Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] on [prep] the " 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 | Willie staggered to his feet and hung on to the side of the cart . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Droplets of blood ran over his fingers and dripped on to the floor . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 19 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She picked her way over the scattered things and went on to the balcony . |
| 24 | Finally , the back bones , who tackle the problems and get on with the work of solving them . |
| 25 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 26 | Then a woman on horseback burst from the wood , stumbled through the shallow stream-waters and struggled on to the field . |
| 27 | Make a chimney with the liquorice allsorts and secure on to the toadstool roof . |
| 28 | One fork went to the stableyard , the other rounded the lawns and continued on to the gravel sweep and the hall door . |
| 29 | In other words , many executives in firms experiencing economic difficulties and who know from experience that the inspectorate mainly imposes administrative sanctions will calculate that their best interests lie in not conforming to factory health , safety , and welfare regulations ; instead they will gather their excuses and get on with the violations . |
| 30 | This is made clear from the start by the tale which Beatrice tells Catherine of a boy who betrayed his uncle — illegally hidden in his family 's house — and who was dragged by his feet down flights of stairs and spat on in the street by his father and brothers as a result . |