| 30 | Pictures of cats made out of synthetic material and stuck on to plastic plates are available in virtually every store . |