Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be getting on now , |
| 2 | ‘ No , well , ’ looking at her watch , ‘ I must be getting on . |
| 3 | Here I am playing with some of the world 's top golfers and I realise this is the stage I should be performing on . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm worried , quite frankly , about the responsibility I might be taking on . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll be getting on , I think . |
| 6 | I — do n't think I 'll be staying on here , Victoria . ’ |
| 7 | What differentiates them are all the extra functions that have been bolted on , and this is what I 'll be concentrating on in this review . |
| 8 | Feeling deliciously convalescent , I pottered about in pyjamas , weak yet fortified by the knowledge that I was in a sympathetic house where I could be waited on , and had no appointments of any kind . |
| 9 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 10 | I looked at her with affection and Tremayne patted my shoulder and told them I would be staying on as arranged to write his book . |
| 11 | But I will be getting on to these regulations now . |
| 12 | I can be contacted on . |
| 13 | He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him . |
| 14 | More cash for the technological preparation for NET , the Next European Torus that will follow on from JET , the Joint European Torus which should be switched on in May . |
| 15 | The good manager will be keenly aware of the needs of others and able to identify information which must be passed on . |
| 16 | The first drugs which could be relied on to reduce the dangerously high arterial pressure which precedes strokes and heart failure were substances which blocked the actions of acetylcholine at these ganglia , and so prevented the passage of nervous messages which put up the blood pressure . |
| 17 | As well as seeking to eliminate the old technicalities , in which it has , I think , been largely successful , the new code made one radical alteration in the nature of the evidence which could be relied on to prove the offence . |
| 18 | More and more armies were becoming reliable though still very cumbersome machines , mechanisms which could be relied on to perform competently on the battlefield the evolutions in which they had been trained , and to stand enemy fire without flinching . |
| 19 | There was no major saint-cult which could be relied on to bolster episcopal power . |
| 20 | Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken . |
| 21 | He tried to make a set which could be taken on a motor bike . |
| 22 | Macintosh Plus , which could be taken on site to encourage the full participation of the client group . |
| 23 | Burmah has just under 30 per cent , which could be sold on to SHV , or another party . |
| 24 | There are many features of animals which could be improved on , and which are as they are because of the legacy of the past . |
| 25 | An even more exciting development was TrailerTrain , comprising a specially profiled road trailer which could be loaded on to railway bogies , again without the need for fixed equipment at the transfer location . |
| 26 | THE EC would almost certainly respond to any US tariff rise with duty increases of its own , the cost of which could be passed on to British consumers . |
| 27 | I remember that the lecturer went on to develop his thesis — that to teach one required an acceptable level of numeracy and literacy , some basic classroom skills , an academic interest or ‘ enthusiasm ’ which could be passed on to children and some awareness of basic psychology . |
| 28 | After the fighting had ceased women would go out and scavenge amongst the bodies , removing useful clothing and equipment which could be passed on to others , They became very skilful in preparing food with few resources , relying on the plants and small animals in the area they were camped . |
| 29 | This translates into an average eighteen pounds reduction in council tax for a band E dwelling which could be passed on to council tax payers in their ninety four , ninety five bills or of course allows them more flexibility in their general financial planning . |
| 30 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |