Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 2 | He waited ‘ till the tram drew abreast of the silent jeep and leaped on to the running board beside the driver . |
| 3 | ‘ So he had a few puffs before he grabbed her round the neck and got on with the job … ’ |
| 4 | I wrench the steering-wheel back from uncertainty and thrash on up the hill . |
| 5 | He said nothing and she went , with smooth , unflustered movements , to the couch and dropped on to the yielding cushions and prayed for Oliver to come and quickly . |
| 6 | We started out into the snow and stepped on to the ice-covered apron ; that soon took the look off Nathan 's face . |
| 7 | Rain was dripping through the roof in several places , falling with a recurrent plop and splash on to the wet floor-boards . |
| 8 | Yes , there are times we should cut the crap and get on with the ‘ real ’ issues of starvation and disease , but to dismiss all problems of prejudice and inequality as whining self-pity is callous beyond belief . |
| 9 | So my suggestion and this is only a suggestion , the beards which in the past have been interpreted as a kind of erm epigrammatic signal , in other words a kind of erm sign on the face of the male as they 're deceived , my guess is that , th that beards may actually have evolved to protect the throat because erm the critical thing in , in killing somebody is to block the , the windpipe and that 's and in fact even , even lions do this , you saw in the film when a lion kills an antelope or something , he does n't go to all the trouble of making horrible gashes , he grabs the , the windpipe and holds on until the antelope or whatever it is is just er |
| 10 | Many Elves did return but others , such as those in Athel Loren , refused to abandon their adopted homeland and stayed on in the Old World . |
| 11 | ‘ Can we cut the expert critical review and get on with the job of finding out where Jenny is ! ’ |
| 12 | Cornelius scooped up his chum and scrambled on to the nearest table , scattering antique French tennis racquets . |
| 13 | Old Red acknowledged that with a nod and walked on into the corridor . |
| 14 | One of the boys in the back wound down his window and spat on to the roadside . |
| 15 | When he heard someone opening the bedroom door , he jumped out of the window and ran on to the roof . |
| 16 | For the grass , colour royal icing green and spread on to the cake drum , making little tufts with a palette knife . |
| 17 | Without waiting to find out what it meant , she broke into a trot and hurried on round the next corner . |
| 18 | He took a mapping pen and wrote on to the markers the dates when the killings had occurred . |
| 19 | As a result , you keep wishing they 'd wind up this particular gag and move on to the next item , a frustration which makes the film seem drawn out and sluggish . |
| 20 | ‘ The Irish way is to go back to some shebeen and carry on with the whisky all night long , ’ she replied . |
| 21 | After another battle with the gate they carried on to the end of the lane and walked on to the road and into the sunlight . |
| 22 | Molly toppled from the tall boy 's foot and collapsed on to the floor . |
| 23 | So the ancient species , encountering no change , makes no change and plods on across the millennia , generation after generation , an ultra-conservative . |
| 24 | The thing is to take these issues on board and get on with the work as a community of artists . |
| 25 | The reason for the preserving and passing on of the traditions in this way was that they were used primarily by the early Church in its teaching of the community . |
| 26 | Her hands , already shaking , had become even less steady , causing the egg she was breaking to miss the hotplate and fall on to the red embers below . |
| 27 | The wind parted imperturbably around the cottage and passed on up the valley . |
| 28 | He was way ahead of the rest of the field and battled on through the afternoon trying to win those valuable championship points . |
| 29 | The car swung to the right and pulled on to the verge , and he swung towards Caroline , his eyes blazing with such anger that she had to keep from cringing into the corner . |
| 30 | Oak woodland covers the next stretch of hillside on the right and leads on to the Forestry Commission conifer forest . |