Example sentences of "on and [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , periods of solitude are essential to all ages and may be therapeutic to the elderly , providing the opportunity to reflect on and analyse their lives . |
| 2 | In reality it 's all too easy to carry on and hope it will go away . |
| 3 | It was decided that he should leave next day for London and that I should stop on and finish my baths and meet him in Paris . |
| 4 | He really must get on and finish it . |
| 5 | I 've been sat there all evening nobody 's eaten it so I thought I might as well get on and eat it |
| 6 | Why ca n't you get on and eat your lunch ? |
| 7 | Pupils should therefore be encouraged to reflect on and evaluate their use of spoken language and to reformulate it to help the listener ; |
| 8 | No wonder she did n't want to stay on and make something of herself . ’ |
| 9 | But those people even those these people have their necessary necessary place because otherwise the whole group would merrily go on and do everything they decide to do without somebody sitting and saying wait a minute why are we actually doing this ? |
| 10 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
| 11 | We know , even those of us who are still smoking know what the , what the problems are , let's get on and do something about it ! |
| 12 | erm it does take a lot of effort to move over to meeting them as individual people , and once you 've understood that they are individual people and you get to know their interests and get to know your common humanity , then that 's the point where you want to get on and do something more , but it 's very difficult to recognise the common humanity , and a lot of |
| 13 | My view is and it 's a widely held view within the association and , and the informed clubs is that if we let that situation go on and do nothing about it we will have a decreasing er number of people going and number of people going sailing . |
| 14 | Most of all they enjoyed the space we created for them to get on and do their work in relative peace . |
| 15 | And traditionally , I find , British parents tend to erm say on the one hand we 'll let the school get on and do their professional job — I find it quite depressing they do n't ask for more say in the organisation , but they do demand , quite rightly , the right to criticise when things go wrong . |
| 16 | Now our government of course , still bolted completely to Reaganomics , Thatcheromics whatever , just believes that business should just get on and do what it wants and drive wages down and sack people if that 's what they feel 's best . |
| 17 | I just want to get on and do it . |
| 18 | Let's get on and do it . ’ |
| 19 | Er and that the with er nothing more than to get on and do it . |
| 20 | And if there 's only one thing you want to do you have to get on and do it . |
| 21 | ‘ Michael was apprehensive about the leap and I said : ‘ If you do n't feel like it , I will jump on and do it . ’ |
| 22 | You got to get on and do it . |
| 23 | they could he could carry on and do it , just as a sort of emergency thing . |
| 24 | yeah so I said oh I see , so that was that , so I think they 've got a , a meeting in a couple of weeks and they 'll sort of tell her discreetly that she has to carry on and do it what she 's been the |
| 25 | I never saw that it was quite in balance , but you know you just , it 's a case , if somebody else does n't do something and you ca n't stand looking at it you will get on and do it , |
| 26 | If I do n't get on and do it I 'm never gon na get it done . |
| 27 | I would just carry on and do it . |
| 28 | However it 's in their interests of course to allow you to get on and do your job . |
| 29 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |
| 30 | So that 's why we said well let's get on and decide which of the next four homes to be refurbished . |