Example sentences of "i [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I soon noticed myself rapidly approaching a fallen tree over the surface of the river and as I rushed towards it I clung on to it for dear life .
2 I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is !
3 Would I stay on at night to go over some sales figures ?
4 Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage .
5 And I got on at 50-1 immediately after that race , and had a fair bet .
6 So what they says is that I , I got on at this wall , jumped across onto this other wall , shinned up the outside of this other wall , stood on top of this the first floor wall and jumped up and caught hold of the top of the second floor wall and he reckon in the la about fucking twenty odd seconds , I was up and over and in , they , they , they fucking kill yourself , get down , I ca n't remember none of it .
7 I 'm quite pleased with how I got on at work today with the amount of work I 'd done that
8 Anyway , I 'll meet you down here tomorrow , tell you how I got on with Gazzer . ’
9 I got on with Heather 's bath and feed .
10 After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London .
11 Mostly I got on with her . ’
12 I got on with my kitchen garden .
13 I got on with the work , tried very hard to stay jovial , and kept a smiling face .
14 I got on with some work of my own and he went back to his .
15 I got on with Cooking with Difficulty .
16 And I had five sons , a disabled father , according to the media , and er , I got on with it .
17 I shared it with a coloured girl who I got on with and we had a good laugh .
18 So off she went , while I got on with transferring my mini-weapons to my own costume .
19 ‘ I found I got on with him reasonably well .
20 She went , and I got on with the life of Ellen Parkin , about to emerge from her chrysalis , to spread her wings as Eleanor Darcy .
21 For a couple of days I got on with life 's rich pageant without thinking any more of Jo or her bloody credit cards .
22 And then I got on with my job . ’
23 I did anyway , I got on with most teachers but but he did , really did give him a a really big , say a big couple of swipes on his backside .
24 On Monday , the first day of the fair , Mum took me down to The Market Place after school and , armed with my fare , I got on to the children 's roundabout .
25 I waited for three buses to go past before I got on to one .
26 I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale .
27 Then I got on to James again . "
28 And then I got on to the , I was convenor of the housing allocation committee for very many years .
29 ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’
30 I got on to the hospital and then the local police lab and said I was from her insurance company and we operated a no pay clause if drink-driving was involved . ’
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