Example sentences of "i [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 2 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 3 | Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage . |
| 4 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
| 5 | ‘ I got on with the work , tried very hard to stay jovial , and kept a smiling face . |
| 6 | She went , and I got on with the life of Ellen Parkin , about to emerge from her chrysalis , to spread her wings as Eleanor Darcy . |
| 7 | On Monday , the first day of the fair , Mum took me down to The Market Place after school and , armed with my fare , I got on to the children 's roundabout . |
| 8 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 9 | And then I got on to the , I was convenor of the housing allocation committee for very many years . |
| 10 | ‘ I got on to the hospital and then the local police lab and said I was from her insurance company and we operated a no pay clause if drink-driving was involved . ’ |
| 11 | I sank on to the bucket and took a long pull at the coffee . |
| 12 | Once this had been achieved , and we had given each other that little nod of recognition with which one acknowledges an intellectual equal , I moved on to the question that really interested me , which was how Alison came to know Thomas Carter in the first place . |
| 13 | Eventually I moved on from the blues , picking up on Ronnie Lane again , only by this time The Small Faces had become The Faces . |
| 14 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
| 15 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 16 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 17 | We did a production of The Caretaker , which I designed , directed and in which I played on for the characters . ’ |
| 18 | With my burdens lying against the brickwork of the bridge , I walk on along the same narrow path that now begins to climb the side of a rather bald looking hill . |
| 19 | I suppose I was on my way to call for Millie , but I walk on past the house instead , obscurely ashamed to have caught her father unawares . |
| 20 | So I pedalled on up the Via Capitano . |
| 21 | Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness . |
| 22 | ‘ I drove on in the car . |
| 23 | I strolled on down the edge of the ninth fairway in the gradually strengthening sun . |
| 24 | I strolled on into the arbour . |
| 25 | I tiptoed on to the plane , hardly breathed while I was on it , and was conveyed with utmost speed to my usual resting place at the Pierre Hotel . |
| 26 | I dropped on to the wet doorstep , worn out and hopeless , prepared to die . |
| 27 | But as I read on about the growing disharmony between Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope , Trollope rose in my estimation and count him among my favourite authors . |
| 28 | As I hang on to the arm-rest with white knuckles , it is clear to me that Brundle has decided not to attempt the corners but to go straight on to the escape road : the turn is impossible now ; it 's just a joke ; he 's trying to scare the shit out of me . |
| 29 | If I hang on to the key ? |
| 30 | My lungs exploded , imploded , exploded , imploded ; plumes of wet sand flew from my soles , rising as I sped on , falling in little curves and spattering back as I raced on into the distance . |