Example sentences of "on [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 2 | She went on to emphasise the growing need to tackle environmental problems : ‘ It is no good proposing that we go back to some simple village life and halve our population by some means that have not yet been revealed . |
| 3 | The Board ordered that they be received into the vagrants ' ward as a temporary measure , and went on to instruct the medical officer to vaccinate all the other unprotected inmates of the workhouse . |
| 4 | I was n't about to miss the parade , and went on to see the whole event , and photographed it — all the red flags , the guns , the cannons , the missiles , everything , including Black September Group marching . |
| 5 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 6 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 7 | The shy 19-year-old who married the heir to the throne has gone on to shake the British monarchy to its roots . |
| 8 | If you know such a coach then nominate him/her now because the search is on to find the 1993 Coach of the Year . |
| 9 | And the search is on to find the top dog among an entry of eight hundred collies , German shepherds and even poodles . |
| 10 | Todorov then goes on to establish the primary categories of his narrative grammar , and they are proper noun , adjective and verb . |
| 11 | In 1843 the Corsican hotelier Zenon Vantini leased them , achieving such success that he went on to establish the first railway refreshment room at Wolverton . |
| 12 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 13 | There is a ‘ loop ’ ( ( 5 ) d-(5)f ) while the listener establishes the siting of the aerial but having established the options the speaker then goes on to indicate the next step of the route — ( ( 5 ) i ) . |
| 14 | Lord Morton went on to construe the statutory terms extremely narrowly as permitting challenge only if express statutory requirements were violated . |
| 15 | In 1893 , when American celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus ( a year late ) , the robber barons who banded together to support the Chicago exhibition went on to found the American Academy in Rome . |
| 16 | But that was n't the end of it ; they had made up their minds to sample every diversion that Wickhams had to offer , and went on to explore the entire store , from Haberdashery , where Mabel bought some knicker-elastic , to Hardware , where Florrie could not resist a patent vegetable slicer which was being demonstrated by a lady in a snowy white apron , who showed them how the little gadget peeled apples , chipped potatoes , sliced onions and generally made itself invaluable to the busy housewife . |
| 17 | They do n't go on to explore the other stitches that their machine can do . |
| 18 | In group ( whole or part ) discussion , trainees should be asked to provide an ABC analysis of the problem and then go on to explore the main points of a possible intervention and the notion of response competition , punishers and rewards to weaken and strengthen behaviours respectively . |
| 19 | He goes on to explore the dynamic nature of excellence and to suggest that quality is really about training and unlocking the potential of the workforce . |
| 20 | As late as the eighteenth century some of the most renowned painters of France , Boucher , Lancret and Watteau among them , found it no more beneath them to paint gallant scenes on the artificial eggs presented by the king to members of his court at Easter than Cellini did to be called on to unpick the precious stones from Clement VII 's tiara as the Imperial troops advanced to sack Rome in 1527 . |
| 21 | Strephon goes on to recount the various features which once inspired his love , but now leave him cold : |
| 22 | Before moving on to tackle the other types of gybe , you should aim to perfect the standard carve gybe with a success rate of nine out of ten . |
| 23 | By careful selection of topics from the content of the module , the student can be provided with the opportunity of exploring the usefulness and limitations of selected strategies to different types of problem before going on to tackle the formal investigation . |
| 24 | The Council of Europe , which most European states joined , met annually , went on to create the European Court of Human Rights and provided an early step towards co-operation with West Germany , which joined in 1950 . |
| 25 | True to form , Wolfgang went on to denigrate the entire Weber household except his beloved : Josepha was worthless , fat and a liar ; Aloysia insincere , bad-tempered and a flirt ; Sophie ( the youngest ) ‘ feather-headed ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Later in the day many would go on to view the celebrated ruins of the abbey , the Mecca of every pilgrim attracted to the spot . |
| 27 | The forthcoming spectacle on the Italian pitches this summer has already received considerable hype , with speculation as to whether or not Italy will go on to win the coveted trophy for a record fourth time . |
| 28 | The United States and New Zealand , the reigning world champions , will make especially strong challenges , the latter including Blyth Tait and Messiah , Badminton runners-up in 1990 before going on to win the individual world title . |
| 29 | Wigan are 7-4 on to win the First Division championship with Corals . |
| 30 | Lauda , however , went on to win the first race of the season as Hunt crashed out on lap 33 . |