Example sentences of "on [coord] [vb infin] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she and Leonard over the years were to build on and improve the amenities , adding electricity , a bathroom , and a two-room extension of a bedroom for Virginia and an upstairs sitting-room . |
| 2 | Here , the two people meet and each takes ten minutes to reflect on and verbalise the achievements that they have made and identify further needs . |
| 3 | Although for the upper classes the Pax Romana in the age of the Antonines ( second century AD ) came as a great opportunity to concentrate on and uphold the customs of their local town or district , for humbler men it Provided wider horizons and unprecedented opportunities for travel . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's ridiculous to carry on and endanger the lives of your team and the civilian , ’ said Carter , ‘ Joseph what do you think ? ’ |
| 5 | What the preliminary or collateral fact doctrine seeks to do is to distinguish those elements within the bracket which can be regarded as conditioning the power of the tribunal to go on and consider the merits from the merits themselves . |