Example sentences of "have [verb] on [prep] " 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 | Obviously , learning has to go on in our institutions of higher education , but the idea of higher education points to a separate aspect of personal development . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She therefore has to carry on with Stanley . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Raisins were first included in American cookies only six years ago , but the idea has caught on with a vengeance . |
| 11 | Medical experts are surprised at the speed at which the latest flu virus has caught on in Scotland . |
| 12 | MEDICAL EXPERTS SURPRISED AT SPEED / ' FLU ' VIRUS HAS CAUGHT ON IN SCOTLAND . |
| 13 | However , these are the only building blocks which the Chancellor has to work on from which to construct next Thursday 's ( 12 November ) Autumn Statement . |
| 14 | The Official Solicitor answered the call of the court within minutes and , although this application only came to the notice of the court officials at 1.30 p.m. it has come on for hearing just before 2 p.m. and now at 2.18 p.m . |
| 15 | ‘ But it 's not Kinnock ; it 's Mr Gorbachev ; the world has come on to our ground and I find that a source of strength , because at least we know that we 're talking about the capitalist system . ’ |
| 16 | Son Pardo has come on in leaps and bounds since finishing fifth on his debut at Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas day . |
| 17 | With the introduction of carbon fibre , rod development has come on in leaps and bounds . |
| 18 | The young members section has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's technically a very good goalkeeper and he has come on in leaps and bounds in recent weeks , ’ he said . |
| 20 | He has come on in leaps and bounds this season . |
| 21 | With a natural , sculptural quality , it can outshine any number or works of art or ornaments and , what 's more , at a fraction of the price if you buy and nurture a smaller plant rather than shelling out on a large , expensive specimen a nursery has grown on for you . |
| 22 | Even though the method described by Braybrook and Powell ( 1980 ) has moved on since this time , it still does not reflect current knowledge of child language . |
| 23 | But it is not merely the world of ideas and scholarship which has moved on since the 19th century . |
| 24 | Australian Mick Lee will not be returning to Farnham and James Barrow has moved on to division one club Cheam . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And while we 're on the comedy tip , Jongleurs , that comfortable but overpriced cabaret club in Battersea , has moved on to bigger and better things by opening a second , larger-scale club , based in the old Dingwalls building at Camden Lock . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | From Weimar , where van de Velde taught at the new school of applied art , became a founder member of the DeutscheWerkbund in 1907 , and chose Gropius as his successor , the show has moved on to Berlin 's Bauhaus-Archivmuseum fur Gestaltung ( until 18 April ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Following its bid for Dataid SA in France , AT&T Co 's AT&T Istel subsidiary has moved on to Germany and won agreement for the acquisition of CAB Computeranwendungs-Beratungs GmbH , a software house specialising in applications that run mainly under Unix . |