Example sentences of "on [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The six , among 55 individuals banned by a High Court judge from trespassing on or causing a nuisance at the site , joined 500 others in a peaceful invasion of the construction site ; 27 were arrested . |
| 2 | So is he to be he does n't know whether to just carry on or to put a stop to it now or what the hell to do |
| 3 | To act on or defy a socially established rule has effects on all who benefit or suffer by its observance . |
| 4 | Allen Paulson , who sold a half share to Sheik Mohammed for ten million dollars , reasoned he 's either not trained on or needs a psychiatrist . |
| 5 | Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye . |
| 6 | After my mother died he decided to stay on and make a living hunting , so I 've grown up here with Annamese boys and girls of my own age . |
| 7 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 8 | Val and I had met a party of school children with the master giving them a botany lesson as we walked , so we tagged on and saw a lot we would n't otherwise have noticed . |
| 9 | Every day after school I would rush round to her house to see how he was getting on and take a turn at feeding him . |
| 10 | And we might go on and create a shock . |
| 11 | After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number . |
| 12 | Peter Armstrong , for Bexton , said he had been taken on and offered a wage of £170 a week . |
| 13 | Twenty minutes into the game , he jolted a disc in his back and went off to see his replacement , Rob Wainwright , come on and make a name for himself . |
| 14 | As long as we feel we can sell them on and make a profit for the NECCR then we will be happy . |
| 15 | Lee hacked on and collected a favourable bounce to dot down at the posts . |
| 16 | But Norwich took them on and revealed a tactical superiority and strength of character to go alongside the flair that has always been their most endearing feature . |
| 17 | I always say that we all spend our money on what we really want to spend it on and put a bit by for what we really desire to achieve . |
| 18 | Is it really true that Watership Down was rejected by over a dozen publishers before it was taken on and became a bestseller ? |
| 19 | That old plastic bird appeared on all my ships from then on and became a kind of ship 's mascot , travelling all over the UK with us . |
| 20 | But a minute later , Spurs were two nil up , some sloppy play in mid-field , the ball looped over the United defence to Gary Lineker , he ran on and hammered a tremendous shot into the roof of the net for his fourteenth goal of the season . |
| 21 | At the Chalk Farm stop an attractive , freckled schoolgirl , about sixteen , in a smart navy uniform and white blouse , had got on and sat a few seats away . |
| 22 | He decided to stay on and take a PHD , but his work was cut short by the onset of mental illness . |
| 23 | erm Your comment on wards , I think this is a way of the officers giving us something to work on and take a decision on . |
| 24 | They got no putting a bit of best clothes on and having a good time breaking in in people 's houses and one thing and another . |
| 25 | Cast on and work a few rows stocking stitch ending with carriage at right . |
| 26 | This determination to prevent the manufacturers exploiting a sellers , market induced Self to ask Smith to stay on and establish a Contracts Department as a step towards firmer financial control over the engineers . |
| 27 | Only after knowing what our target is can we go on and set a transfer price that encourages each division to operate at the required volume . |
| 28 | I had intended to go on and become a teacher , but when Dad died of a heart attack I was needed to help run the family art gallery . ’ |
| 29 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 30 | But I was determined to carry on and won a full scholarship to the Escuela Normal , the teachers ' training school . |