Example sentences of "on [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows . |
| 2 | What is it going on about liquid gold and gold ? |
| 3 | Oh , I know I 'm always on about some alternative or other . |
| 4 | the local communities have been ignored in these issues and these discussions that are going on between British Coal and the County Council . |
| 5 | Leek out , had this heart trouble , and he 'd been in the Signals about oh ten year , he , he was on for twelve engagement and he nearly completed it when he had this heart trouble . |
| 6 | The traveller who rides on a local bus can learn a lot : in the mountains of Greece everyone clings on for dear life and makes the sign of the cross at every bend in the road ; in the Thar Desert , Rajasthan , a sense of humour is essential , especially when the giggling driver moves the sheltering bus to reveal squatting passengers answering the call of nature , and in South America it helps if you do n't mind sitting next to a chicken or sharing the floor with a goat . |
| 7 | The industry is still stuffed with excess capacity , mostly taken on for Big Bang and the freak year of boom that followed ( until the 1987 crash ) . |
| 8 | Contact : Motif Editions on for everyday range and Publications Department , City Art Gallery on for Eric Gill cards |
| 9 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 10 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 11 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 12 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 13 | She carried on for another year and then died suddenly from a heart attack . |
| 14 | The dog-handlers struggled on for another hour but then they , too , gave up . |
| 15 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 16 | The group carried on for another album and a few more singles but the charts were changing , and their time was up . |
| 17 | You dip down the drive from the Yoxford to Peasenhall road across an ornamental bridge and on towards this plain and golden Greek Revival house . |
| 18 | It is therefore a good ideas to make copies from fairly early on of all language and anthropological materials , and to keep them in other places , such as a technical studies department or headquarters office . |
| 19 | Erm yeah er mm yeah no I 'm quite intrigued myself about this , this idea that erm somehow it 's heterosexuals who trus who are trustworthy and that , you know , once you have a sexuality that 's different from heterosexuality then you ca n't be trusted with children and you , you know you , you ca n't be trusted to er you know I do n't know , run boys ' clubs , you ca n't be trusted in , in a , you know , it 's sort of , it 's almost like , like erm er it , it almost flies in the face of evidence that the vast majority of sexual abuse that goes on of one sort or another is , is heterosexual , it 's |
| 20 | A statement in its memorandum of association that the company 's object shall be to carry on business as a general commercial company shall mean that its object is to carry on any trade or business whatsoever , and in such a case the company has power to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of any trade or business by it . |
| 21 | A gradual reversal of the parent/child roles may have to be adjusted to , as the elderly parent moves further on into old age and becomes more dependent in every way , and sometimes the inner fears and insecurities of an old person express themselves in jealousy , possessiveness and resentment of the daughter 's contacts with other family members or friends , which can create many embarrassing situations , and the need for small deceptions to keep the peace . |
| 22 | Parents can not expect their children to get on with each other but family life is very difficult if there is continuous bickering and jealousy between children . |
| 23 | She worked in all weathers , ‘ pouring her paint on with tremendous freedom and power ’ . |
| 24 | Who can wonder if they wobble back and forth between ten-point plans for confederal re-unification and loyalty to an immobilised Nato structure ; between pounding on with monetary union and waiting to see what happens ? |
| 25 | I think I thought they 've got no ideas and then come on with this speaker and I was and I thought , Ooh . |
| 26 | He sank into the part with total conviction or — just the opposite — he put it on with open contempt and boredom . |
| 27 | But runs on with just rhythm and clear notes , and as counterpart |
| 28 | Only in Albania was the scenario of dynastic communism and vendetta carried on with more brutality and verve than in Romania , but at least there were two rival clans struggling for control of the Albanian Communist Party . |
| 29 | To make a little nappy for a baby whale , cut out a triangle of white fondant and wrap around the base of the body before the tail is added , folding upwards and securing with a ‘ pin ’ — pipe on with royal icing and a medium writing nozzle and then paint with silver food colouring . |
| 30 | Barth and Brunner moved on from that position and came to focus their attention on the re-working and re-stating of the main classical Christian doctrines , especially of christology , in which they believed the meaning and content of the revelation was explicated . |