Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When something of that kind comes on to the market it creates a storm .
2 Erm all I 'm sure about is that there was this change going on in the rurar econ
3 there is some change going on in the rural economy and perhaps he does want to interpret it as er a revolution which the communists can actually get involved in so he 's writing his paper and saying look , this is happening it may not be a rel revolution , but it
4 Yeah , music we 've normally got some noise going on in the background .
5 Then this pantomime carried on from the coast .
6 This research followed on from the success of code breaking techniques in World War 2 and the supposition that translation was simply a more complex coding of words .
7 This research went on throughout the Eighties , attracting huge investment .
8 All this light spilling on to the driveway , it just was n't like him .
9 As newspapers claimed the princess was undertaking the visit against her will , a Palace spokesman said : ‘ We have no intention of dignifying any of this speculation going on at the moment by making any comment . ’
10 Palace spokesmen continually insisted : ‘ We have no intention of dignifying any of this speculation going on at the moment . ’
11 A few lights came on in the villages .
12 If you do not buy one of these make sure that you always leave some lights switched on inside the house — even if you are going out at eight o'clock in the morning and will not be back until midnight .
13 With a rat-tat at the door , a few envelopes dropped on to the doormat .
14 There are still some repairs going on along the M forty between junctions one and one A , that 's between Denham and the M twenty five , with the outside lane closed in both directions , for barrier repairs and some light maintenance .
15 This project builds on upon the existing expertise of the Keele Life Histories Centre in the interpretation of autobiographies , in the historical study of social mobility , and in the analysis of social class and gender dynamics of historical change .
16 On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day .
17 One of the more unprofessional results of the plague was that some priests latched on to the idea of leaving the parochial ministry and becoming chantry priests — often , in the process , gaining a lucrative return for very little work .
18 These could show some activity going on in the garden — someone weeding a flowerbed , say , or children playing in the sand-pit .
19 But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books .
20 Members agree that proposal continue on in the ideal although it was commendable to set high standards .
21 These activities went on in the Great Workshop , where the looms were installed .
22 For it is the kind of work that these individuals carried on with the knowledge that they were seeking to improve life on earth , that set the example for the vast mass of the human race to follow and thereby perpetuate , albeit largely unknowingly , the strengthening and augmentation of the Created God .
23 These procedures carried on until the 1939–45 war .
24 It is undeniable that consumers have the capacity to resist the blandishments of advertisers , as borne out by the failure of many products brought on to the market .
25 But we must not forget the great flysch troughs which were developed in Alpine Europe through much of Cretaceous time and which in many cases continued on into the Tertiary .
26 Evans says that the title of Gospel Oak was in many places conferred on to the tree that , ‘ in for instance the Suffolk village of Polstead , has long outlasted the ceremony ’ .
27 Each phrase followed on from the next as if stored for an age and waiting to be spoken in just this way .
28 I think it 's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it .
29 Less aggro signing on at the Social Security . ’
30 The more people jumped on to the bandwagon , the more others wanted to join them .
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