Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Following his visit to Du Pont , Sir Patrick was due to go on to Magherafelt , much of which was destroyed by a bomb explosion yesterday .
2 This entirely new production , due to go on to the Royal National Theatre in London , remains true to the essence of Lorca 's play , and as vibrant as the heat and colours of ‘ the land of sun and shadow ’ .
3 Their questions are due to go on throughout Wednesday with other objecting organisations and individuals starting their cross-examination on Thursday .
4 As he waxed into an eloquent period , he would realize the absurdity of his situation or the humbug of his pleading and be overcome with internal laughter , a laughter so vast that on occasion it left him too weak to go on with the speech .
5 and then they 'll just pick one out of that to go on as part of the calendar .
6 There is some evidence that the sexually transmitted form of hepatitis is more likely to lead to liver damage than that passed on by means of blood products .
7 It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place .
8 The main duties and responsibilities of the board provided a general framework but training developers had little to go on beyond this .
9 Orwell 's socialism would reflect the democratic virtues characteristic of the English working class — ‘ the genuinely popular culture … that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . ’
10 The managing director makes very sure that he knows all that goes on in his firm .
11 At the door is an insight into the true melding nature of all that goes on in Wainfleet — half a wooden beer barrel from Bateman 's Brewery , planted with flowers and set beside an iron shoe scraper .
12 What do , in terms of erm , terms of prostitution , is that act , is that , does that bother you or are you not bo bothered really about the fact that that goes on in the area ?
13 And most of that goes on in the daytime
14 If we are outside , we shall not enjoy the advantages of a single currency or have the investment in this country of those companies — our own and overseas firms — which want to invest in the core of Europe and enjoy full access to all that goes on in Europe .
15 You may have got quite friendly now , but she does n't necessarily know all that goes on in Robert 's mind . ’
16 We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage .
17 Sorry to go on about it , squire , ’ he said .
18 I 'm sorry to go on about this BBC thing but it does seem important to me . ’
19 The ‘ top ’ three cases each appear on between ten and fifteen days , while no case above the ‘ top ’ five appears on more than three days .
20 Yes , I spoke to Mo Magill , he 'll see us tomorrow morning , we 'll fly up on the shuttle , I do n't know what we 'll get , but … and I 've got a line into St Louis : there 's a thing called the Western Manuscripts collection at UMSL — ghastly word , but they use it themselves , it means University of Missouri-St Louis — that latches on to the papers of operations like CCOAC , and they 've got them .
21 Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft .
22 And then erm the lads in both they had decided they were gon na go on the go slow , but they were told if you go go on the on the go slow system , you 're gon na go home , he said , I 'm not prepared to carry on with that , he said , the manager there , that 's brother that is .
23 But erm I du n no there 's some of them were n't prepared to carry on with it , you know these youngsters , there was a lot of 'em they would n't , anyway everybody 's not hundred percent you 're not going to get anywhere with anything .
24 Picnickers explain that they are prepared to carry on in spite of the odds .
25 Perhaps it was newspaper speculation that the ‘ courting couple ’ were about to get married that convinced Jason it was time to turn the tide in favour of something nearer the truth and gently let everyone into their secret that it was just one big publicity stunt which , once started , was easier to carry on with than deny , and far more profitable in any event .
26 One therefore gets trapped into a situation where it appears much easier to carry on in the business than to divest , or move out .
27 it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon
28 In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table .
29 This goes on to measuring erm training needs analysis .
30 ‘ But you will , if this goes on for much longer .
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