Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 2 | The first three years of his Oxford course of studies would have included grammar , logic and rhetoric ( the trivium ) , after which the student had to attend formal sessions of dispute and argument before becoming a Bachelor of Arts and going on to the second part of the course , music , astronomy , geometry and arithmetic . |
| 3 | And if it was important , to us and the country , why in the world were n't we snuffing out all those niggling grievances and getting on with the job of winning ? |
| 4 | She closed her eyes and dropped on to the bed , her heart pounding . |
| 5 | Then , tossing the towel to one side , she closed her eyes and collapsed on to the open sleeping-bag . |
| 6 | He mumbled his thanks and strode on up the road . |
| 7 | She was slurring her words and holding on to the bar-top for support . |
| 8 | It does not matter whether the golden spike is hammered in somewhere in England or in France or in China , so long as we can make an arbitrary decision , stop arguing about words and get on with the much more difficult ( but much more rewarding ) task of correlation . |
| 9 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 10 | He looked at himself in his mind 's eye , squared his shoulders and carried on down the stairs . |
| 11 | Imagination contracted the distance and made it surprising to fall for so long , and then he was tearing through dogwood and elder bushes and tumbling in a shower of twigs and leaves on to the ground . |
| 12 | The Church should not be helping him up , but helping him over : false optimism does not need a helping hand ; it needs firstly the truth , and secondly love to salve the lost illusions and move on to a fuller humanity ( Walker 1986 : 214 ) . |
| 13 | Then , assuming the visitor was given a guided tour of the manor , he would then leave the kitchen and find the WC directly opposite the front door ; just a WC , no bath , no wash-hand basin , no toilet-paper , no mod-cons ; if he did wish to ‘ spend a penny ’ , well , yesterday 's newspaper was cut neatly into 6 inch squares and nailed on to a convenient wall . |
| 14 | Hankin , who spent 18 months at Peterborough under John Wile before being released in 1985 , saw his young braves survive numerous corners and hold on to a point against a side who have seen off Liverpool and Newcastle at home this season . |
| 15 | Willie staggered to his feet and hung on to the side of the cart . |
| 16 | Cut out a small black rectangle to form the ‘ Jolly Roger ’ and , using a little white fondant , cut out a skull and crossbones and stick on with a little water . |
| 17 | Most people 's income is taxed directly by their employers and handed on to the Inland Revenue , an arm of central government , under a system called Pay As You Earn ( PAYE ) . |
| 18 | Droplets of blood ran over his fingers and dripped on to the floor . |
| 19 | I scattered pennies and rode on like a young lord through Aldgate and into London . |
| 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 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that starting in mid Devonian times and continuing on through the Carboniferous , a mid European ocean of uncertain width extended roughly along the line of the English Channel and then on eastwards into the European continent . |
| 23 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 24 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 25 | ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence . |
| 26 | Many waverers must have reached for their chequebooks and signed on with a green campaign organization after hearing the latest pronouncement assuring them that there really was something to worry about . |
| 27 | The three raiding parties laid up in the mountains during the day to observe their targets and descended on to the coastal plain as darkness fell . |
| 28 | Jerry Foley , 29 , jumped at least seven red lights and veered on to the wrong side of the road before staggering out of the car when it ran out of petrol , Wood Green crown court heard . |
| 29 | She picked her way over the scattered things and went on to the balcony . |
| 30 | Finally , the back bones , who tackle the problems and get on with the work of solving them . |