Example sentences of "it [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 2 | Well it 's a bit like that but instead of making it go round all the church it goes on to the tape . |
| 3 | But , you know they can pick it and er , it just flashes up and they have to put the right answer in , if they get the right answer it it goes on to the next one , if it |
| 4 | It goes on to the erm . |
| 5 | Our own sauces , or whatever , erm , if my mother makes a cake , it goes on to the top shelf , but usually we just use everything . |
| 6 | Patronage did not die out with industrialization ; it lived on through the honorific offices of county clubs and national bodies . |
| 7 | In the Far East , the Azahari revolt broke out in Brunei in December 1962 ; and , although it was crushed relatively easily by British and Gurkha troops stationed in Malaya , it led on to the Indonesian ‘ Confrontation ’ , which began in a small way in April 1963 . |
| 8 | Have at last worked out how it fits on to the trolley . |
| 9 | He sat on the cutting machine and and then as it come on to the Ah but what do you call the long thing ? |
| 10 | The producer , who was himself about to take the reins of the tour as it moved on to the regions of Britain as the Coca Cola Hit Man roadshow with Sinitta , Sonia and others from his stable below Kylie on the bill , said plans to take her to a major stadia like Wembley had been quickly dismissed . |
| 11 | It lingers on into the first moments of his wakefulness , leaving him unsure what world he 's really in . |
| 12 | Although the scheme seemed to be quietly dropped after the outcry about separating sheep from goats , in essence it lingers on in the policies of the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) . |
| 13 | Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud . |
| 14 | But it lives on in the poems we wrote together , and in the poems I wrote myself in Salamanca and Bath . |
| 15 | The amber liquid shook in the glass and some of it spilled on to the tan cloth of her Burberry . |
| 16 | Pearce encapsulates it as each generation ensuring that it passes on to the next an undiminished stock of assets , including environmental as well as man-made capital . |
| 17 | As it came on across the grass , quite a few people dropped to their knees and pressed their palms together in prayer . |
| 18 | There was a lorr of it going on at the time , y'know . |
| 19 | There 's er a collar and a what they call a which is a protein tube and then it has various spikes at the end that make it stick on to the outside of the bacteria . |
| 20 | The pubic louse is broader than it is long and the four hind legs are equipped with claws with which it hangs on to the pubic hairs . |
| 21 | ‘ Thus although , from a technical point of view , the old system of division of labour is thrown overboard , it hangs on in the factory as a tradition handed down from manufacture , and is then systematically reproduced and fixed in a more hideous form by capital as a means of exploiting labour power . |
| 22 | First , it leads on from the cross of Jesus to his resurrection , from condemnation to vindication , from destruction to restoration . |
| 23 | ‘ Clearly , once it gets on to the motorway it can get anywhere . |
| 24 | It slithered on to the road , looked round for the nearest tuft of grass and made straight for it , pulling Mr Bean after it . |
| 25 | But for now Kylie harnessed it to press on with the next stage of her ten year plan which had been drawn up by her musical gurus . |
| 26 | Organised by Cleveland County Council and Hartlepool Borough Council with support from the Cleveland Action Team , it followed on from the success of last year 's inaugural event in Middlesbrough . |
| 27 | Miranda cut her toast with such force that a corner of it flew on to the floor . |
| 28 | It paused , assessing the situation , green-eyed , then it leapt on to the arm of Swayne 's chair and a moment or two later it had settled , tail and paws tucked in , tidily disposed for sleep . |
| 29 | It rumbled on for the rest of the week . |
| 30 | The nozzle of the big cleaner appears , it keeps coming until it falls on to the furniture and other junk piled against the wall . |