Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extrusive igneous activity is more commonly referred to as volcanism and occurs where magma erupts on to the surface either as flowing lava , or as fragmental material thrown into the air by explosive volcanic activity . |
| 2 | There was more drama to follow in the actual race , where Shemaka held on by a nose from Baya . |
| 3 | This could be converted into a worldwide trip , so Roland went on to the ‘ Hot Spot ’ to try and get around the world in 80 seconds answering as many questions as possible . |
| 4 | Unfairly , Sandra is still best known in Britain as ‘ Madonna 's best friend ’ , the possible — but in the end rather improbable — lesbian love interest that titillated the tabloids for a while until Maddy moved on to other mock shocks . |
| 5 | What about if T goes on for about erm one second , when it 's going to be equal to V M one minus E to the minus one . |
| 6 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 7 | Two thousand homes could be powered by electricity from the wind if experiments going on in a farmer 's field prove successful . |
| 8 | ‘ If things go on like this , there will be no doormen and that will make it even worse , ’ he said . |
| 9 | If things carried on at this pace , she and Johnny would find themselves meeting every day . |
| 10 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 11 | Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky . |
| 12 | You went in to get the package while Ibrahim went on to the river — was that it ? ’ |
| 13 | For three days , while Asmar lingered on in a Beirut hospital , Coleman stayed in the apartment and slept with a gun under his pillow . |
| 14 | ‘ You told me , Hugh , what the priest 's man of Upton said , how he parted from Aldhelm at Preston , while Aldhelm went on to the ferry . ’ |
| 15 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 16 | He went on ahead while Willie staggered on after him . |
| 17 | At this final glimpse , he was going to join a new mistress in Pisa , while Clairmont went on to Florence , then shrouded in thick fog . |
| 18 | At sixteen , Coleby left school with two ‘ O ’ levels , while Peter went on to the sixth form . |
| 19 | It was do-it-your-self delivery for companies and residents in Abingdon this morning , while negotiations go on between the Post Office and striking workers . |
| 20 | Angry punters demonstrated on the course after the first race , while negotiations went on between track officials and the Tote workers . |
| 21 | ‘ We were sent upstairs to address envelopes as ‘ the girls ’ ‘ , she recalls , ‘ while Clive got on with the serious business of deciding about the paper . |
| 22 | Their work carries highly charged images of male sexuality , such as ‘ Naked Beauty ’ where two young , naked models abase themselves before an open , budding flower , while George looks on with the impassivity of a voyeur . |
| 23 | Major areas of application of consumer multimedia include music , games , home education and self-improvement , popular reference , ‘ how to ’ applications such as DIY , car maintenance etc , and child-minding software designed to keep children quiet and entertained while adults get on with their own lives for short but blissful periods of time . |
| 24 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 25 | While Packer flew on to his destination , Singapore-bound Sheehy and his party were forced to book a commercial flight . |
| 26 | A single small group can work on drama with one teacher whilst others get on with other ( related ) work . |
| 27 | I knew it was only a matter of time before people caught on to what he was trying to do back then ! |
| 28 | Happened a lot with Cantona too — the famous Chelsea goal came shortly after Cantona came on in the 8 ? th minute . |
| 29 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
| 30 | He still did n't know whose side to take when Mum carried on at us but she never came to the shed while we were chopping wood with him , so we had a retreat . |