Example sentences of "on with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thin and you just stick it on with a glue . |
| 2 | New Scientist sailed on with a discussion of the Roman Catholic Church 's acceptance of science as long as science accepted miracles and where did that leave both sides . |
| 3 | She suffered multiple injuries in the accident on Saturday on the A168 at Thornton-le-Street when the Peugeot 405 she was travelling in collided head on with a Daihatsu car . |
| 4 | If all this were laid on with a trowel , the reader 's patience would quickly wear thin . |
| 5 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 6 | On the contrary , it was precisely the excessive femininity , laid on with a trowel as it were , that created the effect of someone pretending to be a woman , someone in fact rather desperately hoping to be taken for one . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd really like a smoke first , ’ I croaked , laying it on with a trowel . |
| 8 | I really laid your crimes on with a trowel . ’ |
| 9 | He was a nice man , and she quite liked him , but where Ven 's charm came naturally , Lubor was laying it on with a trowel . |
| 10 | Is the paper so glossy that it is difficult to write on with a highlighting pen ? |
| 11 | that were tied on with a ribbon |
| 12 | This means it could hold on with a couple of limbs whilst feeding with the others . |
| 13 | The stranger 's face was almost hidden by a leather cap tied on with a strip of canvas . |
| 14 | Take a piece of non-stick paper and mark on with a pencil an outline for a 5cm ( 2inch ) long and 2cm ( ¾inch ) deep rectangle , for the windscreen . |
| 15 | A company employing ten workers might lay off two in bad times ; ten self-employed workers would probably carry on with a 20% reduction in their turnover rather than voluntarily go on the dole . |
| 16 | Soon the door was closed , leaving outside , among the gravestones and round the Cross , a small and growing crowd who lingered on with a sense that the entertainment might not be over . |
| 17 | Some little groups were going off to west and east , but most hung on with a sense that the next thing now demanded to be done . |
| 18 | The Australian trainer came on with a bucket of water to try to revive the apparently comatose Fulton . |
| 19 | Ian Leckie , Quakers ' community development officer , said : ‘ The traditional approach has been to run on with a bucket and the magic sponge . ’ |
| 20 | Mrs Browning had a felt hat tied on with a scarf knotted under the chin , a thick tweed suit , woollen gloves , and fleecy-lined suede boots . |
| 21 | are shorter than everybody else 's and , but this one had a , a cape on with a gold braid which meant he was a big high up one , and he was just absolutely paranoid , I mean they reckon that the Matawa are such fanatics that they are just Greeks , you know they just , you know these ones that just |
| 22 | She had been packed for a day or so , but had realized as she took a last look round that her fridge was still switched on with a bottle of milk inside . |
| 23 | You might try it on with a girl in the park who turns out to be a policewoman in disguise . |
| 24 | Time is a great healer so , rather than press on with a manoeuvre that is repeatedly failing , leave it for a while and come back to it later . |
| 25 | You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable . |
| 26 | Bruce shows how he holds on with a metal clip … |
| 27 | ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ is the one story for Doctor Who Cusick looks back on with a shudder . |
| 28 | I could get on with a man like that . |
| 29 | All this happened in early spring — the third week in March , I think — and for several weeks of the previous summer Inez had been carrying on with a man staying at one of the St Ives hotels . |
| 30 | Feeling hampered , Stephen managed to plow on with a story about a Yale graduate who was in prison for fighting the Vietnam draft . |