Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd not got on at Didcot , though . |
| 2 | But when I got there , he 'd already moved on to the Middle East . |
| 3 | He seemed about to move on to a third when Thomas gave a sudden yell . |
| 4 | For a moment he stood gazing balefully at the Corsican 's back as he turned away to pass on down the line . |
| 5 | He stumbled then fell on to the track , his scream silenced abruptly as he disappeared beneath the screeching wheels . |
| 6 | So long as he did n't carry on about it . |
| 7 | Lee did n't shake it like they did in the films but he did n't carry on with his tantrum . |
| 8 | With that she said no more but dropped down to her shelter and took up some food , an action that told Creggan he had best get on with it and ask no more questions . |
| 9 | She did not remember anyone inviting Tim , he had just tagged on to them , but she felt it was safer to take him than leave him near Durance in case he made any further blackmail attempts . |
| 10 | He was glad he had n't gone on to the Reserve after the Armistice , as Tubby had — though , if he had , he would have stayed retired . |
| 11 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 12 | It was still hard to tell whether he had actually cottoned on to what the name was . |
| 13 | Jarvis thought he had better get on with it himself because anyone Tina found would very likely default on the rent . |
| 14 | He had indeed caught on from the bad vibes the driver had been giving out — the nervousness , the pale sweat-beaded face , the rapid eye movement towards the back seat — that something was bothering the guy . |
| 15 | ‘ Agreed , ’ he answered reluctantly , wishing he had more to go on before meeting Leitzig . |
| 16 | As a young radio announcer he had shown a talent for communication that he had subsequently built on during his years in Hollywood and it was also during this period that politics became a consuming interest . |