Example sentences of "on [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 2 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 3 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |
| 4 | That would we feel is certainly in a coordinating way and if somebody for instance er say you 've got a husband and wife living together , one of them suddenly becomes handicapped in a particular way , what we are planning to do is trying to develop programmes which will enable the carer to have to go on training at the County Council 's expense to enable them to look after somebody in their own homes and it 's a type of thing we want to develop . |
| 5 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 6 | The supplement goes on to look at the law covering the conservation of protected buildings and areas , reporting on incentives like the Town Scheme grant , which can provide 40 per cent grants for repair and restoration work from combined funding between local authorities and English Heritage . |
| 7 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
| 8 | It then goes on to look at the costs of protectionism so they 're , they 're looking at erm , the numerical estimates as to how much erm , protectionism costs , not only for domestic producers and consumers and tax payers , but also for third countries . |
| 9 | You have already defined what the worry is , so go on to look at the cause , list different possibilities for dealing with the cause and then decide on the action which seems most likely to be effective . |
| 10 | Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps . |
| 11 | After a distinguished student career at Emmanuel College , Cambridge , he went on to study at the University of Paris under Suzanne Bastid . |
| 12 | His mother trekked North to the St Mary 's Anglican Mission station , where he received his education before going on to study at the Rorke 's Drift Art and Craft Centre in Natal . |
| 13 | He went on staring at the Hare-woman . |
| 14 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 15 | Dyson went on staring at the raindrops , saying nothing . |
| 16 | Betty Allsop , who had overheard the exchange , let out a hoot of laughter , while Maggie went on rubbing at the counter , but Rona 's reply was , ‘ That 'll be the day , even with a fellow like Billings . ’ |
| 17 | He pays the small amount and in fact I keep on meaning at the back of my brain to get hold of him and say has he been paying it . |
| 18 | He put one hand out ; she put out hers and gripped his forearm , looked up briefly and made a noise which might have been " thanks " , and went on working at the strap of her shoe . |
| 19 | In 1916 , when her daughter Carrie 's husband was killed at the Somme , she managed that too , looking after the three-year old my mother , so that Carrie could go on working at the mill . |
| 20 | ‘ I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it 's dangerous ’ ( quoted by B. J. Wagner , 1976 , p. 59 ) , muses Mrs. Heathcote to a class of children who are into a drama about pirates — and she from then on carries at the back of her mind the possibility that through the subsequent experience these children might understand something of what drives people to face dangers . |