Example sentences of "on [coord] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On balance , the best policy ahead of such a closely-fought election is to hang on and hope for the best . |
| 2 | She tried to decide whether she should swallow her pride and tell John how she felt or whether to just go on and hope for the best . |
| 3 | She wanted to go on and talk to the audience before the show began : ‘ Like me , please like me , ’ she said to them , which is an approach not appreciated by British audiences . |
| 4 | 17.32 Development in attainment target 3 is marked by : increasing control over the structure and organisation of different types of text ; a growing ability to handle complex or demanding subject matter ; a widening range of syntactic structures and an expanding vocabulary as the pupil begins to use language that is characteristic of writing rather than speech and to strive for a style that is appropriate to the subject matter and the readership ; a growing capacity to write independently and at length ; an increasing proficiency in re-reading and revising or redrafting the text , taking into account the needs of the audience ; a developing ability to reflect on and talk about the writing process . |
| 5 | an ability to reflect on and talk about the writing process . |
| 6 | Charlie felt indifferent as each of the decorated men was announced and his citation read out until he heard the name of Lieutenant Arthur Harvey who , the colonel told them , had led a charge of Number Eleven Platoon all the way up to the German trenches , thus allowing those behind him to carry on and break through the enemy 's defences . |
| 7 | And either you say to yourself ‘ I ca n't find it ’ or you can go on and get to the middle of things and keep trying to find it . |
| 8 | You 've got to get on and deal with the problem and forget it 's a crisis . |
| 9 | And then we can go on and look at the passage , which brings together the words of the widow and Elisha and the actions of God . |