Example sentences of "and [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very activity is also an expression of faith in the tradition , of a willingness to understand oneself and the world in its terms and to carry on the argument , which in the area with which we are concerned is inescapably a normative argument , within the general framework defining the tradition . |
| 2 | Contestants will join him in the arena to try to do a Tyrus — and bring on the tears again . |
| 3 | While people may even find themselves avoiding others who would be understanding , precisely because their concern may threaten to breach fragile defences and bring on the ‘ crack-up ’ that feels as if it is only just being fended off , as it is . |
| 4 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 5 | ‘ OK , Ellis , take out the tray and bring on the sex maniac . ’ |
| 6 | One day the hospital rang Mrs Britton to say he had died , and to pass on the news to me . |
| 7 | Finally , the whole of the Gospel leads to the commission of the Church , to go out and baptise , to teach , and to pass on the new law of Christianity ( Matt. |
| 8 | ‘ Well I Wonder ’ releases the eardrum pressure and hangs on the line ‘ Please , keep me in mind ’ complete with the synthetic rain of an outsider 's view of Manchester . |
| 9 | The insect jerks itself free and hangs on the empty pupa case , its body trembling . |
| 10 | The commendations are framed and hang on the wall of the Commandant 's office . |
| 11 | They rustle in the ditches , they tug and hang on the hedge . |
| 12 | It was submitted that an owner can not turn his back on his property because when he purchases and takes on the responsibility of letting , he knows the property will in the course of time deteriorate . |
| 13 | Groups order through us , we place a ‘ bulk ’ order and pass on the saving when we send out the disks . |
| 14 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 15 | There were excited exclamations at the sight of the returned Emily and they flocked round her desk to welcome her back and pass on the gossip of the preceding week . |
| 16 | Massage the skin and pass on the pressure and bingo ! |
| 17 | Richards saw that Woolley was trying to do more than train them , and lead them , and pass on the lessons of experience : he was also struggling to turn each of them into the kind of person that he himself had become . |
| 18 | Was there a wind to swing the great plantation bell which he had brought home and hung on the oak beside the east gate ? |
| 19 | But I felt I could not lose him and hung on the hour-and-a-half walk firing the occasional question like a lifeline , till he succumbed to a conversation about the war poets : ‘ like old beggars under sacks … we cursed through sludge … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He slowed in flight , rolled expertly , backed away and then stalled and hung on the thin wind all at once . |
| 21 | The ball jumped up and out and hung on the wind |
| 22 | ‘ It will be good to see the England lads again and to put on the international shirt , ’ says Gazza . |
| 23 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |
| 24 | The disease causes its victims to waste away and take on the sharp outlines of a statue with the shiny , sickly pallid hue of marble as the disease destroys them . |
| 25 | She rose to draw the curtains and to switch on the lamp . |
| 26 | She cleared her desk onto the floor , made coffee and switched on the typewriter . |
| 27 | She stumbled to her feet , crossed the dark room and switched on the light . |
| 28 | I stepped forward and switched on the light in the kitchen . |
| 29 | Then he went into the living-room and switched on the television . |
| 30 | Alida flailed upwards , tearing off the bedclothes , and switched on the light . |