Example sentences of "other [noun pl] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travel to and from work may have been combined with other activities , or with a knowledge of other activities going on around them . |
| 2 | I do n't happen to think bolting is in the least bit environmentally damaging ( at least not compared with other activities going on around it ) but mechanical drills are bound to give it a bad image — the message her is ‘ bolters , do your stuff in winter or at night . ’ |
| 3 | There is little systematic evidence of how people in other cultures get on with one another , but it should be noted that within a tribal community there may be such strong libidinal ties among the members that the interrelations among them appear peaceful , and may be so for quite long periods of time . |
| 4 | Dolphins that feed mainly on squid usually have fewer teeth and have developed other adaptations to hold on to their slippery-bodied meals . |
| 5 | Smaller , but equally welcome amounts of money have changed hands for pieces of driftwood and other finds worked on by artists and later sold to tourists . |
| 6 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 7 | The Celtic Church , founded in the sixth century by St Columba with the aid of Irish-trained monks , followed Rome in always celebrating Easter on a Sunday , unlike the eastern Churches ; but owing to its remoteness the Celtic Church experienced difficulty in being kept fully informed of doctrinal and other changes decided on in Rome . |
| 8 | Now in what what other things go on in the flats that you get involved with ? |
| 9 | Er what other things go on in the flats ? |
| 10 | You need to consider your exercise programme in the context of other things going on in your life . |
| 11 | There are other things going on in life . |
| 12 | It is almost as if Big Brother begrudges us our pleasures and has decided to make us realise there are other things going on in the world other than cricket . |
| 13 | He spoke in a penetrating voice that made all the other customers look on with interest . |
| 14 | I watched the other passengers go on towards the passport control and the futility of my own expedition was now only too clear . |
| 15 | None of the people on stage knew what was happening , the girls continued to sing their plaintive song and the other men danced on with their own pieces of chiffon , hoping that Ken would go away and disappear for ever . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what them other coppers kept on at me about ! |
| 17 | Other clubbers look on with amused curiosity . |
| 18 | None the less , before galloping off down the ‘ law and order ’ campaign trail , it might be prudent to consider whether murder , rape , robbery , assault , and other crimes focused on by state officials , politicians , the media , and the criminal justice system do constitute the major part of our real crime problem . |