Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she turned and went on down the path . |
| 2 | Half closing my eyes , I turned and backed on to the porch . |
| 3 | Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom . |
| 4 | We waited in the shed while rain boomed and clattered on to the metal roof , and no aircraft took off or landed for hour after hour . |
| 5 | Willie blushed and clung on to the top of the blankets . |
| 6 | Many teachers and heads felt that getting on in the primary sector required verbal and practical allegiance to certain quite specific canons of ‘ good primary practice ’ , and that anything less , let alone any open challenging of the orthodoxies in question , could damage their professional prospects . |
| 7 | They both chuckled and passed on down the road . |
| 8 | I smiled and went on down the train , getting the feel of it now , understanding the way it was put together , beginning to wonder about things like electricity , water supply and sewage . |
| 9 | PIETER Muller read the messages of hate , shrugged and got on with the job of becoming one of the best centres in the world . |
| 10 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's just the same , ’ Maggie said and continued on about the nurses ' home while Sheila bit her tongue . |
| 12 | " Let's have him out , " I gasped , and as the young man pulled on the forelegs I supported the body , which slid and toppled on to the tarmac with a horrible limpness . |