Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | We started out into the snow and stepped on to the ice-covered apron ; that soon took the look off Nathan 's face . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Cornelius scooped up his chum and scrambled on to the nearest table , scattering antique French tennis racquets . |
| 8 | Old Red acknowledged that with a nod and walked on into the corridor . |
| 9 | One of the boys in the back wound down his window and spat on to the roadside . |
| 10 | When he heard someone opening the bedroom door , he jumped out of the window and ran on to the roof . |
| 11 | Without waiting to find out what it meant , she broke into a trot and hurried on round the next corner . |
| 12 | He took a mapping pen and wrote on to the markers the dates when the killings had occurred . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Molly toppled from the tall boy 's foot and collapsed on to the floor . |
| 15 | The wind parted imperturbably around the cottage and passed on up the valley . |
| 16 | He was way ahead of the rest of the field and battled on through the afternoon trying to win those valuable championship points . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 19 | Then he hauled himself up over the Zodiac 's port tube and rolled on to the floor slats . |
| 20 | We left the observatory and followed on behind the willow-planted screening banks into which small fibre-glass hides were set . |
| 21 | Feeling as though she had been punched in the stomach , she staggered into the drawing-room and sank on to the sofa . |
| 22 | I took sips of my wine and carried on with the supper , and at one point I went across to the bookcase and idly picked up a petal that was lying there . |
| 23 | I took a swig of wine and collapsed on to the bed fully dressed . |
| 24 | ‘ He parked his van by the wall and climbed on to the roof . |
| 25 | Around about a bit later they er Charles the Second was er came down out of his oak tree and climbed on to the throne and round about that time you found the childhood of erm childhood of Robert Walpole who was a famous politician in well first half of the eighteenth century . |
| 26 | He flinched nervously as Buddie growled to gather phlegm into his throat , lifted the lid off the stove and spat on to the hot coals . |
| 27 | He was taken to hospital by ambulance , but later returned to the Ball and went on with the rest of the party to the Moynihans where he was photographed , with others , his jaw visibly swelling . |
| 28 | I drank three pints of water and then eased the wheelbarrow backwards onto firm ground and trundled on in the certainty of my safety . |
| 29 | This could have had unfortunate consequences , so we started up the motor and went on towards the beach . |
| 30 | Work began at seven in the morning and went on until the time , as the station-master put it , ‘ when the work is finished ’ , usually seven in the evening . |