Example sentences of "they [vb past] on [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they clung on to a victory which served to rekindle hopes among the travelling support that all was not lost after all in the title race , especially after news leaked through of Rangers ' demise at Celtic Park . |
| 2 | They got on like a house on fire and did n't stop talking afterwards — it was Julian and Robert who wound each other up . |
| 3 | They rode on at an easy trot , eating up the ground , until finally Murtach said in disgust : ‘ Bragad 's lady — out for a ride , it seems , with five of her husband 's escort for company . ’ |
| 4 | Round and round , they rode on in a frenzy , Boadicea just smiled and drank wine |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Lindsey was n't entirely sure she 'd agree as they moved on to a gleaming operating theatre . |
| 7 | They moved on through a silent , sleeping village , only a few plumes of black smoke giving any sign of life . |
| 8 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 9 | They drove on through a tunnel and then the landscape became more arid . |
| 10 | For a time they trudged on in a silence punctuated by occasional reminiscences of the film . |
| 11 | Vitor enquired some time later as they turned on to an expressway . |
| 12 | When the war ended the OSS was busted up : they hung on to a few units — there was a whole alphabet soup of SI , SSU , X-2 , CIG , for a time — but most of us just went home to build a brave new world with law books and Shakespeare . |
| 13 | They went on over a long period and affected many children who had been entrusted to the defendants for care and help . |
| 14 | The lights were obviously controlled from some master switch for they went on without a sound . |
| 15 | You were the person they looked on as an authority and father figure , a trust you clearly betrayed . |
| 16 | Returning to London eventually , and still attempting to arrange the peace for which they were empowered , they stayed on for a second year , accumulating benefices and sustained by clerical procurations meanwhile . |