Example sentences of "on [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 2 | The raising of money for the Building Fund went on through the war years and many heroic efforts were made . |
| 3 | A fierce battle is now on for the constituent firms across Europe , the Pacific basin and Canada . |
| 4 | Julie did n't answer , but drove on towards the traffic lights , glancing again in the rear-view mirror . |
| 5 | As soon as I got to the wire I spotted a gap and ran through it , only to see Private Prescott overtake me as he charged on towards the enemy lines . |
| 6 | Charlie assumed that he must fall with every pace he took , as he watched the lieutenant treat the German wire as just another hurdle , before running on towards the enemy trenches as if they were the finishing line in some race being held at his public school . |
| 7 | With a sad shake of her head she walked on towards the farm buildings . |
| 8 | Hodder & Stanchion carries on under the Attender brothers , Michel and Phalli . |
| 9 | But apparently it will go on into the being Fridays , but |
| 10 | ‘ They came running on with no boarding passes , and only had hand baggage which they carried themselves . |
| 11 | one of the priorities is to get on with the price increases and get them done , right , you know . |
| 12 | Please carry on with the cover gifts . |
| 13 | To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services . |
| 14 | Work is always just carried on with the dust samples fiddled . |
| 15 | The factory which was in Leith had what would now he called a creche where the children could it and play and he looked after whilst the mothers got on with the ground sheets … and the war . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 17 | Well , as usual it 's all there in the papers that Mr has prepared for us if anybody cares to read them , and you will notice , the national non-domestic rate , the business rate as it 's known , the contribution that the government are passing on from the business rates paid in Wiltshire , back to the people of Wiltshire is dropping by seven point nine million pounds , it 's being cut from a hundred and eighteen point six to a hundred and nine point three million pounds , and again this is pound for pound . |
| 18 | Lights came on in the Mootwalk shops as one by one they began to open . |
| 19 | Although we won the PGA again , by the Lancome Trophy later on in the year things were n't at their best . |
| 20 | By now , the case of Sumner v. Virgin had dragged on in the law courts for eleven days , with the two parties holding each other up in the centre of the ring like panting heavyweights , while the legal fees gushed forth like blood from the wounds . |
| 21 | Halvard — Perhaps you could let us know how he gets on in the tour games . |
| 22 | The law is too rigid and recognises too little of what goes on in the housing estates and back alleys of industrial towns . |
| 23 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 24 | The problem is that UK households , like US ones , are struggling to repay the debts they took on in the boom years of the 1980s , he explained . |
| 25 | Er I mean in the sense of actually er on in the railway yards itself er themselves . |
| 26 | ‘ In no way will there be enough teams left to carry on in the age groups concerned . |
| 27 | These examples give only a hint of the technical finagling that went on in the research centres . |
| 28 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 29 | Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR . |
| 30 | A successful £13.1m rights issue in January this year helped offset the £14.2m spent on acquisitions designed to focus the business on over the counter products which now comprise 25pc of group turnover . |