Example sentences of "on at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning to the subject of handwriting , this has been touched on at the beginning of this chapter . |
| 2 | 1 What is going on at the beginning of the poem ? 2 What do you think has happened before the poem begins ? 3 Do you think the boys are afraid ? |
| 3 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 4 | A short distance further on at the foot of the side-valley of Deepdale and snugly sheltered by a background of trees , is the Methodist Chapel of Deepdale , a survivor amongst the many Methodist chapels in the district that have ceased to provide services and been sold . |
| 5 | So I hope hopefully this evening will be a very constructive meeting and we 'll certainly welcome your views about what you feel should be happening to the theatre or should be taken or should be taken place at the theatre , what should be on at the theatre , and er things that you feel that are n't happening at the moment . |
| 6 | I think from that report there was a there was a requirement or request that perhaps the theatre should actually have a public meeting to talk about which way the theatre was going what things were going on at the theatre and that 's what the meeting is for this evening . |
| 7 | And then it was on at the Theatre Royal . |
| 8 | I kept on at the council , but it was n't easy to get a council flat in those days . |
| 9 | It was late by the time we got to the village , and we were surprised to see lights on at the pub , and people running in and out . |
| 10 | I keep as many of your letters as I can store to look back on at the turn of the century , which we 're both going to see ! |
| 11 | It was first worked on at the turn of the century by the American psychologist , E. L. Thorndike , and more recently by another American psychologist , B. F. Skinner , and many others . |
| 12 | Then then there 's er what 's the name what 's the woman they 're working on at the minute this lot the |
| 13 | No it 's erm all the conversation that 's going on at the minute . |
| 14 | The Admirable Crichton was on at the Royalty , the Three Ragtime Boys at the Alhambra , and at A. E. Pickard Unlimited 's Panopticon ( Doors open at six during the Spring holiday ) , there was ‘ Fancy Fair and the Laughter Mirrors ’ . |
| 15 | Yet conflict may be handled more effectively if what is going on within is taken into account as well as what is going on at the surface . |
| 16 | They are woven from rather coarse flexible tubing , and are driven from a compressed-air supply that is strapped on at the waist . |
| 17 | It consisted of the straight robe mentioned above , with an elaborate flounced and layered over-skirt tied on at the waist . |
| 18 | That 's where all the official entertaining goes on at the regatta — just to give you an idea of the scale of it , they 'll be putting away 50,000 pints of Pimm 's , 6,000 bottles of champagne and 3,000 pounds of strawbnerries . |
| 19 | T : When they put this on at The Brain ( a club in London ) it cleared the floor ! |
| 20 | When Betjeman failed his Divinity exams at the end of his first year , it would have been open to his tutor to plead for him with the College so that he could resit these comparatively unimportant exams and stay on at the University . |
| 21 | One such exercise is going on at the Building Research Establishment . |
| 22 | Power stations , oil refineries , dairy farms , newspapers , hospitals , simply have to go on at the weekend , and often through nights as well as days . |
| 23 | ‘ And what if you live on the ground floor and you look up at what 's going on at the top ? |
| 24 | Should he ask him what was going on at the top of the Ministry and why they were resurrecting the Zoser case ? |
| 25 | Yes she 's still on at the phone . |
| 26 | After hearing so much about objects and Oracle Version 8.0 — object prototyping work has been going on at the firm since 1988 — at the moment it does n't look as though Oracle will create a separate object-oriented database product , although Oracle 's object guru , David Beech , believes it may eventually make marketing sense to do so . |
| 27 | You asked if it would be possible for certain material witnesses to stay on at the Lodge for an extra night while you continue your investigations on the spot . |
| 28 | Now it was an established custom that we very often used to go out to a strip in the desert away from the camp where we could indulge in circuits and landings to our hearts content without being related to the hour by hour flying that went on at the Base camp . |
| 29 | It 's on at the Lyceum and is supposed to be frightfully good . |
| 30 | Y … you get on at the back , ’ replied the driver in a squeaky voice . |