Example sentences of "on [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you really want to carry on using that mug ? |
| 2 | Many have made only one short field trip and yet they go on using that material in articles and even books for the rest of their lives . |
| 3 | Writers in other areas , however , as well as many linguists , have gone on using these assumptions as though they were secure and certain . |
| 4 | And she came to Whitfield , and she said Mr Whitfield , why is it that you keep on preaching on this , and you keep on using this text , and keep on saying you must be born again ? |
| 5 | But there were times when he had to hold his tongue , if only to ensure that he could keep on using this fool for his own ends . |
| 6 | He went on to conduct epidemiological studies of the transmission and variation of several other epidemic diseases , which established his reputation as an authority in this area . |
| 7 | Act One opens with three trios for the men , followed by a duet for the sisters , and goes on to include two quintets ( one of which is the heavenly ‘ Di scrivermi ogni giorno ’ , during which the lovers bid farewell while Don Alfonso comments cynically in the background , and the exquisitely beautiful trio for the two girls and Don Alfonso , ‘ Soave sia il vento ’ ( featured in the film Sunday , Bloody Sunday ) . |
| 8 | This describes the property , usually by reference to an address , and goes on to include any easements or other matters that the property has the benefit of and will also mention any declaration , exception or reservation . |
| 9 | The critics went on praising these qualities but even as they did so they began to have quite serious reservations . |
| 10 | It 's going on raining all night , I 'm certain of that , but we can feed underground here , you know . |
| 11 | The debtor goes on to borrow more money , and the question is whether that is taken to be included in the legacy too . |
| 12 | The Greenland fishermen will be allowed to go on catching 12 tons of salmon a year for subsistence purposes . |
| 13 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 14 | And it went on to enjoy sporadic mail and fare-payers use before being put into regular use six years later to bolster lightly loaded services serving this most rural of communities . |
| 15 | If they went on seeing each other , would they not eventually produce the same complicatedly beautiful pattern of commitment as her friends had ? |
| 16 | ‘ Because we need to clear the air , I think , if we 're to go on seeing each other . ’ |
| 17 | If , for example , you draw a distinction between two processes and your experiments keep on producing equivocal results , it is probably time to start thinking about the validity of the distinction . |
| 18 | The mill eventually reopened , the year after the blast , and carried on producing commercial papers , but to a reduced capacity . |
| 19 | SEL has been working for some two years on producing French versions of GEC 's technical specifications — an enormous project . |
| 20 | At this point we go on to plant noumenal gardens that are not to be contemplated or comprehended by the understanding or conveyed in words . |
| 21 | She could still hear the faint murmurs of Tom Russell and his sister talking on the veranda , and it distracted her from the real purpose of this time alone , which was not to go on reliving that moment when his hand had covered her own , but to obediently follow his suggestion of giving herself time to fully think this through . |
| 22 | They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes . |
| 23 | Then it was on to see another side of Craigmillar — a refurbished district council flat occupied by Sheila and Gerald Robinson . |
| 24 | You who must decide whether you are prepared to go on allowing dangerous aggression to mar life for all of us . |
| 25 | A further £73,000 went on repairing other damage from fires , almost all of which were started deliberately . |
| 26 | Instead , around 35 employees decided to set up their own communications group , Citigate , which itself went on to acquire several subsidiaries encompassing advertising and design . |
| 27 | He went on to claim that tax changes on share dividends , company cars and the married couple 's allowance would hit the highest paid most . |
| 28 | These scum went on to kill 92 people in the King David Hotel on 22nd July 1946 . |
| 29 | However , Lindsell believes that nurturing their individual marketing and technological strengths will guarantee that they continue to thrive and go on generating major cash for C&P . |
| 30 | To raise more funds , donors have to keep on inventing new ideas . |