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

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1 It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured .
2 If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time .
3 Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR .
4 Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR .
5 One could almost imagine oneself back into the Middle Ages but for the fact that technology has marched on through the centuries to replace rough-hewn bows of Yew with fibreglass ones , equipped with very advanced sights .
6 His modest apology for tardiness in producing this volume is unnecessary in any terms , considering the magnitude of his task , and when in addition one realises that he has pressed on with the completion of the work during his convalescence from a serious illness , it is clear that his apology should be replaced by the public 's commendation .
7 I think it 's more likely to happen on the third or fourth flight , once the bird has caught on to the idea of freedom , which is why it 's important to keep it reasonably hungry .
8 But it is not merely the world of ideas and scholarship which has moved on since the 19th century .
9 The Labour Party has moved on to the social democratic ground , it may even choose to call itself a social democratic party — in any case , it should complete the process with a constitution to suit .
10 There 's also Bob 's ‘ Songs Of Freedom ’ , a force worldwide , but out of fashion in Jamaica , a country that has moved on to the more bodily delights of raggamuffin .
11 Baton Rouge , Louisiana-based Fifth Generation Systems , a little spitfire in the MS-DOS world , has moved on to the Unix scene with its first Unix product , Fastback Plus Unix , a $345 backup and restore utility for Intel Corp 80386 and 80486 machines running UnixWare , Interactive , SCO Unix , System V.3/V.4 and Consensys V.4.2 .
12 And by now the Prime Minister has moved on to the next sterling crisis .
13 It is undoubtedly a good thing that royal reporting has moved on from the tradition of deferential reverence in which James Whitaker first learned his trade .
14 Verily , the game has moved on from the days when Bobby Locke could , for instance , win seven tournaments in his baptismal year on the US circuit , and four Open Championships on this side of the Atlantic , and yet virtually never feel the need to depart from his habitual draw .
15 ‘ FROM OUT of the blue , 21-year-old Elvis Presley has rocketed on to the popular music scene with all the scorching fury of a meteor , ’ reckon the NME on May 11 , 1956 .
16 On the evening of Thursday 1 August , The Royal Academy will open its doors for Country Living readers to view the exhibition that has become on of the highlights of the London Season .
17 Because the practice is something in which people share , there are behavioural criteria for saying that someone has cottoned on to the use of an expression .
18 And Round Table it says , has laid on for the
19 The former England winger said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace .
20 He said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . ’
21 I am also in no doubt about the amount of devoted hard work that has gone on during the last four years .
22 A great deal of work has gone on over the past few months .
23 What I want to make sure first of all is that erm you understand what has gone on before the scene that we actually want to find ourselves in .
24 IN THE first part of this book Michael Shallis gives an interesting non-technical account of how modern physics has gone on from the common-sense notion of time to a whole series of fundamental changes .
25 It would be absurd to adopt a rigidly determinist view of what has gone on in the formation of culturally transmitted marriage laws .
26 An enormous amount of research has gone on in the last few decades into how and when settlements originated and how they have changed over time .
27 The trouble is that so are a lot of other people , and classy people at that , which is why old Joe ‘ I'm-a-dealer-in-architectural-antiques ’ Soap has climbed on to the pricey bandwagon .
28 Garry would dearly love the club captaincy back but he is realistic enough to know he just has to get on with the game .
29 Has a lot to prove this term , after a poor season Has to move on from the promising youngster stage .
30 Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to .
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