Example sentences of "people [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there , after her warming-up exercises , she leaped like a gazelle , undisturbed by the fact that she was being filmed on video by two pupils and barely noticing that during the session a small group of people tiptoed on to the gallery , and she did her last jump to applause . |
| 2 | People came on to the terrace . |
| 3 | There could be no more tragically eloquent testimony to the fact that the Government 's community care policies have failed than the sight of mentally ill people spilling on to the streets every moment . |
| 4 | The real conflicts arise when people get on to the cerebral cortex . |
| 5 | If offers a clear choice to the electorate and it results in one party with a mandate from the people getting on with the job of governing . |
| 6 | urge people to press on with the task in hand especially when they have second thoughts |
| 7 | It was also based on the even worse assumption that the actual level of income support in April 1990 was sufficient for people to live on in the first place . |
| 8 | As AT&T 's Bob Kavner , soon to be USL 's erstwhile chairman , says Novell 's purchase takes the emotions out , leaving people to get on to the real issues . |
| 9 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 10 | We should not just trust people to get on with the task of caring for vulnerable children . |
| 11 | Will she send out a message to those who oppose smoking and belong to the brigade who say , ’ Do as I say and as I instruct you , ’ to the effect that they should leave ordinary people to get on with the job of smoking and supporting the economy ? |
| 12 | Do you think there is an argument for finding natural teachers as opposed to set of people to get on with the job ? |
| 13 | Ignoring a ban which the Serbian government had imposed on March 7 , some 100,000 people poured on to the streets of Belgrade to demand the resignations not only of the Milosevic administration but also of the senior officials of the Belgrade television network , tightly controlled by the SPS . |
| 14 | ‘ People come on to the show with IQs which ca n't reach room temperature . |
| 15 | The more people jumped on to the bandwagon , the more others wanted to join them . |