Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not being used for spending , much less for spending on newly produced goods and services . |
| 2 | Jim was all for going on , for expanding , for advancing rather than retreating , but Cliff was beginning to think that after all he had n't the temperament for it , he could n't stand the anxiety , he did n't enjoy the suspense : all he wanted was security , independence , freedom from worry , being his own man . |
| 3 | So before going on to explain the origins of the London-based research , I shall give some background to the language situation in the Caribbean . |
| 4 | We will consider these questions below before moving on to controls in sections 4.3 and 4.4 . |
| 5 | Nationally , few MPs think that they will gain much from chuntering on about the drains … but I just wonder if they are not wrong . |
| 6 | In any large , structured company , some people are better motivators and better at getting on with the work force than others . |
| 7 | Midfielder Dino Baggio added a second from another corner just before half time and substitute Fabrizio Ravanelli killed off the Portuguese side when he hammered the third shortly after coming on midway through the second half . |
| 8 | We were there to witness William getting to grips with his brand-new Jet Ski ; this process seemed to consist largely of getting on , powering away , trying to turn too fast and falling off in an extravagant splash . |
| 9 | Fans perhaps remember him best in Carry On Doctor as the hapless Dr Kilmore , who is found in compromising positions with nurses . |
| 10 | Not any longer by taking on really big businesses involved in anti-competitive mergers or practices . |
| 11 | Sections of the population assist the police in the performance of their duties not just by taking on gunmen or robbers but also by making telephone calls to the police . |
| 12 | That 's fine , but you now know this will happen , and you know how to do it — just by carrying on with this Inch Loss Plan diet and the Maintenance Exercise Programme which will have the effect of continually improving your shape . |
| 13 | However various kinds of feminists might wish it otherwise , women play a mix of roles in present-day British society : they are wives , mothers , daughters and paid workers , and they somehow juggle all these roles together , largely by taking on part-time work which , as Land points out , is seriously marginalised when it comes to occupational benefits . |
| 14 | NOW THAT the Carry On series has them rolling in the aisles once more with Carry On Imperialism , NME takes a look at whatever happened to the original team . |
| 15 | Trainees should obtain nine points or more before moving on to Goal 4 . |
| 16 | The court heard that Nichol then drove her home before going on to another girlfriend , Leoni Hogg , whom he had previously lived with . |
| 17 | I waved aside her gratitude , being much more keenly preoccupied by the difficulty I was having in making myself stand upright without hanging on to something . |
| 18 | If the current yield on the CTD bond exceeds the money market interest rate , the bond will be delivered on the last business day of the month , because the short earns more by holding on to the bond than by delivering it and investing the proceeds in the money market ; otherwise the bond will be delivered on the first business day of the month . |
| 19 | Once established to control domestic reinsurance flows , Kenya Re attempted to grow further by taking on risks from such countries as their African neighbours and Bangladesh . |
| 20 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 21 | Think carefully before reading on . |
| 22 | This is why the breast ( wing muscles ) of chickens are white , because chickens use their wings only for short rapid flights , whereas their legs , used mainly for standing on , are dark . |
| 23 | Do you think it 's really worth going on with this idea ? " |
| 24 | You know , wake up on a Monday morning , with a bad hangover , and you think , oh my god , you know , what is life about , is it really worth going on ? |
| 25 | And the thing about Fingers was always black now with holding on to the thingummy and then putting in drifts , and hammering , your fingers was get er drift was always on a in a a pan a wee pan with oil in it , drift was always full of oil and you stuck it in the hole . |
| 26 | That 's surely worth brooding on , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 27 | The question at the time , in May 1941 , when the Vietminh was founded and Ho was talking bravely about taking on the combined French and Japanese armies in Vietnam was , of course , anachronistic : the two principal Allied powers had not yet entered the war . |
| 28 | The employer said it had been attempting to tighten up on the very widespread practice of employees going for tea immediately after clocking on . |
| 29 | I got back to Durham today after staying on in Leeds to watch the Villa match ! |
| 30 | Just past South Cadbury is Cadbury Castle and you can take a diversion here before going on to Sutton Montis and Queel Camel . |