Example sentences of "and then [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celia hesitated and then plunged on : ‘ I do n't know if I should mention this , but Yorick was very upset that Ivor was n't there . |
| 2 | I said I want to write my own novel , I wanted to take the characters from Rebecca , who of course would come to me bearing their pasts , but I wanted to move them right away from Rebecca and then write on , and that 's what I did . |
| 3 | Here the account of the legal problem itself refers to a disposition as a legacy or a trust , and then goes on to quote words of the other type . |
| 4 | The title and format might lead the casual observer into expecting just another general text ; but closer inspection reveals that the book assumes some basic knowledge of the subject and then goes on to concentrate on those aspects of geology of most direct relevance to society — seismic and volcanic hazards , landslides , erosion , subsidence , groundwater , and so on . |
| 5 | The chapter examines different theories of stratification and then goes on to present a full account of the facts of class inequality according to income , wealth , and so on . |
| 6 | Drucker ( 1985 ) , in writing about innovation , poses the question , ‘ How can managers expect to plan for — or count upon — a process that is itself so dependent on creativity , inspiration , and old-fashioned luck ? ’ and then goes on to answer it by saying ‘ There are , of course , innovations that spring from a flash of genius . |
| 7 | It offers a detailed assessment of the current situation in its first section , and then goes on to offer options for the future . |
| 8 | It examines the conditions under which a voting equilibrium exists ; and then goes on to representative democracy . |
| 9 | The roll that is quoted above records the election of officers for the coming year and then goes on to note the making of by-laws and the fining of defaulters . |
| 10 | And in the light of this experience the Secretary of State take the view that , and then goes on to list all the factors . |
| 11 | Brutus starts off this passage with a rhetorical question , and then goes on to explain why he killed Caesar , including all Caesar 's good aspects . |
| 12 | But Roxy er Roxy that was from his new C D Midnight Postcards and er he 's going to be at Nottingham 's Theatre Royal March the twenty eighth next year in Alfie , coming well ahead of it to tell us about it , and that 's going to be a blockbuster I think next year , and then goes on to Los Angeles . |
| 13 | Let decoys and pursuers past , and then follow on , so that the enemy would be trapped in the Kale valley and their own full strength of six hundred more could be brought to bear , surely much outnumbering Balliol 's company . |
| 14 | The final sections of ‘ Van Gogh ’ are particularly masterly : as the painter painfully dies in the little village inn , his friends lament his passing for a moment and then get on with the business of the day — shopping , washing clothes , preparing for work . |
| 15 | you know because some people claim not to , blind and sighted , er you know and then , then maybe you can sort of say well , you know , what sort of things do you see , what sort of things do you feel and then get on to something specific |
| 16 | Just to run to the end of his endurance — and then to go on . |
| 17 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 18 | You could also try a home waxing kit like the One Touch Roll-On Waxer , £17.95 , where the wax is heated and then rolled on . |
| 19 | Moving as quietly as possible on the gravel , Patrick moved away from the kitchen , and then continued on until he came level with the basement windows . |
| 20 | Ritchie passed to Irwin and then ran on to head the cross past Lukic . |
| 21 | Oldham 's joy was complete when , 10 minutes later , the effervescent Ritchie fed Irwin and then ran on to head home the full-back 's cross for his second goal and Oldham 's third . |
| 22 | He paused a moment , staring about him , and then ran on to the bend . |
| 23 | The generator caught immediately , coughed once , and then ran on smoothly . |
| 24 | He just , on occasion , looked over to see how she was going , and then rode on . |
| 25 | I stuck it for about a year and then moved on to another , slightly better hotel to do the same thing for marginally more money . |
| 26 | Led by Geoff Miller as Botham was attending Viv Richards ' wedding — to which fifty people were invited and two thousand turned up — they beat the Leeward Islands and then moved on to Antigua for the inaugural Test at St John 's , West Indies ' first new Test ground since the opening series of 1929–30 . |
| 27 | The man replaced the blanket , and then moved on to another corpse . |
| 28 | He dusted it a little , to marvel better , and then moved on to the glass coffin . |
| 29 | ‘ Water Babies ’ featured Linda Frew and June Milligan feeding our sea-lions , and starred the new baby sea-lion ; and then moved on to the young penguins next door . |
| 30 | After breaking the windows , enraged by the early departure of the guests , the mob set fire to two meeting places and then moved on to Priestley 's house . |