Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN THE first part of this book Michael Shallis gives an interesting non-technical account of how modern physics has gone on from the common-sense notion of time to a whole series of fundamental changes . |
| 2 | It is undoubtedly a good thing that royal reporting has moved on from the tradition of deferential reverence in which James Whitaker first learned his trade . |
| 3 | An enormous amount of research has gone on in the last few decades into how and when settlements originated and how they have changed over time . |
| 4 | By 1912 , however , the influence of Matisse and the Fauves , which the Brücke had grafted on to a more purely native form of Expressionism , was definitely on the wane , and German painters were feeling the influence of both Cubism and Futurism . |
| 5 | He then noticed Mrs Wilks at the telephone box and , in his rear-view mirror , he saw that the grey saloon car had pulled on to the hard shoulder and was heading towards her . |
| 6 | Earlier a smaller number of Cardiff supporters had run on to the pitch in celebration of their side 's equaliser in a game which the Welsh club eventually won 4–2 . |
| 7 | Only one figure had subsided on to the ground , his face to the wall , and all their gazes were on him , terrified and arrow-sharp with hatred . |
| 8 | Their friendship had straggled on in a passive sort of way ; he 'd been to see her in Brighton and played the romantic flirt , talking of Brief Encounter in the pub and putting his hand on her knee . |
| 9 | At least one bookseller remarked to me that so many ex-library books had come on to the market in the last few years that he had begun to realise what it must have been like when the great monastic libraries were being dispersed . |
| 10 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |
| 11 | The majority of the law lords seemed to regard the interests of the state as coterminous with the interests of the government of the day ; executive-minded comments to that effect have lingered on in the textbooks ever since , an unwanted legal legacy from this period of popular protest . |
| 12 | A great deal of work has gone on over the past few months . |
| 13 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 14 | I had surely noticed that nearly all the ingredients had come on to the train fresh ? |
| 15 | These people , I remarked , could pull out of their pockets , thoughtlessly , as much money for a round of drinks as most single parents have to live on for a week ; could pay as much for a few hours ’ sleep as a Third World peasant and his family have to live , or die , on for a year . |
| 16 | On 28 May 1986 , Amnesty 's 25th Anniversary , St Clement Danes Church in the Strand , London , rang 5,000 chimes , roughly one for every POC case Amnesty had worked on during the year . |
| 17 | The lid had collapsed on to the remains , the sides had fallen outwards , but the two end pieces remained upright . |
| 18 | Injuries have hit the club , and coach Billy Lomax had to come on as a substitute midway through the second half . |
| 19 | Ari 's spirits rose slightly once the group had bundled on to the highwire . |
| 20 | The five remaining dogs had raced on down the driveway , past the gaping ruin of the buckled gates , and out onto the highway beyond . |
| 21 | All but he wanted to know how Stephen had got on with the police . |
| 22 | The trouble is that so are a lot of other people , and classy people at that , which is why old Joe ‘ I'm-a-dealer-in-architectural-antiques ’ Soap has climbed on to the pricey bandwagon . |
| 23 | But there it was , The Cottage , its porch right over the pavement to the gutter , red reflectors for night traffic on its corners , pedestrians having to detour on to the road before regaining the pavement again . |
| 24 | Lights had come on beyond the doorway . |
| 25 | ‘ No more chocolate , thanks , ’ she said again , then stared down at the topaz surrounded by a cluster of diamonds which Vitor had slid on to the third finger of her left hand . |
| 26 | Water had dripped on to the paper so that it had become sodden and merged with the lettuce leaves . |
| 27 | During the trial , the jury heard how the assault had led on from an earlier flight between the two men over a woman . |
| 28 | By now , the case of Sumner v. Virgin had dragged on in the law courts for eleven days , with the two parties holding each other up in the centre of the ring like panting heavyweights , while the legal fees gushed forth like blood from the wounds . |
| 29 | And what started as a language-game had to go on as a lie , or a myth . |
| 30 | Ideology apart , managers have to get on with the job of managing , maintaining society as a going concern , and upholding organisational goals with the cooperation of other members . |