Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused , looking at him thoughtfully as she went on , ‘ Now you know why I 'm here . |
| 2 | ‘ All I know is that for as long as we go on winning , the challenge is on and Bath ca n't squeeze past for the title . |
| 3 | So as they continued on through the trees to the fort at Ballingolin , with the blackbirds chittering and the smoke from turf fires coming from the farmhouse inside the castle walls , Gerald Hussey broke the news to his daughter that she would be leaving Ireland . |
| 4 | Fig 51 When you place the weight over the back foot the tail will submerge , so as you step on to the board lean forwards placing weight through the front arm on to the mast foot . |
| 5 | His was a hectic life , becoming more so as it went on . |
| 6 | The thirteen men moved closer together as they rode on . |
| 7 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 8 | They backed away as she came on , bowing abjectly . |
| 9 | ‘ You need your eyes tested , ’ she said to herself finally as she trudged on up the steps , the melting ice-creams dripping all over her fingers . |
| 10 | Wearing a check two-piece suit and sporting a poppy on her lapel , the duchess smiled broadly as she stepped on to a red carpet . |
| 11 | If you 're not too busy , of course , ’ she added guiltily as she put on her jacket . |
| 12 | These are little signs and areas that show up as to whether or not we 're really conscious of our spiritual need , alright you go and get them , you say alright I 'll go and get them , as soon as they come on there , the first one there , but what do you do with them when you get them home ? |
| 13 | However , as soon as they moved on to a more public and active presentation of their demands then councillors condemned this activity , the demands themselves were ignored , and the groups were held up to public ridicule as a threat to democracy and the general interest . |
| 14 | At the back end , that is , and as soon as you step on to it , you salute . |
| 15 | He began to apply the cooling foliage to her skin , turning the leaves back and forth as they took on her body heat . |
| 16 | I must emphasise that these conclusions are quite tentative , because of the lack of data , hopefully as we carry on , and maybe get more schools involved , we 'll get a bigger set of data , then we can actually do some statistical analysis , and , to be more certain of the results , but it shows general patterns that we 'd expect , so it makes , it shows that it 's quite easy for the schoolchildren , and it fits in very well with their geography courses , and the new G C S E curriculum . |
| 17 | He was red and sweating slightly as he went on . |
| 18 | Guido straightened slightly as he went on to observe , ‘ I 'm sure we 'll succeed more quickly working together — and you 'll have a chance to see more of this country you like so much … ’ |
| 19 | Vitor enquired some time later as they turned on to an expressway . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't think our destination mattered as long as it was private , ’ Luke countered smoothly as he switched on the light , but Maria did n't believe him . |
| 21 | Now as we go on I 'd just like to bring in another er thought for you is that view-graph correct ? |
| 22 | In answer she spurred her horse forward , willing it up the path , making Tsu Ma step back sharply as she came on . |
| 23 | The old Bishop waited for the little murmur of sympathetic approval that ran through the ranks , and they listened just as sympathetically as he rambled on into the usual pious platitudes that ended his eulogy . |
| 24 | He even smiled bravely as he carried on recording a show for the new series of You Bet , starting on Friday . |
| 25 | FROM their very beginnings therefore , and increasingly as they went on , the Iran and contra policies departed even from the strange norms of covert operations . |
| 26 | The identity between Jesus and the Spirit could scarcely be more strongly stressed , particularly as he goes on to say , ‘ I will not leave you orphans : I will come to you ’ ( 14:18 ) . |
| 27 | Her suddenly cold hands clenched tightly as she walked on , past the stile and the beech tree , into the green cool of the wood . |
| 28 | The men watched him silently as he strode on , their brown shirts at one with the autumn in the Tiergarten , as colour drained out of the world in preparation for winter . |
| 29 | He sat on the cutting machine and and then as it come on to the Ah but what do you call the long thing ? |
| 30 | Yet as they continued on through the shallows so birds wheeled about them in alarm , and creatures shifted in the undergrowth . |