Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] they [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allen drove a long stick through the heron and they sat on either side of the fire , turning the spit as they talked . |
| 2 | Perhaps they are so anxious for everything to go well for their offspring that they insist on making all his decisions for him . |
| 3 | They will neither win friends nor influence people if they continue on their present course . |
| 4 | Does n't she owe it to this house and to the people before they vote on Thursday , to give a straight answer to a straight question : what precisely is she going to do about the Poll Tax ? |
| 5 | Every member of staff when they come on duty has a general responsibility towards all residents , but a key worker will have from three to five residents whose care is their special responsibility . |
| 6 | Similarly , does size have a greater effect on reproductive success in female Weddell seals compared to land or pack-ice breeding species because they breed on fast ice and defend access to water holes ? |
| 7 | Officials were forced to step in to calm the pair as they rowed on board a British Airways flight to a summit in Ottowa , Canada . |